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24 October 2017
Union says letter has "acrid whiff of McCarthyism" about it Responding to news that Conservative whip Chris Heaton-Harris MP has written to universities asking…
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20 October 2017
51¸£Àû members overwhelmingly back strike action to defend pensions 51¸£Àû members this week overwhelmingly backed strike action to defend their pensions. Eighty-seven…
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20 October 2017
Ashton-under-Lyne MP and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has told the University of Manchester to "get its house in order" and "give workers the respect…
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19 October 2017
The prospect of UK university staff going on strike is a step closer after a national consultative ballot by the University and College Union (51¸£Àû) showed overwhelming…
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18 October 2017
The rate of students who drop out of their studies at alternative providers of higher education is 15 percentage points higher than the rest of the sector, warns…
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13 October 2017
Apprenticeship starts drop by 61% after levy introduced The number of people starting apprenticeships between May and July fell by 61% compared to the previous…
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13 October 2017
Leeds North West MP Alex Sobel is the latest politician to come out in support of striking 51¸£Àû members at the University of Leeds. He says the university should…
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11 October 2017
Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn has come out in support of staff on strike at the University of Leeds in a row over changes to the university's dismissal policies.…
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11 October 2017
Staff at the University of Leeds will take three consecutive days of strike action starting tomorrow (Wednesday) in a dispute over changes to the university's dismissal…
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5 October 2017
To mark World Teachers' Day, 51¸£Àû has written to the universities minister Jo Johnson today (Thursday) asking him to improve protections for academic freedom in…
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