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23 April 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing recession will lead to 111,000 fewer UK and 121,000 fewer international first-year students attending UK universities this year,…
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9 April 2020
The union described the proposals from Universities UK as "piecemeal" and said they failed to recognise the scale of the problem. 51¸£Àû said in exchange for the type…
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2 April 2020
The government must provide immediate support to colleges and universities to ensure they can help lead the recovery when the coronavirus crisis is over In a letter…
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24 March 2020
Redundancy plans are at odds with university's pledge to support staff and students The University of Portsmouth is under fire for pushing ahead with plans to sack…
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13 March 2020
Five-day walkouts at UK universities It was a full week of disruption, pickets and demonstrations at dozens of UK universities this week as 51¸£Àû strike action entered…
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6 March 2020
51¸£Àû sets out path for real change for higher education and an end to the strikes 51¸£Àû said yesterday that it believed agreements that could put the union and the…
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3 March 2020
Casual contracts are affecting the physical and mental health of staff, and having a negative impact on students' learning, according to a secret report from the…
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2 March 2020
51¸£Àû has written to new universities minister Michelle Donelan asking her to encourage universities to do more to end the wave of strikes at 74 UK universities.
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28 February 2020
Universities trying to intimidate students not to support striking staff Students who have backed striking staff have been threatened with punitive action by universities,…
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21 February 2020
Solid support for strikes as students call on university heads to do more to solve disputes Support for the biggest ever wave of strikes on university campuses…
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