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Holyrood must not dilute key elements of education bill, says UCU

27 March 2013 Holyrood must not dilute key elements of education bill, says UCU MSPs must not dilute key elements of a bill that relate to the future of Scottish universities that are being debated in Parliament.

Lecturers call for rejection of pension contribution increase

26 March 2013 Lecturers call for rejection of pension contribution increase UCU Scotland is calling on the Scottish Parliament's Education and Culture Committee to reject legislation that would increase pension contributions for teachers and lecturers.

UCU cleared of harassment in landmark tribunal

25 March 2013 UCU cleared of harassment in landmark tribunal An Employment Tribunal has found in favour of UCU on all ten complaints of harassment brought by a UCU member who opposed the union's policy on Palestine.

Greater transparency of university governance must be included in post-16 education bill, says UCU

20 March 2013 Greater transparency of university governance must be included in post-16 education bill, says UCU Following the publication of the first stage report on the post-16 bill, UCU Scotland said the bill must include legislation to ensure greater transparency in Scottish universities.

Universities must not sleepwalk into financial problems

15 March 2013 Universities must not sleepwalk into financial problems A report released today warns that some universities will need to work hard to increase surpluses to meeting borrowing obligations.

Full impact on widening participation in universities still to come, says report

14 March 2013 Full impact on widening participation in universities still to come, says report Young people from the most advantaged backgrounds are three times more likely to go university than those from the least and they are six to nine times more likely to apply to the most selective institutions, says a report released today.

Academics stressed out by growing loss of control over workloads

07 March 2013 Academics stressed out by growing loss of control over workloads A survey of more than 14,000 higher education staff in the UK, carried out by UCU, has found academics and academic-related staff are increasingly stressed by a feeling of loss of control over the way they work.

Report finds funding cut would damage disadvantaged young people

05 March 2013 Report finds funding cut would damage disadvantaged young people UCU has today highlighted a new report's finding that a cut to universities' widening participation budgets would do lasting damage to disadvantaged young people.

UK universities continue to slip down international league table

04 March 2013 UK universities continue to slip down international league table The number of UK universities in the world's top 100 based has fallen for a second successive year, according to new reputation-based rankings released today by Times Higher Education.

Third of postgraduates paid less than minimum wage for teaching

28 February 2013 Third of postgraduates paid less than minimum wage for teaching Almost a third of postgraduate students who teach in universities are paid less than the national minimum wage of six pounds nineteen an hour, reveals a report released today.