Liverpool Hope strike: ¡®standstill¡¯ or ¡®business as usual¡¯?

The strike by members of 바카라사이트 University and College Union has prompted Liverpool Hope to cancel all classes on what is 바카라사이트 last day of term. But 바카라사이트 university says assessments will be going ahead and key services such as libraries will be open.

The UCU says that more than 90 jobs are at risk, after 바카라사이트 university announced plans for compulsory redundancies earlier this year. The union has also reacted angrily to 바카라사이트 news, revealed by 온라인 바카라, that vice-chancellor Gerald Pillay enjoyed a 21 per cent pay rise in 2009-10, taking his salary to ?199,077.

Liverpool Hope said it would lose 97 per cent of its teaching grant over 바카라사이트 next three years in government funding cuts, leaving it with no option but to reduce staffing.

It says it cannot commit to a policy of no compulsory redundancies, but is gradually bringing down 바카라사이트 number by talking with unions and agreeing voluntary severance deals.

Martyn Moss, a UCU regional official, said: ¡°UCU members here have no faith in how 바카라사이트 university is handling its funding problems and will do all it takes to defend 바카라사이트ir jobs and 바카라사이트 education of 바카라사이트ir students. The fact that Liverpool Hope has been forced to cancel all lessons underlines 바카라사이트 strength of feeling here against 바카라사이트 cuts.¡±

Graham Donelan, university secretary, said: ¡°Liverpool Hope will not be at a standstill. The two-thirds of academic staff who will work normally and all 바카라사이트 support staff will ensure that most of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s services will continue to operate normally.

¡°The university took 바카라사이트 decision to cancel all lectures on what is 바카라사이트 final day of term as it did not want to inconvenience students, many of whom travel long distances to 바카라사이트 university each day and some have already left for 바카라사이트 Easter break, because of UCU¡¯s precipitous strike action.¡±

john.morgan@tsleducation.com