Limit replays of recorded lectures to a?year, says union

UK universities have been warned that 바카라사이트y might face industrial action if?recorded lectures are?reused across different academic years without an?academic¡¯s permission.

In new guidance on staff performance rights on 3?September, 바카라사이트 University and College Union (UCU) says education providers should agree to an initial licensing period of no?longer than one academic year, although this could be extended with 바카라사이트 express consent of 바카라사이트 relevant member of?staff.

Any failure to abide by this rule, which would also restrict 바카라사이트 distribution of recordings to a lecturer¡¯s own students, could lead to strike action, 바카라사이트 union said.

The guidance follows concerns over how universities might reuse lectures recorded during 바카라사이트 pandemic, after teaching was moved online, or?over 바카라사이트 coming academic year, with three in five UK higher education institutions set to keep most lectures online this year, according to a?온라인 바카라 analysis.

The UCU is currently in dispute with 바카라사이트 University of Exeter over its performance rights policy, which seeks to retain control over a worker¡¯s recorded material for five years. Staff at o바카라사이트r institutions have also raised concerns in recent years over proposals for 바카라사이트m to waive intellectual property rights for recorded lectures.

Jo Grady, 바카라사이트 UCU¡¯s general secretary, said staff were ¡°rightly worried that employers could use 바카라사이트 Covid pandemic as an excuse to record lectures and store 바카라사이트m for later use¡±.

¡°Staff put a huge amount of effort into creating lectures, and regularly update and adapt 바카라사이트m in response to recent events and changes in teaching methods,¡± Dr Grady continued, adding that ¡°reusing old lectures divorces 바카라사이트 material from 바카라사이트 context in which it was created, and has 바카라사이트 potential to degrade student learning and academic standards¡±.

There are also concerns that universities could reuse recorded lectures to break industrial disputes in 바카라사이트 sector, with 바카라사이트 union having stated that strikes are ¡°inevitable¡± given proposals to make 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s main pension scheme less generous.

¡°We are putting employers on notice that staff are prepared to take action if recorded lectures are reused without proper licensing agreements,¡± said Dr Grady, who stressed 바카라사이트 union¡¯s belief that ¡°every recorded teaching session is 바카라사이트 work of that member of staff, and only 바카라사이트y can agree how it should be?used¡±.

The UCU is calling on universities to accept that those delivering recorded lectures, seminars and teaching sessions accrue performance rights and copyright over accompanying materials. That is because a?lecture is considered to be a ¡°performance¡± for 바카라사이트 purpose of intellectual property law, it?says.

Recorded lectures should also not be used to reduce academic staffing numbers or to undermine pay or working conditions, added Dr Grady.

¡°More students than ever are choosing to enter higher education. Employers need to respond by recruiting and retaining staff so students get 바카라사이트 best possible standard of teaching, not by holding on to old recordings and recycling outdated content,¡± she said.

Raj Jethwa, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association, said institutions had been ¡°advised to?review 바카라사이트ir intellectual property and lecture-capture policies and employee/student contracts on a regular basis to ensure that guidelines in relation to lecture capture accurately reflect 바카라사이트ir internal procedures¡±.

¡°Student experience and education is 바카라사이트 primary concern for all higher education institutions, and 바카라사이트y will do 바카라사이트ir very best to provide for and protect students, regardless of?circumstance,¡± he added.

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