Friday, 21 January 2011

Open Forum on the Future of Further and Higher Education

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The local University and College Union (UCU) committee of Nottingham University will hold an Open Forum of Further and Higher Education inst...
Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Trade union leader calls for co-ordinated action against cuts

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In a contribution to the Guardian on Sunday, 19 December, Len McCluskey , the General Secretary of the powerful trade union Unite , called f...
Friday, 10 December 2010

Resistance against cuts to further and higher education in the UK

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Current Con-Dem government plans to cut back funding for further and higher education in the UK are an unprecedented attack on the right to ...
Monday, 22 November 2010

Chinese labour in the global economy

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Prof. Andreas Bieler has been awarded a grant of £275k by the Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC ) for a project on ‘Globalisation,...
Tuesday, 26 October 2010

The Con-Dem Budget as a class project

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What attitude should one take towards last week’s Comprehensive Spending Review by the UK government? That all depends on one’s point of vie...
Friday, 8 October 2010

‘No ifs, no buts, no public sector cuts!’ – Trade union demonstration in Birmingham on 3 October 2010.

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The coalition government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats is in the process of unveiling its budget cuts in order to address the natio...
Tuesday, 28 September 2010

‘No to austerity. Priority for jobs and growth!’ – Widespread resistance against public sector cuts in Europe.

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Bankers caused the financial market crisis through their mistakes, but it is now the people, who are asked to pay for it. While many banks a...