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Category Archives: Court
Time to take our catering back, and reward our catering staff properly
Some years ago, a campaign by the Combined Union Committee saved the jobs of the majority of GCU catering staff – due to be paid off by Glasgow Caledonian University just before Christmas 2016. This involved a threatened boycott by … Continue reading
Posted in Combined Union Committee, Court, Support
Tagged Baxter Storey, Catering, GCU Management
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Lack of clarity over GCU New York hearing
Several reports in the Times newspaper today and yesterday, have suggested a higher level of opposition from New York Higher Educational establishments than had been understood to be the case, over GCU’s aim of establishing a New York hub, . Although … Continue reading
Posted in Combined Union Committee, Court, Governance
Tagged Combined Union Committee, Court, GCUNY
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GCU Staff still hoping for dialogue regarding New York hub
A week after the third all-staff meeting expressing concern about the lack of clarity and dialogue over GCU’s New York hub, press reports suggest some confusion over the amount of support for the venture from other New York educational establishments … Continue reading
Little willingness shown by GCU Court to discuss with staff
Despite staff concerns about the investment of up to £15million into a New York hub, which still does not have a licence, and no students, and a wages bill of over £500k, staff members attending the lobby of Court were disappointed … Continue reading
Posted in Combined Union Committee, Court, Governance
Tagged Combined Union Committee, Court, Davena Rankin, Douglas Chalmers, Governance
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GCU staff and students raise concerns about New York Hub at Scottish Parliament
GCU staff and students brought their campaign for an independent investigation of the events surrounding the university’s New York hub, to Holyrood MSPs today. Concerned MSPs, including the presiding officer had already been in touch with members of GCU staff … Continue reading
Education Minister wants our views on running GCU
Angela Constance, the Cabinet Secretary for Education in the Scottish Government is interested in your views on how GCU, and other universities are governed. All university campus unions are in favour of democratising higher education governance and will be making … Continue reading
Posted in Combined Union Committee, Court, UCU
Tagged Combined Union Committee, GCU Management, Governance, UCU
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GCU unions to help make universities accountable
At the start of October 2014, the UCU, EIS, Unison and Unite, held a joint conference in Edinburgh looking towards the future and entitled ‘Re-imagining the University’. Major statements on the future of Higher Education were made by Mike Russell, Kezia … Continue reading
Union backed candidates successful in Court election
The success of Douglas Chalmers in a contested election, and Davena Rankin elected unopposed in the recent ballots for staff governors to the GCU court, is a sign that staff are backing the reforms in university Governance promoted by both … Continue reading
Posted in Combined Union Committee, Court, Management, UCU, Unison
Tagged Combined Union Committee, Court, Davena Rankin, Douglas Chalmers, Governance
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A small step for court perhaps ….. but GCU needs a giant leap
It’s far too early to tell, but the recent executive briefing by chair of court Tony Brian (see posting below) may be a helpful acknowledgment that things need improved in the governance of the university. However, it was really too … Continue reading
Posted in Combined Union Committee, Court, Management
Tagged Combined Union Committee, Court, Executive, GCU Management, Jan Hulme
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GCU Court talks to (some) GCU staff – a welcome, but very small step
Some faltering steps which might lead to a more meaningful dialogue between GCU Court and university staff were taken when recently elected Court chair Tony Brian led an ‘Executive Briefing’ on ‘Governance and the role of Court at GCU’. The … Continue reading
Posted in Combined Union Committee, Court, Management
Tagged Combined Union Committee, Court, Executive, Jan Hulme, Nick McKerrell, UCU
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