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Senior lecturer in philosophy emeritus, University of Sussex
Apr 13, 2018 12 tweets 5 min read
1. Here's a 12-tweet thread on today's UUK statement, made shortly after the UCU ballot results were announced, first via Josephine Cumbo and then on their website. universitiesuk.ac.uk/news/Pages/bal… 2. In it I compare the new statement with UUK's original offer of 23 March, which is also on their website. universitiesuk.ac.uk/news/Pages/Joi…
Mar 27, 2018 18 tweets 6 min read
Hi Carlo, as an ordinary UCU member I am concerned about process. In her email today (reproduced at ucu.org.uk/article/9424/L…) Sally Hunt says that all last week, 'working through ACAS' she pressed UUK on the issues of a joint expert panel and ... meanwhile taking 'the current proposal to axe the guaranteed pension off the table'. She then says 'The proposal from UUK is their final response to that pressure from UCU'. This suggests (a) that there were informal contacts between Sally Hunt and other UCU leaders and UUK ...