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Vice-chancellor stands down after union members passed no confidence vote

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Tory MPs’ calls to ‘save the Open University’ ring hollow

Pleas by Conservative backbenchers for an intervention to help the OU ignore the fact that they recently made it harder to assist under-pressure institutions, says Pam Tatlow

By Pam Tatlow

10 April

Open University staff call for vice-chancellor’s resignation

Union members call for removal of threat of hundreds of redundancies and ask for consultation on possible industrial action

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Open University to review reform programme after v-c’s exit

Acting vice-chancellor promises to ‘listen’ to staff concerns after academic body agrees to shelve no-confidence vote until June

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