Sally Hunt

'A Worrying Disregard For Freedom Of Expression'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK

An academic has lost his case against the Universities and Colleges Union, which he alleged is anti-Semitic, with the furious tribunal slamming those ...

Tuition Fee Rise IS Putting Students Off University, Study Reveals

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Tripling tuition fees is putting thousands of students off university, a study has revealed, with the NUS condemning the revelation as "tragic". Ea...

British Kids 'Less Educated Than Eastern Europeans'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The UK has fewer people educated to A-level standards than countries such as Lithuania, Slovakia and Estonia, a union claimed on Wednesday. Figures...

Teachers Taking A Stand: 'We Have No Choice But To Strike'

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 30.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

As the UK braces itself for one of the biggest mass walkouts of public sector workers in recent history, teachers have come under fire for making the ...

Sally Hunt: We're Not Selfish, Teachers Do Care About Strike Disruption

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Sally Hunt, University and College Union's general secretary, has branded the government's proposed pension scheme "insulting", in the run-up to the m...

University Lecturers Facing 'Unacceptable' Levels Of Stress Over Excessive Workloads

PA | Posted 03.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Heavy workloads and lack of time are making university lecturers more stressed, research suggests. Four-fifths (81%) of those working at UK univers...

Public Sector Workers Vote On Strikes

PA | Posted 23.12.2011 | UK Politics

Thousands of public sector workers, including top civil servants, are due to vote on strikes ahead of a crucial week for the Government as it faces th...

University Staff To Defend Pensions

PA | Posted 09.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Thousands of lecturers and other academic staff at the UK's leading universities are expected to launch a "sustained campaign" of industrial action in...

Higher Tuition Fees Will Endanger Universities, Predicts Report

Lucy Sherriff | Posted 07.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Universities will see a drop in entrance rates when higher tuition fees are imposed in 2012, potentially threatening less well-established institution...

Lucy Sherriff

Cheaper Fees At Private University Raises Fresh Debate On Tuition Fees

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 06.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

A private university has revealed it will be charging £5,000 a year to study, making its tuition fees some of the lowest in the UK. The announceme...

Union Threatens Strike Over Plans By Top-Fee University To Slash Jobs

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 22.10.2011 | UK Universities & Education

A union has today threatened industrial action after cost-cutting measures made by an top fee-charging university could result in up to 300 job losses...

Are There Really Two Britains by Qualifications?

Tim Leunig | Posted 23.09.2011 | UK Politics
Tim Leunig

Put simply, people with qualifications generally earn more money and then choose to live in affluent areas. People with fewer qualifications generally earn less money and then choose to (or are forced to) live in poorer areas. So we get concentrations of skills. This is particularly true within cities.