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Redundancies comment #2 – Show us the data

Published: 20th January, 2021

Previously we drew attention to the specific redundancy plans aimed at the University School of Business in CMS & Political Economy specialisms. Thanks to all highlighting the wrongness of these plans. Our comms team will do the same for each affected area. Because none of the plans in other areas make any more sense to…

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Redundancies comment #1 – Welcome back to the start of term

Published: 20th January, 2021

Our leadership team has another perfect moment for you, today emailing hundreds of staff to tell them they, or others in their teams, are at risk of redundancy. The timing is brutal, the process shady. Throughout the pre-change engagement that supposedly informs these decisions, we asked repeatedly for access to the external consultancy reports feeding…

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Leicester UCU in 2

Published: 17th December, 2020

In this week’s update (17 December 2020), Vice Chair, Emma Battell Lowman, wishes all a very merry Christmas, encourages all to complete the LUCU word search, and asks that Professor Canagarajah fulfils her one Christmas wish – supply the consultancy data underpinning the pre-change engagements.

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Leicester UCU in 2

Published: 11th December, 2020

In this week’s update (11 December 2020), Vice Chair, Emma Battell Lowman, updates on the pre-change engagement meetings and external consultancy reviews.

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Leicester UCU has ‘paused’ health and safety dispute

Published: 4th December, 2020

Thanks to all members for feeding back your views on the status of our dispute over health and safety concerns and for voting on how to proceed with this dispute. The email sent to all members with that survey outlined the position we had reached through the dispute resolution process can be accessed here. A…

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