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29 May 2014
The general secretary of 51¸£Àû today launched a scathing attack on the government's lamentable record on education. In her keynote at the , Sally Hunt accused ministers…
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22 May 2014
Spending watchdog to investigate potential misuse of public funds • Government repeatedly ignored warnings about standards in for-profit colleges 51¸£Àû today welcomed…
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22 May 2014
Government repeatedly ignored warnings about standards in for-profit colleges • Public money going to private colleges rocketed from £42m to £340m in just two years…
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14 March 2014
Supporting a new report that shows private firms have earned nearly £80m from the creation of free schools and academies, 51¸£Àû has highlighted how private companies…
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10 March 2014
51¸£Àû has reinforced its view that education is a public service and, as such, should not be subject to conditions set out in any trade deal with the United States…
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20 February 2014
51¸£Àû today said alternative providers of higher education should face tougher regulation. The union was responding to a report from the Higher Education Policy Institute…
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5 December 2013
51¸£Àû responded to today's announcement by George Osborne that the cap on student numbers in English universities would be lifted by questioning the way the extra…
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29 November 2013
Government ignored repeated warnings that there needed to be a cap on student recruitment • BIS insisted earlier this year that everything was under control and…
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19 November 2013
Taxpayers have been hit with an £80m bill after private colleges took advantage of state-funded student loans and went on a recruitment drive. This figure was revealed…
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7 November 2013
51¸£Àû today warned against making higher education overly reliant on private sources of funding. A new report on the future of universities' funding concludes that…
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