Union offers chance

Contra Costa College Advocate

Students will have access to features such as recommended services, counsel sessions, academic catalogs, educational strategy and transfer credit through ...

Anxious Sault College students await vote result

SooToday.com

Jeff Arbus (shown), a long-time Sault College teacher and vice-chair of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union academic bargaining team, ...

College strike vote results close The Toronto Observer

Tough pill for local staff to swallow Sudbury Star

Provincial college teachers strike vote too close to call Northumberland News



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Nigeria: Research Workers Defiant On Strike

AllAfrica.com

The embattled workers of the four unions in the research sector, namely, Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI), the Academic Staff Union of ...

Committee considers reducing school year

Santa Maria Times

Kimberly said districts all over the state that haven't already cut back their academic schedules are considering it. Santa Maria high schools have a ...

U of A surprised by funding shortfall

CTV.ca

The U of A's Academic Staff Association fears the University may lay off staff or curtail enrolment. "The shortfall now is really going to exaggerate the ...

U of A reels from $20M surprise cut Edmonton Journal

U of A faces new $10 million budget shortfall CBC.ca



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President lays out future plans

Anchor

The RIC Vision 2015 is a five-year strategic plan that intends to create a more rigorous academic curriculum, diversify campus culture, create a more ...

Path to freedom

Worcester Telegram

Ms. Lawton, whose research into that church piqued Ms. Greenwood's interest for a book, said the project has shaped how she approaches her own academic ...

More changes expected in Jonathan's cabinet

NEXT

The Academic Staff Union of Universities and various other teachers' unions went on strike for a large part of 2009 with several protesters calling for Mr. ...

Nigeria: Aondoakaa Removed As Justice Minister - Labour Minister, Kayode ... AllAfrica.com

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Presidential candidates receive thorough questioning on hardwood of SUBstage

The Gateway Online

Vice President (External) candidate Jon Mastel said that regulations that require institutions to justify non- academic fees would be beneficial. ...



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University and the shock of the new

The Age

Kettle says the solution should be to train and recruit more specialist teachers, leaving academic staff to focus on research. ...

Landmark strike vote at King's College London

Times Higher Education

The School of Arts and Humanities is among the areas hardest hit by the college's savings plan, where all 220 academic staff have been told their jobs could ...

Spotlight on campus romances

Stuff.co.nz

In the UK, the University and College Lecturers' Union has a policy which states "consensual sexual relations between academic staff and students... make it ...



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HSU reduces work hours for some employees to close budget gap

Times-Standard

Academic Affairs was disproportionately affected by this, but it makes sense as that department has the most staff working based on the academic calendar, ...



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No more spills? BP teams up with University of Manchester

Student Direct

The Corrosion and Protection Centre at the University of Manchester is home to more than 70 students and research workers and 11 academic staff , ...

Obama Official Applauds Rhode Island Teacher Firings

CBS News (blog)

It takes 7 years to develop CALP, cognitive academic language proficiency in a language. we alot 4 years for high school. add the interruptions, ...

RI Teachers Fired at Central Falls High School Associated Content

Teachers fired, labor outraged Providence Journal

Firing of Central Falls, RI, Teachers 'Illegal, Unjust, Disgraceful' AFL-CIO (blog)

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Where's the Outcry Over Informal Classes?

Austin Chronicle

According to Smith, terminating the program could save the union $106000 over the next two academic fiscal years. Student Government President Liam O'Rourke ...



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New teacher contracts in Minn., Conn., Philly support reforms in failing urban ...

Los Angeles Times

Hampered by the union contract, managers couldn't make big staff changes or restructure the school day; unhappy teachers sought transfers in droves. ...



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Getting into university is not The X Factor . . .

Times Online

The university budget has risen by 15 per cent in real terms in the past five years alone, and numbers of academic staff have risen by the same amount. ...

University places facing axe - union The Press Association

Universities face crisis as cuts crash in on academia The Guardian

More than 15000 university jobs at risk from Mandelson's cuts, warns union PersonnelToday.com

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Redundancy row at Leeds University given fresh twist

The Grapevine Online

Earlier in the week the University and College Union (UCU), which represents the interests of academic staff , had confirmed a rolling programme of ...



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Obama Blames Staffing Problems on GOP

FOXNews

Becker, who currently serves as associate general counsel to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a labor union representing about 1.8 million ...



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