The Scottish Government have recently launched a new framework for tackling poverty and inequality – Achieving our Potential. The Poverty Alliance has organised a series of discussion seminars across Scotland to look at this new approach to tackling poverty and what the prospects are for tackling poverty in the current … Continue reading
Author Archives: Scott Jackson
2009 Pay Claim: Message from Mike Robinson
Dear Colleagues Pay 2009 The joint HE unions that are now part of New JNCHES (Unite, Unison, GMB and EIS) meet on the 18th December to begin formulating the sector pay claim. As you will know from previous reports UCU have excluded themselves from New JNCHES and so will not … Continue reading
Higher Education E-Bulletin Issue 33 Nov/Dec 2008
University Sector Pension Forum Industrial Action and dispute at University of Sussex 2009 Pay Claim New “Brown Book” published The “largest ever mass redundancy” in Australia ‘s higher education sector Bargaining Brief Students at Limerick force yet another ministerial U-turn Policies extend privilege, not participation Recession Report – November 2008