UCU moves closer to industrial action
Lecturers in the University and College Union have moved a step closer to taking industrial action after the union decided to urge members to reject a 1 per cent pay offer

Lecturers in the University and College Union have moved a step closer to taking industrial action after the union decided to urge members to reject a 1 per cent pay offer

The Wellcome Trust has announced plans to extend its open access policy to include scholarly monographs and book chapters

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The final frontier to UK space exploration is political but exhilarating nevertheless, says Kevin Fong
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