STUDENT journalists at UWE were urged this week to put their work forward for the Bristol NUJ award scheme as the final prize to last year’s students was presented. Jade Evans was presented with her…Read more…
‘What are the funding implications?’ UNISON asks of Diamond review
Union emphasises the need for higher education to be accessible to young people from ‘deprived communities’
The article ‘What are the funding implications?’ UNISON asks of Diamond review first…Read more…
No justification
NI Executive must take control of funding provided for higher education to ensure working-class children are not excluded, Unite has argued. Sean Smyth, Unite regional officer with…Read more…
Government lands NHS students with massive new debts
England is short of 2,600 midwives and has been thousands short for at least a generation. The national midwife shortage has proved a really hard nut to crack. The NHS continues to need every midwife it can get. Successive governments have tried to dri…Read more…
Anything but apathetic
Thousands of young people from across the country gathered in London yesterday (November 4) to protest government plans to slash maintenance grants, a move that would further shut the door on working…Read more…
Poorest hurt most – again
After the announcement that maintenance grants will be scrapped by the government next year, students will be dealt a double blow as the cost of student accommodation soars. Between 2010 and…Read more…
Student nurses bursaries not fit for purpose, says UNISON report
Tuesday 2 June 2015
UNISON is calling on the Scottish Government to urgently increase bursary rates for Student Nurses and Midwives in the next academic year. This recommendation is part of the UNISON’s report Caring, Learning and Worried about Money which was published today (Tuesday 2 June 2015).
The survey of student nurses across Scotland found that 85% of student nurses relied onRead more…
UNISON condemns colleges for ‘hiding’ £99m in arms length foundations
Thursday 23 April 2015
UNISON Scotland has condemned colleges for moving £99m into ‘Arms Length Foundations’ while cutting student services and ignoring low pay.
UNISON welcomes research by the Educational Institute for Scotland, which shows that while £99m has been siphoned off into off campus bank accounts. The sector has cut staff by 9.3% (over the last three years alone). And over 300Read more…
Poorer students are being failed
#STUC15. Too many students in Scotland drop out of full time education due to inadequate financial support.
Speaking on behalf of a motion from the Annual STUC Youth Conference, UNISON Scotland’s Ryan Boyle said that ‘students from poorer backgrounds are being failed’
Ryan supported the STUC Youth Conference motion calling for significant investment in further education support, increasedRead more…
Irish Academics send letter of solidarity to occupying LSE students
Irish academics support LSE students fight against corporatisation of education.Read more…
Irish unions solidarity message to student occupation in Netherlands
ICTU Youth, Union of Students in Ireland, IFUT Support De Nieuwe UniversiteitRead more…