Author: unionadmin
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GCU Petition to Court launched as UCU and EIS decide for action
Following senior management rejection of the joint Trade Unions offer to work together to lobby the new government for additional funding if the threat of compulsory redundancies was lifted, an all staff petition has been launched to pressurise the University Court to live up to its responsibilities towards GCU. This reads: Dear Chair of Court…
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Adding insult to injury: GCU management organise line manager workshops for ‘when you have to give bad news’ at GCU
In an incredibly insensitive e-mail to GCU all staff the GCU OD department are now publicly advertising workships for line-managers on ‘handling difficult conversations’. Described as ‘a range of resources available to staff to support during the restructuring process’ the e-mail image below is perhaps ‘worth a thousand words’, or at least more than a…
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What is going on behind the ‘smoke and mirrors’ from management at GCU? Unions discuss it on-line
Despite a serious offer to GCU management from the Combined Unions at Glasgow Caledonian which would have allowed the creation of a united front campaigning to win additional funding from the incoming Scottish administration, senior management have chosen to reject this, and continue to hold the threat of compulsory redundancies over the heads of university…
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Management at GCU spurn trade union olive branch and continue with threat of redundancies
To begin with a quote from the message management formally gave the Unions at the consultation meeting yesterday “We are not at this moment in a position to guarantee no compulsory redundancies, but have stated that we will remove the risk of redundancy in respect of this consultation if and when we are in a…
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Scottish, British (and International) Media concerned at suspension of GCU licence to recruit international students
The story that GCU has become the first UK University to lose its licence to recruit international students, has been treated as a serious matter by media outlets through the UK and wider afield, thus giving weight to the fears of GCU unions that ‘This move will damage our reputation internationally and domestically’. It adds…
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Unison Consultative Ballot – 97% in favour of being balloted on industrial action at GCU!
In a ballot of all Unison members at Glasgow Caledonian, and with a turnout of over 60 percent, an incredible 97% have voted in favour of being balloted on industrial action. In response to GCU Management plans for devastating cuts at the university, UNISON, the largest trade union at Glasgow Caledonian University representing both academics…
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Unions at GCU call for emergency meeting of Court, and immediate independent inquiry into Senior Management
Following David Beeby’s announcement at 7.30pm yesterday evening the GCU Combined Union Committee have issued the following statement “The trade unions at Glasgow Caledonian note with astonishment the statement from senior management that the UK Borders Agency has suspended our licence to recruit international students for 28 days. This is the first time this has…
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GCU suspends “processing immigration paperwork”. What does this mean?
Breaking news: This is covered in the Herald:University Visas Suspended and in the Telegraph: University has Foreign Student Licence Suspended Earlier today (Wednesday 19th) , David Beeby,Vice-Principal Internationalisation, and Head of Finance at GCU, informed all staff that: “You may be aware that GCU is cooperating with the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to address issues…
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New Question on Value for Money regarding iPads for Executive at GCU
A previous post iPad2s for them and P45s for us? pointed out the incongruity of ten iPad2s being purchased for the GCU executive on the same day as the 90 day notices regarding possible redundancies were issued to staff. A UCU member has reminded us of University guidelines on Value for Money, which were issued…
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Unions offer Olive Branch to Management over the way forward at GCU: This is a serious offer.
This morning, Management were given the opportunity to step back from the brink and work with the Unions at GCU to fight for more funding for Higher Education The trade union representatives at GCU met with management this morning as part of the statutory consultation procedure. The unions made an offer to management to take…
