Tag: GCU Management
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GCU Green league success – Trade Union welcomes invite to be involved
The latest roll call of environmental achievement from the People and Planet Green League shows another impressive leap for our university – which the hard work of our staff should take credit for. Glasgow Caledonian has increased its position in this table from 59th to 46th – following on from a previous increase the year…
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Local UCU officer elected as UCU Scotland Vice President
Douglas Chalmers, local President of the UCU@GCU announced he felt honoured to be elected as Scottish vice president of the UCU in their current elections. Receiving almost twice as many votes as his opponent in the election, Douglas said “The union in Scotland and in the rest of the UK, faces some difficult times ahead,…
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Withholding pay – GCU Management steps back from the brink – but needs to go further
Unions at GCU welcomed the ‘clarification’ statement released by HR following our protestation at the proposal to withhold wages from staff involved in action short of a strike. Following our protests and communication with HR, all staff have now had the university’s new position outlined as follows: “Dear Colleagues EIS has now clarified the nature…
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Unions condemn return to heavy handed tactics by management at Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow Caledonian University unions today condemned the re-appearance of heavy handed tactics by management which threaten to return labour relations to rock bottom once more at the university. Following the one day strike by EIS members on 23rd October, staff were shocked to receive the following e-mail – sent to all staff – from the…
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Glasgow Caledonian Unions welcome management change of heart over student resit ‘fines’
The announcement today that GCU management have withdrawn plans to ‘fine’ students for resits and retaking modules was today welcomed by GCU unions. Speaking on behalf of the University and College Union, branch president Douglas Chalmers said: “We welcome this step back by management on the issue. This really would have hit hard those who…
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Academic Unions at GCU call for a re-think on re-sit ‘fines’
The GCU branches of the University and College Union (UCU) and the Educational Institute for Scotland (EIS) both called today for the senior management at Glasgow Caledonian University to reconsider their decision to fine students, who need to undertake re-sits of exams or of modules. From the coming semester, students re-sitting exams will now have…
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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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Independent review calls for shake up of university governance
An independent review of Higher Education Governance in Scotland today called for fundamental change in the way universities are governed. Amongst its recommendations: Governing bodies need to better show that they observe principles of good governance, regularly reviewing their own performance. Meetings of University Court should normally be held in public. There should be representatives…
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Scottish Press reports criticism of Senior Management at GCU
A hard hitting article by the Herald’s Education reporter Andrew Denholm has brought the shocking results of the recent GCU staff survey into the public’s gaze. Stating that “A survey of staff at Glasgow Caledonian University found just 19% said principal Professor Pamela Gillies and her management ‘lead the university well’ “, Denholm’s report goes…
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GCU Court needs to act NOW on shocking findings of Staff Survey
Fact. The GCU Trade Unions were not consulted about the contents of the survey nor questions within it. Fact. The survey was issued after a long period of senior management minimising real consultation with the unions at GCU. Fact. The result of the survey is a damning indictment of long term inept management at the…
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