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30 January 2012
51¸£Àû has responded to news today that 10% fewer people have applied to English universities compared to this time last year. Sally Hunt, general secretary of the…
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25 January 2012
Responding to the release of the higher education funding letter today, 51¸£Àû said that the government's funding plans were an untried experiment that would be disastrous…
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25 January 2012
51¸£Àû today said the government should listen to President Obama's 'timely reminder' about the importance of funding education and university research. The union…
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19 January 2012
51¸£Àû today warned that class sizes in higher education could rise after new figures revealed that the number of staff teaching in the sector had fallen as student…
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18 January 2012
51¸£Àû today (Wednesday) said the government's untried experiment of shifting the burden of funding degrees from the state to the student was causing chaos at universities…
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18 January 2012
51¸£Àû said today that the imminent grant letter from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), which details how much funding will be available for…
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17 January 2012
51¸£Àû today warned that patient care in London could be put at risk after NHS London announced that it would be reducing the number of adult nurse training places…
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13 January 2012
51¸£Àû today warned the University of Sussex that it risked taking a 'hammer' to adult learning in the county, after it confirmed that it was pushing ahead with plans…
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14 December 2011
51¸£Àû said today that a ninth successive monthly increase in youth unemployment figures had to prompt the government to deliver policies that would help the more…
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2 December 2011
Student bursaries and scholarships have been slashed by almost £14m as 25 universities and colleges have today had applications to reduce their tuition fees accepted.…
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