Countdown to VC David Eastwood’s Incentive Bonus of £80,000
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UNISON are calling a day of Strike Action on Friday 28th of June 2019, after stunning result in our strike ballot. 79% of those who took part voted for strike action! We are asking all staff not to attend work and to come to our amazing picket lines instead! Students, please join us on the…
Rights at work Below is a basic overview of your rights at work based on the support staff contract of employment. Please view the links on the left for more information about specific issues. Please note all the pages on this website are just an overview of your rights and are not intended as a…
State of Higher Education – please read the news below – all of them published just last week. Part of the list was compiled by @UUKSpin 1. University of Reading (£££ blackhole) https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/feb/09/reading-university-in-crisis-amid-questions-over-121m-land-sales 2. Swansea University (problematic Kuwait deal) https://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/swansea-university-600m-joint-venture-15798126 3. Cardiff Metropolitan University (VC/DVC vanished on ‘sick leave’) https://the-eye.wales/sick-with-fear/ 4. De Montfort University (conflict…
HAS – Redundancies & anti-social contracts (2013) Redundancies and pay cuts at midnight 114 HAS staff facing Redundancy, Pay Cuts or anti social contracts See the flyer and sign the online petition. The University have recently announced, at a a few hours notice, proposals affecting over 114 staff in HAS. Proposals have included redundancies, removing shift…
Not content with sending just one email to all staff with misinformation regarding our strike action (read the email and our response here – 16h May 2019), Tim Jones (University of Birmingham’s Provost) appears to be using the University’s resources and time (note: he earns more than £100,000/year) rather unwisely – that is, to spread…
Press contact: James Brackley (UCU), jb4243@hotmail.com; Mike Moore (UNISON), mich_moore@hotmail.co.uk;07/09/2020 [STARTS] As the number of cases rise across the country and concerns grow nationally about the potential impact of reopening Universities, unions at the University of Birmingham have expressed serious concerns about plans to reopen the Edgbaston campus. There have been at least three confirmed…