On Wed 12th January just one of our banks (the one almost entirely owned by taxpayers), in just one of its divisions (the one that lost nearly £700 million in 2008), approved bonus payments that in one year will see a few thousand people share a sum equivalent to twice the funding the University sector will lose over four years
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UCU National HE Headlines- Invest in new industries now government told May 25, 2012Campaigners will hold a rally outside the department of work and pensions (DWP) today to call on the government to urgently invest in new industries as a way of boosting employment and economic growth.
- Strike ballot at Salford University in redundancies row May 25, 2012Members of UCU at the University of Salford will be balloted from today on whether or not they are prepared to take industrial action in an increasingly bitter row over compulsory redundancies.
- Urgent protection needed for health education as MPs fear 'raids' on training budgets May 22, 2012UCU today called on the government to urgently protect healthcare education funding after MPs warned that delays in introducing new NHS education and training arrangements could see Strategic Healthcare Authorities (SHAs) 'raid' training budgets for other purposes.
- Nick Clegg's warm words on social mobility cannot disguise punitive government policies May 22, 2012UCU said today that Nick Clegg's warm words on social mobility were to be welcomed, but that key policy decisions were denying people from the poorest backgrounds access to education and the chance to better themselves.
- Staff balloted for strike action at the University of West England May 18, 2012UCU today announced that its members at the University of West England (UWE) will be balloted for strike action in a dispute over workloads. The ballot opens today and will close on Wednesday 6 June.
- Staff and students announce protests against University of Sussex privatisation May 18, 2012Staff and students at the University of Sussex will be protesting against plans to privatise university's support services next week.
- Government admits it has no idea on private universities' course completion rates May 18, 2012UCU has today written to the universities minister, David Willetts, calling for urgent changes to the way the government regulates private higher education providers.
- Increased student fees will force national debt to rocket, warns report May 18, 2012
- Students want more contact time as fees rise, warns report May 16, 2012Students with the least contact time at university are the most dissatisfied, according to a new survey released today by the Higher Education policy Unit (HEPI).
- Anger at University of Warwick as students charged more and staff face sack May 15, 2012The University of Warwick was accused of 'profiteering' today after it was revealed that 36 posts at the Warwick Business School face the axe, despite students facing vastly increased fees.
- Invest in new industries now government told May 25, 2012
