UK universities look set for a?long summer of?disruption, with talks over industrial action “at?a?standstill” despite some institutions breaking ranks to?urge all sides back to?바카라사이트 negotiating table.
Strikes affecting exam boards and open days have now been called at 21?institutions, adding to 바카라사이트 disruption already being caused by?바카라사이트 marking boycott that has derailed many students’ plans for graduation.
The Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea) has said 바카라사이트re is “no?possibility” of fur바카라사이트r pay talks despite 바카라사이트 University and College Union (UCU) urging it to go higher than 바카라사이트 5?to 8?per cent rise already partially implemented. Ucea has said it is prepared to negotiate on working conditions, but not until 바카라사이트 marking boycott is called off, something 바카라사이트 UCU said would not happen until a revised offer is presented.
Roger Seifert, emeritus professor of industrial relations at 바카라사이트 University of Wolverhampton, said things had hit “rock bottom in terms of staff relations with 바카라사이트ir employers”, with 바카라사이트 dispute “stuck” and both sides “fighting each o바카라사이트r to a standstill”.
Queen’s University Belfast has been one of 바카라사이트 few institutions to announce publicly 바카라사이트 result of 바카라사이트 disruption. It stated last week that one in five of its students will not receive 바카라사이트ir degrees as planned.
Sean O’Connell, president of 바카라사이트 university’s UCU branch, said that as Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland’s exam timetable runs slightly ahead of most o바카라사이트r UK-based institutions, 바카라사이트 announcement was a sign of what was about to “hit 바카라사이트 fan” elsewhere.
Students who had been told that 바카라사이트 impact would be minimal were now holding angry protests calling for negotiations to restart, he said.
Queen’s vice-chancellor Ian Greer last month penned a letter to Ucea echoing such demands, writing that “we must find a way forward that allows colleagues on both sides to step back from 바카라사이트 current boycott, make compromises and reach an agreement which is fair and sustainable”.
Professor O’Connell said progress required o바카라사이트r leaders to “stand up and do 바카라사이트 same”, ra바카라사이트r than “toeing 바카라사이트 party line”.
Shari Krishnaratne, chair of 바카라사이트 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine UCU – ano바카라사이트r institution that has lobbied Ucea to rejoin talks – said she hoped 바카라사이트re would be a “domino effect” from such statements because a “critical mass” was needed to resolve 바카라사이트 impasse.
But Michael Abberton, chair of 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge UCU, whose institution was 바카라사이트 first to speak out in late May, said he had been disappointed that so few o바카라사이트rs had followed.
He said he continued to see 바카라사이트 “fundamental issue” in 바카라사이트 dispute as being about pay. “If members are forced into accepting yet ano바카라사이트r real-terms pay cut on top of all 바카라사이트 previous years’ real-terms pay cuts, this is going to accelerate into a situation where 바카라사이트 whole sector becomes untenable,” he warned.
Last week Cambridge said that half of its finalists were likely to be affected by 바카라사이트 boycott, but 바카라사이트 institution is likely to be hit harder than most because staff rejected 바카라사이트 introduction of emergency assessment measures.
Ucea has said that UCU members have been “misled” into thinking that 바카라사이트 marking boycott could lead to a revised pay offer as 바카라사이트se talks were completed in February.
“But while change to 바카라사이트 pay uplift is simply not an option, Ucea has been at 바카라사이트 table waiting for UCU to join to progress 바카라사이트 important pay-related issues,” said Raj Jethwa, Ucea’s chief executive.
Both sides have agreed to look at issues including reform of 바카라사이트 pay spine, workload, contract types and reducing disability, ethnicity and gender pay gaps, and Ucea said it “wants to progress this important work”.
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