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 […]
Category: Newsflash
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 […]
1) Bristol UCU Annual General Meeting, *Today*, 13;00-14:00, via Microsoft Teams To join at 13:00 today, please click on the link below: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGU1YWJhODYtM2MxOC00MTQ1LWFhNzktMTA0MzNjMWM1YWY3%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 On the agenda, election of Branch Officers and of the Branch Executive Committee for 2020-21. James Thompson, Branch President, will give an oral report, including an update on our current dispute. For a […]
1) Dispute & Special Senate Tomorrow James Thompson, Branch President, has written on behalf of the Branch to register a formal dispute with the University over its failure to move unnecessary in-person teaching online and to allow staff to teach online where appropriate. As announced yesterday, Bristol UCU members voted to declare the dispute in […]
1) Vote Now–Bristol UCU Consultative Ballot If you haven’t voted, please vote now. Voting closes this Friday. Bristol UCU members who haven’t voted received an email today (4th November), just before 09:30, titled Reminder: Bristol UCU consultative ballot, sent from University and College Union <yoursay@ucu.org.uk>. Click on the link in that email to vote. The ballot closes 12 noon on Friday 6 November 2020. If you have not received the […]
Bristol UCU Consultative Ballot – Please Vote Yesterday (Tuesday, 27th October) Bristol UCU members received an email, just after 15:00, titled Bristol UCU consultative ballot, sent from University and College Union <yoursay@ucu.org.uk>. Clink on the link in that email to vote. The ballot closes 12 noon on Friday 6 November 2020. 2 questions to answer. The first is about whether to declare a formal dispute over […]