1) Next Steps: Our Boycott As the threat of pay deductions becomes a reality, and with the prospect of our MAB continuing over the Summer, members are asking: what is the point of MAB-ing now? Fundamentally it hasn’t changed from the first day of the boycott on 20th April. In not marking, and preventing the […]
Month: July 2023
1) University of Bristol Wall of Shame: Add Your ‘Outrage’ Post your University of Bristol academic standards ‘outrage’ on our Wall of Shame. Click on the ‘+’: https://padlet.com/bristolucuoffice/university-of-bristol-wall-of-shame-mab-2023-swihrxfgnrpkmszf To share with students, stakeholders, politicians, policymakers, and Bristolians. Already we can see examples of: Note: posts are anoymised. The School/Department is not named; posts are moderated. […]
1) University of Bristol Wall of Shame: Bristol UCU Members’ Meeting, Tuesday, 11th July, 13:00-14:00, Microsoft Teams Join Bristol UCU members next Tuesday lunchtime for the launch of our University of Bristol Wall of Shame: Unless our Bristol temporary academic regulations are revoked, and unless the University mitigates its approach to punitive pay docking, the […]
Response to University of Bristol Leadership: Settle Don’t Escalate This Dispute Dear Evelyn, A question if I may: as more and more universities make public statements to restart negotiations in our ongoing pay and conditions dispute, why does the University of Bristol Leadership Team persist in not joining them? What is the cost to the […]
1) Crucial Phase of Our Marking and Assessment Boycott: Exam Boards, Internal/External Examiners, and the ‘10 Days at 50% Pay Cap’ This week, week 10 of our Marking and Assessment Boycott, we have entered a crucial phase in our pay and conditions dispute. Exam Boards are upon us, proxy marks are in the process of […]