Tag: higher-education

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In his email of 19th November, Interim VC David McGuire gives his version of the reason for the current strikes. UCU Sussex would like to make clear that this is a misrepresentation of the real issues. If we are to resolve this dispute it is important that we base discussions not on misleading rhetoric but…

DTs and UCU in the Business School win fight over DT pay cut

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On 8 September, the Business School announced a pay cut for all Doctoral Tutors (DTs), the youngest, most diverse, and most precarious of University staff. The cut consisted of a reduction of the hours paid to tutors for each repeated teaching hour from x3 to x2, a pay cut of up to 28%. But tutors…

Use of surveys and survey data by the UEG

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We previously wrote about the design and implementation of the Size and Shape survey. Fortunately, the Senate has ruled that consultation on this crucial programme is not up to the required standard — partly because the UEG tried to present “findings” from a poorly designed survey before it had had time to digest the data…

Sussex UCU declares dispute over threat of compulsory redundancies

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Friday 4 June 2021 We publish this blog post to share an urgent update regarding the negotiations over possible compulsory redundancies at the University of Sussex, and to lay out how together UCU members at Sussex can make sure that job losses don’t happen. The headline news is that the University Executive Group (UEG) has…

Sussex UCU response to the UUK consultation on the USS valuation

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The following was prepared with input from across campus, and submitted as a paper for Council meeting 257, 7 May 2021. The Council meeting was a single issue meeting to prepare the University of Sussex institutional response to the UUK consultation on the USS 2020 valuation. Council papers should be available on the Council page…

Size and Shape survey

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The University has grown fond of surveying staff and faculty. Unfortunately, they are not as fond of sharing the results. Typically, we only get to see fragments of the data and summaries of the results. The University does not feel compelled to meet the standards of reporting survey results that are common in academic journals,…

Initial views on the USS 2020 valuation and the UUK consultation

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Sussex and IDS UCU Pensions Working Group is seeking input on initial views outlined here. Following your input we will prepare a more detailed response to share with Sussex and IDS institutions before the deadline of 24 May for the Employer’s response to the UUK consultation. Please check your inbox for emails with the subject…

A critique of the Size and Shape project

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The University of Sussex has justified the timing and scope of the Size and Shape project under the heading ‘Why Size and Shape is important, Read about what we need to do and, therefore, why this work matters.’ In response to this document, we contend that the Size and Shape project is poorly thought out,…

Open letter to UUK concerning lack of transparency at Sussex over USS

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Updated on 9 February Read the reply from Alistair Jarvis, CEO of UUK to Sussex UCU Exec and Reps. In particular we draw attention to: We [UUK] will do all we can to ensure it is clear when he [the Sussex VC] is representing the collective position of employers [as opposed to the University of…

A run through the Sussex financial statements 2020

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