Bristol UCU1) Emergency Online General Meeting, Monday, 1st March 2021 Thanks to Bristol UCU members who attended Monday’s Teams meeting. A brief workload update started the meeting. Members are now hopefully aware of the University’s workload reduction announcement: no new TESTAs this academic year, unless requested by the School or Department; no further NSS Task Forces […]
1) Emergency Online General Meeting, Monday, 1st March 2021, 13:00-14:00, via Microsoft Teams Bristol UCU members are invited to an Emergency Online General Meeting (EOGM) on Monday@1pm next week, called by Bristol UCU Executive Committee. To join on Monday, please click on the link below: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MjhlYTE1NTItMTJkOC00ZWRhLWIzYzctNDU1NDA4MTU5OGY4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22b2e47f30-cd7d-4a4e-a5da-b18cf1a4151b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22808b1cd4-a148-40b5-9088-03701d876c24%22%7d The meeting will see an update from Branch President James Thompson […]
1) Update: ‘Unnecessary F2F, In-Person Teaching’ Dispute and Workload Reduction Bristol UCU negotiators Branch President James Thompson and Branch Secretary Jamie Melrose had a meeting yesterday with University Officers at which positive proposals were made concerning both our current branch dispute over ‘unnecessary face-to-face in-person teaching’ [link] and ‘What To Drop? – The UoB Workload Crisis’ [link]. On […]
1) Dispute Update – F2F, In-Person Teaching Bristol UCU Executive Committee met yesterday and decided to conclude the Dispute Process. Although the University has made welcome changes to individual risk assessment and programme review, University Officers are still not prepared to guarantee that face-to-face, in-person teaching will not return before the Easter vacation, or before the end […]
1) What To Drop? – The UoB Workload Crisis Members are still encouraged to submit concrete workload proposals on what can be stopped, postponed or parked. Contact ucu-office@bristol.ac.uk. Branch reps look forward to discussing these proposals at a meeting with University Officers tomorrow. — 2) UCU NEC Elections Elections to UCU’s National Executive Committee (NEC) are […]
1) Dispute Latest At our final Dispute Resolution meeting on Monday, Branch Negotiators, while welcoming a host of positive changes banked so far, for example, in the Risk Assessment process and regarding online programme requests, asked the University to commit to online teaching until at least the Easter vacation. This would see the University join […]
1) In-Person, F2F Teaching Dispute Latest Firstly, Happy New Year to Bristol UCU members. As we finish TB1 and enter TB2, teaching, except for ‘certain subjects [link] such as Medicine and Dentistry, is now online to at least February 15th, with ‘planning for teaching to remain online until Easter, if necessary’. Our branch headline demand, ‘an immediate […]
1) Dispute Latest On Tuesday this week, Branch Negotiators had their third scheduled meeting of the Dispute Resolution Process. One more meeting will be scheduled early in the new year. While Branch Negotiators are pleased to report some welcome movement regarding risk assessment and ‘devolved’ blending learning decision-making (see below), the University has not agreed […]
1) Dispute Resolution: In-Person Teaching The Branch Executive and Branch Reps meet yesterday, this in advance of our final Dispute Resolution meeting Wednesday next week. Reps highlighted the potential importance of devolving online and in-person teaching decision to Schools and to individual programmes, and of capping f2f, in-person teaching for hourly-paid and Pathway 3 fixed-term […]
1) Dispute Resolution: In-Person Teaching Branch Officers had our latest dispute resolution meeting with the University on Monday. Another meeting is scheduled before the end of term to discuss certain proposals and suggested measures around the balance of online teaching for staff, the appropriate level of decision making and institutional risk assessment. A Joint Branch […]