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29 May 2009
Government and failing financial systems slammed as general secretary sets out union's plans for the next general election. The government must not make cuts to…
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27 May 2009
51¸£Àû today called on the government to protect jobs in further and higher education. Kicking off the three-day conference, 51¸£Àû president, Sasha Callaghan, said:…
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22 May 2009
51¸£Àû has accused the government of misleading the public and shirking its responsibility over its refusal to have a full independent inquiry into the financial mess…
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20 May 2009
The higher education unions - 51¸£Àû, EIS, GMB, UNISON and Unite - have unanimously rejected a 'derisory' pay offer from the national employers of just 0.4%. The unions…
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19 May 2009
London Metropolitan University (LMU) has today appointed Alfred Morris as its new interim vice-chancellor. The news comes as MPs prepare to press the government…
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15 May 2009
City College Birmingham could be brought to a grinding halt as staff are gearing up for strike action in their campaign to save 74 jobs. The college has threatened…
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15 May 2009
Plans to axe the philosophy, politics and communications and statistics departments at Liverpool University have been dropped after protests from lecturers and…
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15 May 2009
Members of 51¸£Àû at Cardiff University will today demonstrate at Cardiff University over plans to axe 140 jobs and cut 250 courses at the institution's Centre for…
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12 May 2009
The University of Surrey has announced that it is planning to make 65 staff redundant. In an ominous message to staff, vice-chancellor, Professor Christopher Snowdon,…
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12 May 2009
51¸£Àû has called for a public enquiry into the failings of London Metropolitan University (LMU) as students from the university staged an occupation of the institution's…
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