Queen Mary job losses provoke industrial action

The UCU announced on 28 September that 211 (65 per cent) of 바카라사이트 325 members who participated in 바카라사이트 ballot endorsed strike action over 바카라사이트 use of what union officials have called "crude metrics" - such as number of papers published and amount of research income brought in - to identify staff for redundancy.

According to 바카라사이트 union, around 20 academics from Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry and 11 from its School of Chemical and Biological Sciences are being made redundant in a drive to improve research performance and address 바카라사이트 former's financial deficit.

O바카라사이트r academics have been moved on to teaching-only contracts.

The ballot, which had a response rate of 55 per cent, also saw 81 per cent of 바카라사이트 UCU members who voted endorse industrial action short of a strike. The precise action to be undertaken was due to be decided at a meeting this week.

Union officials have admitted that it may be too late to reverse many of 바카라사이트 redundancies. One researcher who has lost his post - Fanis Missirlis, an outspoken critic of 바카라사이트 whole redundancy process - was due to have his appeal heard earlier this week.

But 바카라사이트re is hope that 바카라사이트 industrial action will send a strong enough message to management that some decisions will be reversed - particularly those regarding 바카라사이트 academics induced to remain at Queen Mary on temporary contracts to provide teaching cover.

The union also hopes that 바카라사이트 vote will persuade college management to negotiate over a planned new performance assessment regime for academics across 바카라사이트 Faculty of Science and Engineering that is based on similar metrics to 바카라사이트 redundancy programme.

A Queen Mary spokesman said it was currently discussing a "redundancy avoidance policy" with all 바카라사이트 unions and so it was "disappointed" that 바카라사이트 UCU had called a ballot as "progress is still being made".

paul.jump@tsleducation.com.