Tag: Executive
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It’s time for management to discuss the future with all staff.
Today (12th December 2023), the campus unions at GCU have published a first response to the Principal’s all staff communication on Dec 1st regarding Student Recruitment and Associated Investments. Welcoming the Principal’s offer to discuss any and all of the issues raised in the document, the campus unions have suggested an early New Year ‘All-Staff’…
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Solidarity towards UCU @ GCU
Colleagues in Media and Journalism were copied in to this e-mail from UCU member @ Ulster University, Dr Anthea Irwin, who felt compelled to resign as external examiner for the Media and Communications degree following GCU Management’s actions over deductions. The e-mail is self explanatory Subject: Resigning my position as external examiner Dear Professor Stephen Decent …
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Students – we believe management are endangering the integrity of your degree – UCU@GCU
The following statement was made public by UCU@GCU today (24th May 2023). On 16th May, a draft of this was given to GCU management to comment on as they might wish, and the publishing of the statement was delayed but the opportunity to comment was not taken up. If management wish to comment on the…
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We deeply regret university management’s failure of vision and of nerve – UCU@GCU
Glasgow Caledonian university branch of the UCU today expressed their deep disappointment with GCU management for what the branch see as a failure of vision and of nerve. This follows the management declining to take what the branch had seen as a helpful approach within the current stage of the marking and assessment boycott. Two…
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A love song to Education from the UCU…..
Our Vice Present elect Karen Lorimer has done a marvellous job above, encapsulating just some of the moments the branch shared on the picket line during the current period of dispute. Below are some of today’s photos as well. Tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd March) is the end of the current round of strikes as we wait…
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Why does it always rain on me….?
By Travis helped keep wet spirits up as the new Gazebo (see caledonianunion passim) was set up and ready for a wet day of picketing. As always, students were out to help, and Louisa Richardson, the Students union women’s officer brought along some new customised stickers and also took away one of our new placards…
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Love was in the air…..but pay still wasn’t fair
We were joined in force by the Young Team today, including Piper and Asher, who made sure everyone knew that this strike was a family affair. Despite a tremendous Valentines Spotify Playlist by UCU President Catriona Mowat there was no obvious melting of the hearts at GCU management and pickets were left awaiting news from…
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We’ve been underpaying our staff admits GCU Principal
In our campus trade unions’ appeal to students in the week beginning 14th November, we explained our case for better pay and conditions, and called on students to contact Pamela Gillies, Principal of GCU, and ask her to pressurise the University and Colleges Employers Association to award staff a fair wage. Staff have lost 25%…
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A small step for court perhaps ….. but GCU needs a giant leap
It’s far too early to tell, but the recent executive briefing by chair of court Tony Brian (see posting below) may be a helpful acknowledgment that things need improved in the governance of the university. However, it was really too difficult to be certain, given this was a ‘briefing’ with the parameters set in a…
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GCU Court talks to (some) GCU staff – a welcome, but very small step
Some faltering steps which might lead to a more meaningful dialogue between GCU Court and university staff were taken when recently elected Court chair Tony Brian led an ‘Executive Briefing’ on ‘Governance and the role of Court at GCU’. The organisation of the meeting left something to be desired, with only three working days notice…
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