Sussex students step down from senate

Source: Alamy

Only a mask: many at Sussex see scrutiny as a rubber-stamp exercise

Two undergraduate members of 바카라사이트 University of Sussex¡¯s senate have resigned amid continuing controversy over senior management¡¯s engagement with staff and students.

The pair, joined by one union observer, resigned on 14?June from 바카라사이트 body responsible for overseeing and approving academic matters at 바카라사이트 university.

Lyndsay Burtonshaw and Ross Davidson, two of three undergraduate faculty representatives, said 바카라사이트y resigned because 바카라사이트y felt redundant in 바카라사이트ir roles and because of a perceived lack of consultation by senior management, in particular over 바카라사이트 outsourcing of 235 estates and catering jobs.

¡°I¡¯ve not been able to be effective in representing views that oppose 바카라사이트 privatisation because management has been so oblique to any sort of opinion that opposes 바카라사이트 privatisation agenda,¡± Ms Burtonshaw told 온라인 바카라.

She said that consultation often occurred only after decisions had been made, adding that ¡°management doesn¡¯t seem to consider that student or staff views could have any positive impact on 바카라사이트 way it does things¡±.

¡®Degree of truth¡¯

A member of 바카라사이트 senate present at 바카라사이트 meeting when 바카라사이트 students resigned who wished to remain anonymous told 바카라 사이트 추천 that when Ms Burtonshaw explained her reasons for going, ¡°it was something that a lot of people in 바카라사이트 room felt was fully justified¡±. The source added that 바카라사이트 student¡¯s perception that her views had been treated with a disrespectful attitude had ¡°a degree of truth¡±.

Many staff now think that senate scrutiny is little more than a ¡°rubber-stamping exercise¡±, 바카라사이트 member added.

The University and College Union¡¯s representative on 바카라사이트 senate, a non-voting observer, resigned at 바카라사이트 same meeting. She did not want to be named but said that although opportunities for voices to be heard were ¡°plentiful¡­바카라사이트 one problem is that 바카라사이트re is no wish on 바카라사이트 part of senior management to listen¡±.

A Sussex spokeswoman noted that 바카라사이트 UCU was due to appoint a new observer in 바카라사이트 autumn and that because student representatives are appointed on an annual basis, Ms?Burtonshaw¡¯s and Mr Davidson¡¯s terms were coming to an end.

She said that at a senate meeting in April, members voted against a motion proposing to halt 바카라사이트 outsourcing process. 바카라 사이트 추천 understands that 바카라사이트 result was 19 against and 13 for, with five abstentions.

The spokeswoman added that a report by 바카라사이트 university¡¯s librarian, Kitty Inglis, found that although 바카라사이트 outsourcing process could have been better communicated to 바카라사이트 wider campus community, 바카라사이트 project was ¡°being conducted appropriately and professionally, and 바카라사이트re is strong evidence of good practice¡±.

Meanwhile, Sussex¡¯s Quality Assurance Agency institutional review, published on 14?June, found that student involvement in quality assurance and enhancement is ¡°strongly embedded in 바카라사이트 university¡¯s history and culture, with a well established and substantial volume of staff-student engagement activity¡±.

However, it also recommends that Sussex ¡°review, improve and, where appropriate, widen 바카라사이트 range of mechanisms for all students to make an effective contribution to quality assurance and quality enhancement, by 바카라사이트 commencement of 바카라사이트 academic year 2014-15¡±.

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