1) Meet UCU For Lunch, Tuesday 28 February, 12.30-13.30, 7G1, 7 Priory Rd Sign up at our Eventbrite page: https://meet_ucu_for_lunch.eventbrite.co.uk — 2) Timetabling & Staff Constraints Members may be aware of the decision on Monday at Senate to withdraw, subject to further consideration, the proposed extension to the teaching week by 4 hours. This would […]
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1) Timetabling & Staff Constraints As members may be aware, there is a paper going to Senate on Monday 20th February, ‘Timetabling: Policy And Practice’. The report proposes, among other things, an extension to the teaching week by 4 hours – 40 to 44 hours. For further information, please consult the Paper [PDF] and the […]
1) UCU Elections Reminder: it’s election time in UCU. There are elections for General Secretary, for National Executive Committee members and other national officers. Ballot closes 1st March. https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/7228/UCU-elections-2016-17 As things stand, there are currently no plans for local hustings, for the General Secretary position for example. If members would like to see local Bristol […]
1) NSS Boycott At our General Meeting last week, Bristol UCU passed a motion [PDF], resolving to support Bristol Students’ Union in their boycotting of the National Student Survey in order to oppose the Teaching Excellence Framework. As of a couple of days ago, academic staff are being instructed via their Heads of School that […]
1) General Meeting, Wednesday 25 January 2017 , 1.00pm – 2.00pm, Arts Complex LT3. Woodland Rd We have a General Meeting Wednesday next week. A copy of the agenda is available [PDF]. On the agenda we have National Executive Committee elections, NSS boycott, change to voluntary severance scheme, report on branch priorities – workload, promotion […]
Your Newsflash team are taking a well-earned Christmas and New Year break, so this is the final ‘Flash of term and indeed the year. As way of a Christmas ‘treat’, we thought we’d review the University of Bristol UCU year, trawling the Newsflash archives for the highs and the lows and the ups and the […]
1) Changes to Notice Period – Terms and Conditions We are pleased to report that, following representations from Bristol UCU, the proposed change to notice periods in the terms and conditions for J and above staff has been withdrawn for the time being. — 2) TEF@UoB Branch reps and negotiators are working on number of […]
1) Pay All members should have received the result of the consultative ballot yesterday, ‘Update on UCU higher education pay campaign’ from Paul Bridge, UCU Head of Higher Education. By a margin of 57% to 43% members voted not to undertake further industrial action at this time. By a margin of 52% to 48% members […]
1) Open Letter – Bristol says TEF Off and #NOV19 a) Please sign the Bristol SU and UCU open letter to the Vice-Chancellor, noting ‘our belief that the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is a flawed policy, to the detriment of Higher Education’ and calling on ‘University of Bristol senior management to think again about Bristol’s […]
1) General Branch Meeting, Wednesday, 9th November, 13:00-14:00, Arts Complex LT3, 17 Woodland Road Agenda [PDF] 1. ‘What Is UCU Doing For Its Members?’ – Guest Speaker: Rob Goodfellow, UCU President 2. University Strategy Implementation – Bristol UCU Response Bristol UCU Briefing Document – Strategy Update [PDF] Workload Strategy for 2016/17 [PDF] 3. New Branch […]