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31 October 2017
Commenting on the sentencing of former dean of the faculty of education at Edge Hill University, Robert Smedley, and his partner Christopher Joynson for five years…
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27 October 2017
Academic freedom row as MP demands list of Brexit professors Responding to news on Tuesday that Conservative whip Chris Heaton-Harris MP had written to universities…
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20 October 2017
Commenting on guilty verdicts handed down to two Edge Hill University managers , 51¸£Àû said the university had serious questions to answer about its governance structures.…
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20 October 2017
Ashton-under-Lyne MP and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has told the University of Manchester to "get its house in order" and "give workers the respect…
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19 October 2017
The prospect of UK university staff going on strike is a step closer after a national consultative ballot by the University and College Union (51¸£Àû) showed overwhelming…
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13 October 2017
Apprenticeship starts drop by 61% after levy introduced The number of people starting apprenticeships between May and July fell by 61% compared to the previous…
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13 October 2017
Leeds North West MP Alex Sobel is the latest politician to come out in support of striking 51¸£Àû members at the University of Leeds. He says the university should…
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11 October 2017
Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn has come out in support of staff on strike at the University of Leeds in a row over changes to the university's dismissal policies.…
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11 October 2017
Staff at the University of Leeds will take three consecutive days of strike action starting tomorrow (Wednesday) in a dispute over changes to the university's dismissal…
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5 October 2017
To mark World Teachers' Day, 51¸£Àû has written to the universities minister Jo Johnson today (Thursday) asking him to improve protections for academic freedom in…
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