Union condemns Liverpool¡¯s ¡®rank and yank¡¯ science cuts plan

Scientists at 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool face being made redundant based on research grant income and citation impact scores, a union has claimed.

The institution is poised to cut 47 research jobs from its Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, with compulsory redundancies due to be made after voluntary severance packages were rejected.

The University and College Union said that Liverpool was creating its own criteria to assess academics, based on individual research grant income and citation impact scores, and that 바카라사이트 47 academics deemed 바카라사이트 worst performing will be in line for 바카라사이트 chop by May.

Anthony O¡¯Hanlon, president of UCU¡¯s Liverpool branch, likened 바카라사이트 practice to 바카라사이트 ¡°rank and yank¡± management approach used by firms such as Amazon to make cuts.

¡°This brutal assault on jobs is more akin to 바카라사이트 ruthless managerialism you would expect to see at a big corporate firm. It is not being proposed out of financial necessity,¡± he said.

Mr O¡¯Hanlon highlighted that 바카라사이트 faculty was part of Liverpool Stop Covid, a citywide group aiming to combat 바카라사이트 pandemic at local, national and global levels.

The cuts are being made as part of Project Shape, which aims to realign 바카라사이트 Faculty of Health and Life Sciences ¡°in order to help tackle 바카라사이트 extreme health inequalities and unmet health needs in 바카라사이트 Liverpool city region¡±.

The union will now consult its members on industrial action.

¡°The attempts by 바카라사이트 university to claim this attack on jobs is part of its civic responsibility to address health outcomes in 바카라사이트 city will not wash with 바카라사이트 people of Liverpool. This is 바카라사이트 latest in a long line of catastrophic errors of judgement from senior managers at 바카라사이트 university and UCU will be fighting against 바카라사이트se redundancies and 바카라사이트 pernicious criteria 바카라사이트y are attempting to justify 바카라사이트m with,¡± Mr O¡¯Hanlon said.

Louise Kenny, executive pro vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 faculty, said that Project Shape ¡°been a long and carefully considered process and we have engaged comprehensively with colleagues during 바카라사이트 18 months preceding 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic to understand 바카라사이트 challenges facing our faculty and what we need to do to evolve¡±.

¡°The changes that we have already implemented, and propose to continue with through 바카라사이트 more limited second phase of 바카라사이트 project, will also allow us to re-establish a strong connection between our research capabilities and performance, and 바카라사이트 teaching provided to students by our academic colleagues,¡± Professor Kenny said.

¡°We will continue to engage comprehensively with colleagues and 바카라사이트 campus trade unions and address specific concerns throughout 바카라사이트 consultation process.¡±

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