1) 2-Days A Week Unpaid As well as making some timely comments about the avarice of the vice chancellor caste, former Education minister Baron Andrew Adonis has recently made some crackpot comments regarding academic workload. For the record, UCU’s 2016 Workload Survey found HE staff work ‘an average of more than two days unpaid leave’. […]
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1) Restructurings – Finance Services & Timetabling and Examinations Office Restructurings within Finance Services and Timetabling and the Examinations Office were announced at the end of last week. Both have 6-week consultation periods. The proposed Finance Services model has been developed by our new Chief Financial Officer. It proposes a much strengthened senior leadership team […]
1) Promotion and Progression – Update Thank you to everyone who attended our progression and promotion focus groups last week. Pathway 1 and 2 raised a number of important points such as: the importance of ‘progress to progression’ being an integral part of Pathway 1 annual staff review. the fundamental misunderstanding of risk that lurks […]
1) Last Chance to Register – Pathway 1 Promotion and Progression Focus Group The final of 3 UCU Promotion and Progression Focus Groups – for Pathway 1 academic staff – is tomorrow (Thursday, 15th June), 1pm-2pm, in G4/5, 10 Woodland Road, Arts Complex. Last chance to register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pathway-1-promotion-and-progression-ucu-focus-group-tickets-34502561089 NB Bristol UCU branch officers have written […]
1) UCU Congress Bristol UCU delegates – Tracey Hooper, James Thompson and Jamie Melrose – went to UCU Congress in Brighton last weekend. What did Congress decide? What was discussed? What is now UCU policy as regards pay, union mergers and many other issues? Please see ‘Brighton Rocks: Bristol UCU Congress Report 2017’ for our […]
1) Pay – Update At UCU Congress this weekend, delegates will be asked to vote on the following proposal: should UCU run a national consultative ballot, asking members whether they accept or reject the final pay offer? UCU’s Higher Education Committee will then decide to accept or reject on the basis of the ballot result. […]
1) Pay, Workload and Next Steps: After the AGM Following the results of the recent branch e-ballot [PDF], and the AGM last week, Bristol UCU’s position is now to accept the pay offer. For more information, and what the immediate future holds, please read our Bristol UCU blog post ‘Pay, Workload and Next Steps’: https://bristolucu.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/pay-workload-and-next-steps-after-the-agm/ […]
1) Pay Offer Consultation What’s your view on the pay offer? The University of Bristol, along with nearly all other universities represented by the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), has made its final pay offer for 2017-18. Bristol UCU has been asked to consult with its members to gauge their views. Please complete our […]
1) Reminder: Motions – UCU Congress 2017 Let us know your take on 5 ‘hot’ motions at this year’s UCU Congress: https://bristolucu.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/ucucongressmotions2017 E-ballot closes Friday. — 2) Bristol UCU Annual General Meeting, 1pm-2pm, LT3 Woodland Road, Wednesday 10th May Date for your diary: our branch AGM is in two weeks time. On the agenda: voting […]
1) Pay In response to our UCU headline claim for a pay increase of RPI + 3% on all spine points, UCEA has improved their offer: 1.5%. For further information about national negotiations: http://tinyurl.com/HE20178march17 — 2) Motions – UCU Congress 2017 We have selected 5 motions (from the 100 plus motions) submitted to UCU Congress […]