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By QMUCU Posted on 9 July 20159 July 2015

Fair Pay for Queen Mary TAs

TA Pay – Model Letter – June 2015 Did you know that hourly-paid academic teaching staff at Queen Mary are on the same rate of pay now as they were … Continue reading Fair Pay for Queen Mary TAs

Categories: Pay, Work Place IssuesTags: pay and conditions, teaching
By QMUCU Posted on 3 May 201221 January 2015

SBCS: Madness of Metrics

David Bignell, emeritus professor of zoology at QM, has a compelling op-ed piece in this week’s Times Higher. An excerpt: Will restructuring work? Everybody except modern managers knows a good … Continue reading SBCS: Madness of Metrics

Categories: RestructuringsTags: redundancy, research, restructuring, SBCS, teaching
By QMUCU Posted on 2 May 201221 January 2015

SBCS Restructuring: The Impact on Teaching

In mid-April, colleagues in SBCS learned whether they were “at risk” of redundancy. As expected, 20 people are being affected by the restructuring. 11 posts are “at risk” while 9 … Continue reading SBCS Restructuring: The Impact on Teaching

Categories: RestructuringsTags: restructuring, SBCS, students, teaching
By QMUCU Posted on 19 April 201221 January 2015

THE on QM Restructuring

A report in today’s Times Higher Education focuses on the restructuring in SBCS (and also mentions SMD). You can read it here. Academics at Queen Mary, University of London, have … Continue reading THE on QM Restructuring

Categories: RestructuringsTags: redundancy, restructuring, SBCS, SMD, teaching
By QMUCU Posted on 19 March 201221 January 2015

SBCS Proposals Redux

In response to many protests from staff, students and UCU, the Head of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences has issued amended proposals for the restructuring of the School. … Continue reading SBCS Proposals Redux

Categories: RestructuringsTags: redundancy, restructuring, SBCS, teaching
By QMUCU Posted on 1 March 201221 January 2015

SBCS: QMSU Respond

The following motion was passed at QMSU’s Council meeting on 28 February. 12.0  Protecting the teaching of students in SBCS Proposer:  Oscar Williamson (Vice President Education and Welfare) Seconder:  Ozzy … Continue reading SBCS: QMSU Respond

Categories: RestructuringsTags: redundancy, restructuring, SBCS, students, teaching
By QMUCU Posted on 23 February 201221 January 2015

SBCS Restructuring: UCU Response

UCU has now drafted its formal response to the restructuring proposals for the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, which you can access below. This includes both a devastating critique … Continue reading SBCS Restructuring: UCU Response

Categories: Performance Management, RestructuringsTags: performance management, redundancy, restructuring, SBCS, teaching
By QMUCU Posted on 4 February 201221 January 2015

Save SBCS!

The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences (SBCS) at Queen Mary, University of London is under grave threat from a massive and poorly-thought-out management restructuring. The proposals risk sacking nearly … Continue reading Save SBCS!

Categories: RestructuringsTags: campaign, redundancy, research, SBCS, students, teaching

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