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樱花动漫 condemns budget

The first solely Conservative budget in almost 20 years will see the poorest families '', warned the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies think-tank this week. The chancellor's second budget speech of the year included pledges to axe student grants and increase university fees.

樱花动漫 to any rise in tuition fees and its . Sally Hunt grants were crucial for many students and that the change would act as a 'disincentive to participation,' adding that the loans were unlikely to be repaid in full.

樱花动漫 wins award for campaigning work

樱花动漫 took home the top campaigning prize for its work on the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act at the this week. The judging panel, which included Daily Mirror journalist Ros Wynne-Jones and former cabinet minister Peter Hain, praised the union's campaign against the Act's for its 'clear objectives and strategies', and said 樱花动漫 secured some impressive media hits for such a small budget.

Sally Hunt the award recognised the hard work of 樱花动漫's team and the key legislative concessions the union won. However, she warned that the Prevent Duty still posed a threat to academics and that 樱花动漫 would redouble its efforts to campaign against its implementation.

Academics warn future of UK universities at risk from marketisation

Over 100 academics wrote to this week warning that UK universities could justifiably claim to have an outstanding international reputation, generating multiple direct and indirect benefits for society, and delivering training and education for core professions. But these attributes were being undermined by the forces of marketisation.

Bradford College staff on second strike in redundancy row

Staff at Bradford College took part in a on Thursday following the college's refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies. 樱花动漫 members also handed over a 1500-strong petition opposing redundancies to college governors at a meeting of the corporation. Regional official Julie Kelley said that the college needed to look at 'every possible alternative to cutting frontline education services'.

樱花动漫 members at Birmingham University back strike action

樱花动漫 members at Birmingham University have voted for strike action in a dispute over 80 potential redundancies, and new requirements for securing grant income. Over three-quarters of members who voted backed taking action to oppose job losses in the Neuroscience and Pharmacology and Engineering departments.

Branch president, Dr Roland Brandstaetter, told the : 'Despite repeated attempts from our side making suggestions to avoid compulsory redundancies, '

Summer reads

Ahead of the summer break, Academics, administrators and senior sector figures give two holiday tomes: a new must-read and a classic to revisit. Sally Hunt suggests - the autobiography of Scottish socialist Harry McShane - which takes in poverty at the start of the 20^th century, the First World War and hunger marches. From this year, she suggests that highlights how the growth of insecure work has heavily impacted on women.