Category: Executive Board
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Report of Meeting with GCU Management Thursday 10th March
The trade union representatives had a meeting with Senior Management this morning from 10 – 12 to discuss the compulsory redundancies announced by management last Thursday evening and the imposition of a number of policies on staff by HR and Senior Management earlier in the year. The trade unions EIS, UCU, UNISON and UNITE were…
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Letter in Scotsman about ‘deeply secretive and incestuous system’ at GCU
Here is the text of a letter from UCU Scotland in reply to David Beeby’s letter in the Scotsman of 2nd March: David Beeby, Executive Director of Finance, is correct to state (letters 2 March) that senior staff at Caledonian university are paid at the same ludicrous rate as comparable universities. The burgeoning budget for…
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Why Management Strategy at GCU is wrong
At 8am on 4th March, Principal Pamela Gillies announced in an e-mail to all staff that as a result of proposals presented to University Court by the Executive Board “a reduction of 95 support and administrative posts across the University may be necessary.” It was claimed that these proposals take place “against a background of…
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