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Leading news and reaction from 51¸£Àû.
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5 February 2016
51¸£Àû general secretary, Sally Hunt, will tell a conference today that staff and students must continue to make the case for a fairer education system. Sally Hunt…
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15 January 2016
A look back at some of this week's news. If you want teaching excellence, then you must respect university teachers Writing in the Guardian this week , 51¸£Àû general…
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1 December 2015
51¸£Àû today told MPs that proposed measures to improve teaching quality would fail unless more was done to tackle job insecurity and ensure decent working conditions…
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23 November 2015
51¸£Àû members at the University of Manchester have voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over job security and proposed redundancies. Over three-quarters…
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19 November 2015
Thousands of staff members at colleges and universities across the UK are taking part in a day of action against zero-hours contracts and other forms of temporary…
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26 October 2015
51¸£Àû members at the University of Manchester are to be balloted for strike action after the union accused managers of ignoring agreed procedures and pushing staff…
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9 September 2015
Universities minister Jo Johnson delivered a speech to the annual Universities UK conference this morning. Responding to the speech  51¸£Àû general secretary, Sally…
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2 September 2015
The number of people on zero-hours contracts has risen to 744,000 in the second quarter of 2015, according to a report published today.  The latest analysis from…
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2 June 2015
The University of Warwick has abandoned controversial plans to use a scheme called TeachHigher to employ hourly paid teaching and research staff. 51¸£Àû welcomed the…
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22 May 2015
Staff at the University of Salford are set to take part in a four-day strike next week (Tuesday 26 May to Friday 29 May inclusive) in protest at the treatment of…
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