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26 March 2009
51¸£Àû has today called for better financial assistance for students. Responding to a report by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) on access agreements and bursary…
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25 March 2009
With thousands of jobs and dozens of departments under threat across UK higher and further education, 51¸£Àû general secretary Sally Hunt has this week written to…
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25 March 2009
Staff will be protesting at Welsh further education colleges on 25 March over budget cuts that they warn will seriously hamper the recovery of the Welsh economy.…
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24 March 2009
51¸£Àû today said it was disappointed that the government, in responding to a key report on 're-skilling' the UK population, had continued its reliance on the employer…
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24 March 2009
51¸£Àû today condemned the actions of Heriot-Watt University's outgoing principal, Professor Anton Muscatelli, in summoning staff to be warned individually of compulsory…
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24 March 2009
Four colleges across the country will be brought to a standstill today and tomorrow as staff walk out in a row over their failure to honour a pay deal agreed over…
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23 March 2009
51¸£Àû today welcomed the government's new white paper on informal adult education, and its pledge to spend an additional £20 million on adult learning partnerships.…
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20 March 2009
51¸£Àû today slammed the decision by the University of Reading to close its School of Health and Social Care. The union is angry that the university has ignored the…
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20 March 2009
Scottish universities overtly pro-business agendas, staff being forced to spy on their students and fighting redundancies are among the issues up for debate at…
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19 March 2009
51¸£Àû and UNISON have called for urgent action from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to save college building projects. The unions have written to the LSC calling…
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