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7 September 2020
51¸£Àû says ministers and universities need to take control of the threats to public health associated with a mass return to university campuses, and not try and preemptively…
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28 August 2020
Scapegoats, U-turns, dithering and confusion reign in Westminster It's been another week of scapegoating, dithering and U-turns from the Westminster government.…
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21 August 2020
A-level results chaos This week has been a grade-A government fiasco . It began with A-level students facing complete chaos . Last week they had received grades…
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14 August 2020
A-level chaos and confusion as minister accused of making up policy on the hoof A-level results day was one of chaos and confusion , rather than celebration yesterday.…
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13 August 2020
Students have spent much of this year working incredibly hard in unprecedented circumstances. School closures have particularly impacted the least affluent, who…
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7 August 2020
"Towns and cities will fail if universities do" 51¸£Àû's groundbreaking work looking at the impact universities have on local jobs and economies continued to pick…
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31 July 2020
New study demonstrates huge local economic impact of universities amid bankruptcy fears Universities typically support up to one additional job in the immediate…
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31 July 2020
Universities typically support up to one additional job in the immediate local economy for every person they directly employ, according to a new analysis  by Hatch…
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24 July 2020
Universities to cut thousands of academics on fixed-term contracts On Monday, the Financial Times reported that UK universities are cutting thousands of academics…
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23 July 2020
51¸£Àû has welcomed calls by the Labour Party for the government to ensure no university is allowed to fail, but said that more needed to be done now to protect the…
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