Activists decry AUT's proposal to stand down equality body for a year

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The Association of University Teachers (AUT) has been accused of reusing to put the equal opprtunities fight at the heart of the planned academics' super-union after vetoeing plans to set up an equality committee. A paper prepared by Natfhe reports that AUT argued that equality should not be a 'core business' of the proposed University and College Union during the transitional year.

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Forensic body to dissect provision

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Forensic science degrees have been branded a 'waste of young people's time' and accused of being 'Mickey Mouse' courses but the UK Forensic Science Education Group has now been launched to counter the criticism. The group, comprising a self-selecting group of eight universities. aims to bolster the reputation of more vocationally oriented and scientific courses.

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Course cuts attract race equality body warning

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The ethnic minoritiesE staff members suffer due to the closure of courses in community play and youth studies in the Birmingham's School of Education. The university is alleged to have failed to fulfill its duty towards minority staff.

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