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  • 25 April 2017

    51¸£Àû welcomes select committee report and calls for an end to uncertainty around overseas staff and students Responding to the education select committee's report…

  • 5 April 2017

    The number of students from the EU who have applied to UK universities is down by 6% compared to this time last year, according to new figures. The figures from…

  • 31 March 2017

    Staff dissatisfied with how universities are run and don't feel respected More than three-quarters of university staff are dissatisfied with the way their institution…

  • 17 March 2017

    Lords call for international students to be removed migration figures The Lords were back attacking the government's beleaguered Higher Education and Research Bill…

  • 10 March 2017

    51¸£Àû attacks vice-chancellors after Lords amend higher education bill 51¸£Àû this week thanked peers for making a series of amendments to the government's Higher Education…

  • 3 March 2017

    Sally Hunt is returned as 51¸£Àû general secretary Sally Hunt has been re-elected as 51¸£Àû general secretary , defeating her only opponent Jo McNeill by a margin of…

  • 24 February 2017

    51¸£Àû report exposes university heads' pay rises and perks University heads received an average salary package of £277,834 for the academic year 2015/16 - an increase…

  • 24 February 2017

    Commenting on the news of government proposals for two-years degrees costing up to £13,000 per year, the University and College Union (51¸£Àû) said it feared ministers…

  • 23 February 2017

    Commenting on the publication of the annual grant letter  today, 51¸£Àû said it was disappointed with an overall drop in funding and that universities minister Jo…

  • 23 February 2017

    Science, engineering and technology are the areas that would suffer most from a university Brexit brain drain, suggest  new figures released today. The data, from…