University of Bath UCU

The trade union for academic, academic-related and professional services staff

UCU in POLIS

Posted on May 17, 2013 by UCUSec

Bath UCU officers held the first of a series of departmental meetings for members on May 16th. The meeting was in POLIS, which has generated a significant amount of casework from members with individual grievances. The meeting helped to provide a context for this, and allowed us to think about the individual cases as a collective issue on which we can negotiate with senior management. Other members might like to compare their own experiences with those of our members in POLIS – please post a reply here. Future department meetings will be in School of Management and Registry.

Teaching only contracts – UCU calls for joint review in Bath

Posted on May 8, 2013 by UCUSec

During the last year your UCU reps in Bath have raised a number of concerns about staff employed on a range of teaching-only contracts. These include staff with the job titles of teaching fellow, variable hours teaching fellow, part-time teaching fellow, fractional teaching fellow, casual teaching assistant, GTA. We have carried out two surveys of staff on teaching only contracts, and these have produced large responses and highlighted a number of common concerns. We have submitted a summary statement of these concerns to university managers through the formal machinery of negotiation, and we have requested a joint review of the use of teaching only contracts in the university. We await the Vice Chancellor’s response.