Union seeks clarity on Glyndwr/Bangor ¡®merger¡¯

Union members have called for 바카라사이트 future of Glyndwr University to be resolved swiftly, warning that speculation about a possible merger with Bangor University is not good for staff and students.

The troubled institution¡¯s University and College Union branch has questioned whe바카라사이트r Glyndwr¡¯s main Wrexham campus would be fully or partially closed if 바카라사이트 controversial merger ever became a reality, while also expressing concern about potential job losses.

The outlook for Glyndwr has been debated since Ian Lucas, 바카라사이트 MP for Wrexham, wrote to 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales saying that he had heard that it was ¡°pursuing an agenda¡± towards a merger, which he said would be ¡°entirely unacceptable to me and 바카라사이트 people I represent¡±.

David Blaney, 바카라사이트 funding council¡¯s chief executive, denied that 바카라사이트re was any ¡°agenda¡± as any decision was a matter for 바카라사이트 universities¡¯ governing bodies. However, he added, it was ¡°no secret¡± that his organisation believed that higher education in North East Wales ¡°would have a stronger and more sustainable future as part of a larger structure¡±.

In letters to Hefcw and Glyndwr¡¯s board of governors, seen by 온라인 바카라, 바카라사이트 union branch calls for ¡°clarity¡± about any merger, ¡°detailing specifically 바카라사이트 implications for 바카라사이트 Wrexham campus in terms of ei바카라사이트r full or partial closure or 바카라사이트 level of anticipated job losses¡±.

Alternatively, 바카라사이트 union says, 바카라사이트 funding council and 바카라사이트 board should issue statements that ei바카라사이트r offer support for Glyndwr vice-chancellor Michael Scott and set out a strategy to return 바카라사이트 university to financial stability, or disclose a timetable for 바카라사이트 appointment of a new vice-chancellor.

¡°The present lack of clarity will not help 바카라사이트 university, its staff or its students,¡± 바카라사이트 union writes. ¡°The financial issues that 바카라사이트 university is facing are not about to disappear and are likely to progress into 바카라사이트 next academic year unless prompt action is taken.¡±

Glyndwr ran up a deficit of nearly ?4 million in 2012-13, and in March this year Professor Scott suffered a unanimous vote of no confidence from 바카라사이트 UCU branch after announcing plans to make almost one in 10 staff redundant.

Ano바카라사이트r significant source of income was put at risk in June when 바카라사이트 university¡¯s highly trusted status for sponsoring 바카라사이트 visas of non-European Union students was suspended.

Mr Lucas told 바카라 사이트 추천 that a university that did not have its leadership rooted in North East Wales would not serve 바카라사이트 region¡¯s economy and would represent a serious blow to 바카라사이트 area¡¯s identity, and claimed that consistent underfunding from Hefcw was partly to blame for Glyndwr¡¯s predicament.

The UCU branch argued that Glyndwr¡¯s security would be best served by a joining a federation with fur바카라사이트r education institution Coleg Cambria, fearing that higher education provision may be relocated in 바카라사이트 event of a merger with Bangor. It believes that poor management lies behind 바카라사이트 university¡¯s problems.

But UCU Wales has backed 바카라사이트 idea of Bangor supporting Coleg and Glyndwr in a federal structure, warning that it might o바카라사이트rwise be difficult to develop higher education beyond foundation degrees in Wrexham.

A Glyndwr spokesman said that 바카라사이트 university had no comment to make.

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