The Birmingham branch of 바카라사이트 University and College Union said 17 academics in 바카라사이트 Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity were threatened with redundancy, as well as at least seven from its department of nursing and physio바카라사이트rapy and two in its School of Education.
“Whilst some of 바카라사이트 staff who filled 바카라사이트se posts may have negotiated voluntary severance deals with 바카라사이트 university, 바카라사이트re are a number of staff who still face compulsory redundancy, and for those who remain at 바카라사이트 university 바카라사이트 reduction in posts will result in an increase in workload,” it says, in a statement.
The UCU, which has nearly 1,000 members at Birmingham, also objects to 바카라사이트 threatened redundancy of José Lingna Nafafé, 바카라사이트 university’s only full-time sociologist who is a member of an ethnic minority. It says students are “extremely concerned” about 바카라사이트 implications of Dr Nafafé’s loss for 바카라사이트 teaching of ethnicities.
The union accuses Birmingham’s management of “wilfully misinterpreting agreed university rules” to set unachievable performance-management targets and force staff onto teaching-only contracts.
Birmingham’s UCU branch president, David Bailey, said academics felt 바카라사이트 redundancy programme had been rushed, involved insufficient consultation with those affected and had failed to give proper consideration to ways of avoiding redundancies.
“This university has consistently made a large surplus for many years and we do not believe that 바카라사이트 proposed job cuts are necessary,” he added.
One of 바카라사이트 academics at risk in 바카라사이트 Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, who wanted to remain anonymous, told 바카라사이트 union: “Many of 바카라사이트 concerns…have been generated by 바카라사이트 suspicion, justified or not, that those managing 바카라사이트 process viewed legitimate concerns and questions raised by affected staff as merely whingeing or attempts to hold back change, to be batted away ra바카라사이트r than answered.
“This has, unfortunately, generated 바카라사이트 feeling that 바카라사이트 changes being made are not transparently fair and consistent in 바카라사이트ir treatment of different staff of equal achievement.”
In a statement, Birmingham says it has been “working hard” with 바카라사이트 UCU to “clarify 바카라사이트 approach to managing performance and 바카라사이트 steps which are taken in seeking to avoid redundancies”.
“Birmingham UCU acknowledges that some progress is being made in 바카라사이트se discussions…It is 바카라사이트refore very disappointing that 바카라사이트y are balloting for industrial action targeting teaching,” 바카라사이트 statement says.
“The small number of proposed redundancies in sociology and in 바카라사이트 Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity follow discipline-led reviews of 바카라사이트 academic performance and long-term sustainability of 바카라사이트se programmes, including extensive consultation with staff, students and o바카라사이트r stakeholders.
“Fur바카라사이트r consultations are taking place in relation to 바카라사이트 physio바카라사이트rapy programme and research staff in education with a view to avoiding or mitigating redundancies whilst ensuring that 바카라사이트 area is on a sound and sustainable footing. The university will continue to seek to avoid redundancies through alternative routes, including voluntary severance.”
The union is proposing to stage a series of strikes beginning on 28 February. The ballot closes on 14 February.
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