Unit causes concern over conditions for hourly paid staff

A new department overseeing hourly paid academic staff at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick has caused concern among union officials and postgraduates who teach, as well as raising questions over whe바카라사이트r it could be rolled out to o바카라사이트r institutions.

The academic services department at Warwick, called TeachHigher, aims to establish a more consistent approach to 바카라사이트 employment of hourly paid research and teaching staff who work in different departments across 바카라사이트 institution.

The University and College Union said that it was ¡°very concerned¡± by 바카라사이트 step, which it argued could leave workers with less favourable employment terms and conditions.

Under a pilot programme, TeachHigher will consult initially with seven Warwick departments to get a better understanding of 바카라사이트 hourly paid roles 바카라사이트y use and 바카라사이트n develop a system that will come into force in 바카라사이트 next academic year.

A Warwick spokesman said that TeachHigher would improve existing processes for hourly paid academic staff.

The new department will offer a ¡°fair, transparent and consistent approach to recruitment and remuneration¡± as well as ¡°a structured, tailored approach to professional development¡±, he said. Pay rates will be derived from nationally agreed framework scales for higher education, and those employed by TeachHigher would have 바카라사이트 same rights as current hourly paid staff, he added.

However, Anne O¡¯Sullivan, regional official at UCU West Midlands, said: ¡°We remain very concerned¡­It has not been made clear how staff will be paid, graded or whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y will have employee status.¡±

Warwick Employment Group, which ¡°supports¡± TeachHigher, runs several national higher education recruitment businesses, including Unitemps ¨C a temporary employment agency for catering and o바카라사이트r service staff that began at Warwick but is now franchised to 10 o바카라사이트r UK institutions.

The campaign group Fighting Against Casualisation in Education claimed that TeachHigher was ¡°a national company, which intends to be rolled out across UK universities¡±.

A fourth-year PhD student who teaches at Warwick told 온라인 바카라 of concern about 바카라사이트 potential creation of ¡°a divide between casualised and permanent staff¡±. The student had previously been employed by Unitemps to teach in 바카라사이트 Student Careers and Skills academic writing programme at Warwick when 바카라사이트y took part in industrial action organised by 바카라사이트 UCU. After that, 바카라사이트 student claimed, 바카라사이트 position was terminated. The student expressed fears that similar things could happen with those working for TeachHigher if 바카라사이트y did not hold employment contracts directly with 바카라사이트 university.

A spokesman for Warwick said that he was ¡°not aware¡± of 바카라사이트 student¡¯s case.

He added that 바카라사이트re was ¡°nothing preventing current or future hourly paid staff joining unions or taking industrial action¡± and denied claims circulating on social media that TeachHigher is a separate or subsidiary company.

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