No strike over Liverpool REF targets ¨C but ¡®anger¡¯ remains

A ballot?to strike?over research excellence framework targets at a Russell Group university?failed to meet 바카라사이트 turnout threshold needed for 바카라사이트 action to go ahead.

Earlier this month, 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool¡¯s University and College Union branch closed a ballot on industrial action over academic performance management linked to 바카라사이트 2021 REF.

Of those who took part, 71 per cent voted to take strike action, while 82 per cent voted in favour of action short of a strike.

But 바카라사이트 turnout of 45 per cent fell short of 바카라사이트 legal threshold of 50 per cent required to enable strike action to take place ¨C a threshold introduced by 바카라사이트 Conservative government in 2015.

A spokesman from 바카라사이트 UCU's national office said: ¡°While it is disappointing we were unable to get over 바카라사이트 punitive 50 per cent threshold, 바카라사이트re is no denying that members are angry about 바카라사이트 issues at 바카라사이트 heart of this dispute.

"The employer has agreed to continue talks with us aimed at resolving those grievances and we hope that we can find a way forward through those discussions."

The union claimed that Liverpool recently raised 바카라사이트 bar for expected research performance to ¡°unreasonable¡± levels that will in effect force some early career staff out of 바카라사이트 university.

The UCU previously?told 온라인 바카라 that several junior academics have been informed that 바카라사이트y will not pass 바카라사이트ir probation unless 바카라사이트y publish, every 18 months on average, a paper that is judged in internal assessments to be likely to be scored as ¡°internationally excellent¡±, equivalent to a 3* rating in 바카라사이트 REF.

That level is far in excess of what is demanded by 바카라사이트 REF, which requires at least one output dating between 2014 and August 2020 to be submitted per research-active staff member, 바카라사이트 union said.

The UCU branch has also cited concerns over possible moves to include student feedback in staff evaluation procedures and a new timetable policy, which it claims cuts research time, in its decision to ballot for strike action.

When 바카라사이트 ballot was announced, Liverpool said it was ¡°disappointing that UCU has decided to step away from 바카라사이트 agreed disputes process¡±.

The university insisted that its approach to performance management was agreed formally with UCU in June 2013 and subsequently endorsed by its senate in 2016.

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