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		<title>Campaign update: 18 May 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private providers &#124; A4e contracts &#124; Salford ballot &#124; FE loans &#124; Not to FE fees &#124; fee debt &#124; Sussex privatisation anger &#124; Warick cuts &#124; Ulster dispute &#124; UWE workload ballot &#124; FE fees roundtable &#124; Southampton UCU letter &#124; student demands &#124; Open job losses]]></description>
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		<title>Staff balloted for strike action at the University of West England</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UCU 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.]]></description>
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		<title>Staff and students announce protests against University of Sussex privatisation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff and students at the University of Sussex will be protesting against plans to privatise university's support services next week.]]></description>
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		<title>Government admits it has no idea on private universities&#8217; course completion rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 10:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UCU has today written to the universities minister, David Willetts, calling for urgent changes to the way the government regulates private higher education providers.]]></description>
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		<title>Adult Learners&#8217; Week culminates in EDF Energy signing a new learning agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 10:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDF Energy has underlined its strong commitment to promoting lifelong learning and development across its UK business by signing a learning agreement with their four recognised unions.]]></description>
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		<title>Older workers most likely to work from home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around one in five workers over 55 regularly works from home, according to a TUC analysis of official figures published today (Friday) to mark National Work From Home Day, organised by Work Wise UK.]]></description>
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		<title>New Ministerial  Statement On Remploy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is to be a demonstration by Remploy workers in Manchester tomorrow against the closure of 36 factories and the loss of 1,752 jobs]]></description>
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		<title>Delivering better learning agreements  A guide for union reps and officers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When negotiating channels are established with the employer it is time to discuss making a learning agreement.]]></description>
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		<title>Increased student fees will force national debt to rocket, warns report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government's reforms of higher education funding, including fees of &#163;9,000, will force public sector debt to increase by as much as &#163;100bn over the next 20 years, warns a report released today.]]></description>
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		<title>TUC on latest fuel poverty figures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commenting on the latest fuel poverty figures published today (Thursday) by the Department for Energy and Climate Change which show that the number of families who had to spend more than a tenth of their income on gas and electricity in 2010 fell by 500,000 - the first drop in seven years, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:]]></description>
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