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16 July 2010
If the government pushes ahead with plans for 25% funding cuts then there would be a loss of 33,844 jobs in English colleges, according to new figures released…
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16 July 2010
51¸£Àû today said that funding cuts to higher education would create a 'lost generation' of learners. Responding to UCAS figures published today, the union warned…
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15 July 2010
51¸£Àû said today that its concerns about government plans for the future of university funding remained after a speech from the business secretary Vince Cable. The…
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15 July 2010
Ahead of a key speech by the business secretary, Vince Cable, on 15 July, 51¸£Àû warned the government that a graduate tax had to be more than just a rebranding exercise…
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9 July 2010
51¸£Àû today welcomed the announcement from the minister for universities and science, David Willetts, that there would be a one-year delay in order to review proposed…
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8 July 2010
If the government pushes ahead with plans for 25% funding cuts then there will be a loss of 22,584 university jobs in England alone, according to new figures released…
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2 July 2010
Members of 51¸£Àû at City College Birmingham have ended their dispute at the college. The union has secured an agreement with the college that there will be no compulsory…
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30 June 2010
51¸£Àû today said Lord Browne should resign from the review into the future of university funding if the process was to have legitimacy. It was announced today that…
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25 June 2010
51¸£Àû today said the removal of funding for student places at university was exactly the wrong move for the country at exactly the wrong time. The Higher Education…
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22 June 2010
51¸£Àû has welcomed the announcement that Glasgow University has ruled out compulsory redundancies. The decision followed a mass lobby of a meeting today of the Glasgow…
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