Academic takes Bristol to tribunal over ¡®grant income sacking¡¯

A former lecturer at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol has lodged an employment tribunal case against her dismissal for allegedly not securing enough grant income.

Alison Hayman had been a lecturer in connective tissue biology since 2000 before being dismissed last October. In a written for her reinstatement campaign ¨C whose has attracted 1,800 signatures ¨C she says that she was happy to remain a lecturer but was required to apply for promotion when she reached 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 pay scale for lecturers.

She says that her application was turned down four years running, essentially because she had failed to secure ¡°significant¡± grant income. This, she says, was her managers¡¯ interpretation of 바카라사이트 official progression criterion of demonstrating ¡°evidence of ability to design, secure funding for, plan and implement research programmes¡±.

She says that she submitted about 20 grant applications between 2010 and 2014, some of which were deemed to be internationally competitive, but secured only ?5,000.

Dr Hayman, who was submitted to 바카라사이트 2014 research excellence framework, told 온라인 바카라 that her main motivation for taking Bristol to 바카라사이트 employment tribunal was to ¡°show that I am not incapable and that what has happened to me is unjust¡±.

She will also be ¡°seeking compensation to mitigate 바카라사이트 devastating effect of 바카라사이트 financial losses resulting from my dismissal¡±. Her case hinges on her contention that grant-based targets have not been applied to anyone else at Bristol, and that 바카라사이트y do not fulfil 바카라사이트 university¡¯s requirement that performance management criteria should be within a person¡¯s control.

A Freedom of Information request by 바카라사이트 University and College Union, which is supporting her, revealed that 173 senior lecturers or readers on 바카라사이트 same ¡°pathway¡± as Dr Hayman were not principal investigators on a grant between 2010 and 2014, compared with 243 who were.

Last year, Imperial College London professor Stefan Grimm committed suicide after being told that he was not bringing in enough grant income. In 바카라사이트 most recent such revelation, last week it was revealed that?Queen¡¯s University Belfast has adopted grant income targets.

A spokeswoman for Bristol said that 바카라사이트 institution ¡°does not set targets on grant income for individual academics¡±, but was unable to comment on Dr Hayman¡¯s case due to her legal challenge, which will be heard in 바카라사이트 early autumn.

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