Tag: Sustainability
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GCU combined unions call all staff meeting Monday 21st November
The Combined Unions at GCU have called an all staff meeting next Monday, 21st November The University is facing a £3 million deficit. GCU management plans for a “New York Campus” are 3 years behind schedule and are costing millions of pounds per year. A dispute between GCU and Cordia threatened 70 of our catering…
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GCU Petition signed by 1000+ within 24 hours
Within 24 hours of its launch, over 1000 people had signed the petition in favour of talks to ensure no jobs are lost from catering staff at GCU following the university’s early termination of their Cordia contract, and Cordia’s apparent disregard of their obligations to the same staff, telling them ‘After 15th December you will…
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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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The Higher Education sector is no place for profit seekers says UCU
UCU today cautiously welcomed news in the budget that the government has decided against allowing for-profit providers of higher education VAT exemption. UCU led the campaign against the move and wrote to the minister for universities and science, David Willetts, asking him to block any moves to grant for-profit providers of education exemption from VAT.…
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This is not sustainable thinking at GCU. We call on the management to reconsider.
The irony may be lost on some but in a month when specialist researchers in the Caledonian Environment Centre are facing the prospect of job cuts, the University prints a dedicated sustainability issue of the University’s public facing magazine, highlighting the contribution the University is making to the green agenda. Over the past year the…
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