While university bosses get a pay rise, lecturers’ pensions are being slashed
The divide in higher education is getting starker. Huge strikes are on the cards unless something is done about it – and soon, writes UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt.
The divide in higher education is getting starker. Huge strikes are on the cards unless something is done about it – and soon, writes UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt.
It’s no surprise that the Tory-led witch hunt over ‘censorship’ comes whilst our universities and students suffer a serious funding and access crisis.
More MPs have resigned from Bath’s advisory council over sky-high pay. Universities should be forced to come clean over Vice Chancellors’ soaring salaries.
Claims that the tuition fee system is progressive aren’t supported by the evidence, this report finds.
Scrapping tuition fees would only penalise working class taxpayers. Labour should focus on reducing inequality in education instead.
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