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28 November 2006
¹ÏÉñÍø today said that staff and universities must be properly resourced if the UK is to be able to maintain its position as a global leader. Responding to the 'Higher…
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26 October 2006
The joint general secretary of ¹ÏÉñÍø, Sally Hunt, will today tell academics at Reading University that the planned closure of the university's award-winning physics…
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23 October 2006
¹ÏÉñÍø has questioned if the Learning and Skills Council consulted the Health and Safety Commission before announcing that it will withdraw funding from vital health…
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20 October 2006
¹ÏÉñÍø is concerned about courses cuts for older learners, job losses, and worsening pay and conditions, after a second proposed restructuring has been announced at…
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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 ¹ÏÉñÍø.…
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12 September 2006
¹ÏÉñÍø has welcomed today's call from the Education and Skills Committee for the government to clear up its confusing division between college courses that lead to…
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24 August 2006
The first open competition for the provision of 16-19 vocational learning has raised fears amongst college lecturers that it could be the start of a creeping privatisation…
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20 July 2006
¹ÏÉñÍø has today called on all academic and academic-related staff to give their input into the future of how research is assessed. The union has been frustrated by…
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14 July 2006
¹ÏÉñÍø has welcomed the announcement by secretary of state Alan Johnson, that the Mayor of London will be given powers to produce and promote a strategy for developing…
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5 July 2006
The salaries and status of UK academics must be improved if UK universities are to continue to be at the forefront of innovation. ¹ÏÉñÍø joint general secretary, Sally…
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