Tag: Women
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Women should have freedom to flourish – and not just on International Women’s Day – UCU
Karen Lorimer, Vice President of UCU@GCU and also current joint equalities officer of the branch explains an exhibition she has been hosting today, 8th March – International Women’s Day, in the Govan Mbeki foyer regarding the perception of women’s economic class amongst students. This year’s IWD theme is inspire inclusion and for it UCU have…
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Celebrating International Women’s Day @ GCU
A message from UCU@GCU President Catriona Mowat: Catriona is Disability Manager at GCU. To celebrate International Women’s Day this Thursday 8th March, we asked women members of the UCU @ GCU to tell us what being a trade union member means to them, what they would be celebrating this Thursday, and what their hopes for…
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Sign the petition to help save GCU Catering Staff jobs
A petition has been created on line which we are urging all concerned to sign. Hundreds of staff and students have already signed the paper petition that till today has been available at the tills in the refectory and other food outlets. It is our understanding that following pressure from the university, Cordia have now…
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Say ‘Pants’ to Poverty says unison
On Friday 5th February between 12 noon and 1.30 Unison@gcu are having a collection for Smalls for All (www.smallsforall.org): a charity that collects and distributes underwear to women and children in Africa who need our help. There will be a stall for donations in the reception area of the Govan Mbeki building on Friday at that…
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GCU Students say no to sexual exploitation
On International Women’s Day 2013 the GCU Students Union Debating Society held a debate about ending exploitation of women, which the local UCU was pleased to sponsor – here’s a taste of the debate. Thanks to Lesley Roy and Calum Leslie for the filming and production @lroyjournalist and @calumsleslie
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International Women’s Day debate takes off at GCU
Following a scurrilous report in the Daily Telegraph which suggested that female students at Glasgow Caledonian had been signing up to a sexploitation website, the GCU Association debating society decided to run a debate on this, on International Women’s Day, sponsored by the local UCU. Featured by STV, the debate clearly struck a chord with…
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Fair Pay on Campus Campaign
This Gender Pay gap needs to go From ‘Jenna’ – a member of UCU at Glasgow Caledonian The Equality Challenge Unit reports that in 2011 the mean gender pay gap in UK HE was 20%……. A colleague recently brought this article to my attention: The Fair Pay on Campus campaign aims to address the huge…
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Make every day International Women’s Day says UCU at Glasgow Caledonian
Glasgow Caledonian University’s branch of the UCU celebrated International Women’s Day by releasing a new poster (downloadable here), and a new leaflet (downloadable here: side 1, side 2) pledging to fight for a better deal on casualisation and part time workers and to ensure women’s academic work is given equal value to the work of…
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The Staff Survey – where’s the gender analysis?
In her latest posting on women at GCU and the work, life balance, ‘Jenna’ asks why there is no gender breakdown of the details in the staff survey. You can find this article on the Women at GCU page here
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