Signed, Michael. Best of luck. On 10 April 2018 at 19:38, Michael Szpakowski <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > And for those of you who have a connection with the course and with > Writtle, please leave a comment...If you're an artist or writer &c any sort > also please identify yourself... :) > I'm pasting below my sig the motion passed today nem con in our UCU branch > meeting.. > Please also tweet, FB, e mail... > thanks! > Michael > Sign the Petition > <https://www.change.org/p/tessmaths1-gmail-com-defend-education-at-writtle-university-college-no-to-course-cuts-no-to-redundancies/share_for_starters?just_created=true> > > Sign the Petition > [email protected]: Defend Education at Writtle university College! No > to course cuts, no to redundancies! > > <https://www.change.org/p/tessmaths1-gmail-com-defend-education-at-writtle-university-college-no-to-course-cuts-no-to-redundancies/share_for_starters?just_created=true> > > > This branch *feels* a sense of déjà vu. > > This branch *notes *that whilst members, other teachers and support staff > were conscientiously doing their usual best the entire senior management > team *failed*. > *Failed* to see any problem coming, *failed* to open up any sort of > discussion and *failed* to show any concern for staff as evidenced by the > inept and cold-blooded way in which a package of course cuts and job losses > was presented as a fait accompli, the day before the Easter holiday weekend. > > This branch *notes *the Vice Chancellor’s highly insulting comment > > “*We have not driven the business to achieve excellence – our portfolio, > in HE especially, is too broad for us to be outstanding in all fields of > study*” > > (‘Strategic Change Agenda’ p3 bullet point three) > > This branch *notes* that the VC and presumably the SMT believes that > Writtle University College is a ‘business’ (ibid.) rather than an > educational institution. > > This branch *notes *the hugely successful campaign waged by our > colleagues in the pre 1992 universities to defend their pension rights and > also the recent no-confidence vote by Open University UCU members in their > vice chancellor when faced with a similar package of cuts, a similar > rationale and similarly insulting language. > > This branch *believes* in education. > > This branch *believes *that the entire SLT at Writtle has *failed, *we > have *no confidence* in it and therefore *resolve* to call upon all its > members to resign forthwith and for the governors to replace it with a team > which believes that the 100 year plus educational legacy of Writtle > deserves celebrating and defending, rather than yet another round of cuts. > > This branch further *resolves* to call upon the governors to withdraw the > cuts and closure proposal by the end of this week. If the package is not > withdrawn then a dispute will exist between the UCU and WUC and we will > seek permission to ballot for industrial action. > > This branch *resolves* to inform students of what is happening, both > directly and through the NUS and to seek their active support for a public > campaign against the cuts package including, but not limited to, social > media and a Change.org petition. > > In addition we *resolve* to seek common ground in fighting the cuts with > our colleagues in other WUC unions and other UCU branches. > > Passed nem. con. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > >
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