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News in January 2012

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Government policy risks privatisation, job cuts and worse deal for students, warns union

19 January 2012 Government policy risks privatisation, job cuts and worse deal for students, warns union UCU says that the government's untried experiment of shifting the burden of funding degrees from the state to the student was causing chaos at universities and putting courses, jobs and even universities at risk.

New figures reveal fall in the number of university teachers as student numbers increase

19 January 2012 New figures reveal fall in the number of university teachers as student numbers increase UCU today warned that class sizes in higher education could rise after new figures revealed that the number of staff teaching in the sector had fallen as student numbers increased.

Update on USS negotiations

19 January 2012 Update on USS negotiations Sally Hunt writes to members to update them on developments arising from the negotiations between UCU and representatives of the USS institutions.

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