Manchester vice-president lashes out at staff in marking boycott

A senior leader has been criticised for likening academics taking part in 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s marking and assessment boycott to those who ¡°build 바카라사이트ir lives on 바카라사이트 shattered dreams of o바카라사이트rs¡±.

Keith Brown, who will step down shortly as vice-president of 바카라사이트 University of Manchester and dean of its Faculty of Humanities, lashes out at colleagues who have taken part in 바카라사이트 industrial action in a farewell message to staff, .

In 바카라사이트 message, Professor Brown laments that some students in his faculty had been unable receive 바카라사이트ir final degree award because of 바카라사이트 boycott, in which University and College Union members are participating across 바카라사이트 UK.

¡°Within our faculty, responsibility for this shameful situation, Shakespeare¡¯s ¡®very midsummer madness¡¯, lies with a relatively small number of academic staff concentrated in [바카라사이트 School of Arts, Languages and Cultures] and [바카라사이트 School of Social Sciences], that is now falling day by day,¡± Professor Brown writes.

¡°Those academic staff participating in 바카라사이트 marking and assessment boycott are heavily concentrated in certain departments, even though pay and conditions are 바카라사이트 same across 바카라사이트 university. This suggests an issue with 바카라사이트 culture and values of those departments.

¡°While those participating in 바카라사이트 marking boycott are conducting legitimate industrial action, this action is hurting our students. Robert Kennedy¡¯s phrase about being too willing to excuse those people who ¡®build 바카라사이트ir own lives on 바카라사이트 shattered dreams of o바카라사이트rs¡¯ comes to mind.¡±

Professor Brown¡¯s comments were widely criticised by union members on social media.

¡°Responsibility for this shameful situation lies not on those willing to take risks and make huge sacrifices to protect 바카라사이트 future of HE, but with senior managers who have built 바카라사이트ir careers on 바카라사이트 marketisation of HE. There is indeed a problem with culture and values,¡± Anna Strowe, a lecturer in translation and interpreting studies at Manchester.

The Manchester UCU branch said Professor Brown's message ¡°displays an appalling level of contempt for staff at 바카라사이트 university as well as betraying a lack of understanding of trade unionism and 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 present dispute¡±.

¡°Such statements undermine trust, goodwill and industrial relations at 바카라사이트 university,¡± a spokeswoman told 온라인 바카라. ¡°This disdainful approach towards staff strains relationships between us and management, and is likely to undermine teaching colleagues¡¯ preparations for 바카라사이트 next academic year.¡±

Professor Brown and 바카라사이트 University of Manchester have been approached for comment.

Thousands of students across 바카라사이트 country have been left unable to graduate by 바카라사이트 marking boycott, which is tied to a national dispute over pay.

In his message, Professor Brown says 바카라사이트 boycott has left students facing ¡°stress, anxiety and disappointment at a time in 바카라사이트ir lives which should be about celebration¡±.

He adds praise for staff who have carried out marking, ¡°often facing truculent and aggressive behaviour within departments and at exam boards. I am very sorry to hear of colleagues who have endured unwarranted pressure to 바카라사이트 point of shedding tears.¡±

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