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16 October 2006
Teaching at Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges virtually ceased for the fourth time in recent weeks as college lecturers today solidly supported their…
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16 October 2006
51¸£Àû has responded to reports this morning that university staff may be asked to spy on Asian-looking and Muslim students. Commenting on the impact the proposed…
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13 October 2006
51¸£Àû members at the University of Leeds have secured a victory against their management after going into dispute over the imposition of regrading on 1 June this…
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12 October 2006
Lecturers at Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges will take strike action again next Monday (16 October). This is the fourth day of strike action in…
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12 October 2006
51¸£Àû has responded to comments by higher education Minister Bill Rammell, in which he described a university's decision to ban the Muslim face veil as 'the best…
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12 October 2006
More than four fifths of academics (81 per cent) do not support government proposals for the future of research funding, according to a poll released today by 51¸£Àû.…
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11 October 2006
51¸£Àû today warned that plans to transfer offenders from prisons to police cells or inadequate detention centres will increase re-offending rates. 51¸£Àû, which represents…
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9 October 2006
Lecturers at City College Norwich, who are members of 51¸£Àû, are incensed by attempts to use the threat of dismissal to force them to accept new contracts of employment.…
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3 October 2006
51¸£Àû has expressed 'serious doubts' about a proposed merger of three colleges that are located hundreds of miles apart. The union has learnt that later this month,…
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2 October 2006
51¸£Àû has welcomed improvements to maternity and adoption pay and leave, introduced on 1 October, and new rights to flexible working for some employees who provide…
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