UCU Scotland arranged a hustings at Stirling University to highlight issues facing higher education in Scotland. Though higher education policy and funding is devolved the candidates and audience still found many subjects to debate. The meeting was chaired by Ralph Catts, President of Stirling UCU The candidates who attended were: Bob Dalrymple, Conservative Alison Lindsay, [...]

Education issues are largely devolved in both Wales and Scotland. However there are some issues which are covered in the Plaid Cymru and SNP mafestos: Plaid Cymru: We support a Welsh-language Coleg Ffederal with an independent stream of funding and an independent student register. We will also continue to campaign for a National Veterinary School for Wales. We [...]

UCU Scotland will hold a lobby outside the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday (27 January) as part of UCU’s ‘Defend jobs, defend education’ campaign. The lobby will urge MSPs to oppose cuts particularly in the teacher education budget and will take place from 1pm. UCU members will highlight the problems a proposed funding cut for teacher [...]

In Scotland, UCU used Tuesday’s appointment of Michael Russell as Scotland’s new Cabinet Secretary for Education to demand an independent review of higher education. The news came on the eve of UCU’s Holyrood lobby as part of the ‘Make Education Count’ campaign, which took on extra significance as the first education event with the new education [...]

UCU this week called on politicians of all parties in the United Kingdom to ‘Make Education Count’. The union took the message to Westminster, Cardiff, Stormont and Holyrood and encouraged everyone who had a passion for education to join the campaign and get the UK back on track. UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: ‘We [...]

UCU Scotland will Make Education Count in the Scottish Parliament from 1pm on Wednesday 2 December. All the political parties will be represented at the event which is a chance to put your view to the elected representatives. So UCU is asking members to contact their MSPs to encourage their attendance. Anyone wishing to attend [...]