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E-Equality Newsletter No. 17 May 2009

Posted by George MacLeod on 5th June 2009

  • Headline – Equality Reps Summer School, 2009 Durham
  • European elections on June 4, 2009
  • Unite for jobs petition
  • Equality and Discrimination Law News
  • Other News
  • Events and Training

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Higher Education E-Bulletin Issue 33 Nov/Dec 2008

Posted by George MacLeod on 1st December 2008

  • University Sector Pension Forum
  • Industrial Action and dispute at University of Sussex
  • 2009 Pay Claim
  • New “Brown Book” published
  • The “largest ever mass redundancy” in Australia ‘s higher education sector
  • Bargaining Brief
  • Students at Limerick force yet another ministerial U-turn
  • Policies extend privilege, not participation
  • Recession Report – November 2008 Read the rest of this entry »

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Higher Education E Bulletin Issue 31 – August 2008

Posted by George MacLeod on 15th August 2008

  • UCEA reports into pay and benefits
  • New universities could struggle to survive according to credit analysts
  • New physics funding programme released
  • Let Unite know
  • New Confederation of University Workers in the Americas – CONTUA
  • Contesting Neo-liberal Education – Public Resistance and Collective Advance
  • China nears UK in brain games
  • Higher Education at Work consultation
  • PhD Graduate Numbers double in Decade in the Republic of Ireland
  • Pay varies but Europe lags £18K below American mean
  • HEA publishes new national plan for equity of access to higher education
  • Job Evaluation Framework – Delivering Equality?
  • Unison survey of sector’s clerical employees highlights low pay and lack of respect
  • Land of Welcomes aims at Doubling Foreign students in 10 years
  • Higher Education Business in the Community survey
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Higher Education E Bulletin- Issue 30 – May 2008

Posted by George MacLeod on 16th May 2008

  • National pay negotiations
  • Tuition fees favour the rich – new study
  • Quality of Working Life Survey
  • Physics funding and the future of science
  • Unite submission to the RCUK review of physics
  • TUC science policy report – Hybrid Cars & Shooting Stars
  • Skills for schools
  • HESA pay data released
  • Irish University heads warn of crisis through lack of funding
  • Raising the Professional Profile of Technical/Specialist Staff
  • Watch Your Step in Education website Read the rest of this entry »

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Higher Education E-Bulletin Issue 29– Mar 2008

Posted by George MacLeod on 13th March 2008

  • The end for national pay negotiations?
  • Salary Sacrifice Schemes
  • Recruitment and Retention Premium and Market Forces Pay Policies
  • Future of engineering courses in doubt, say academics
  • Unite evidence to the Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee’s hearing into the science budget allocation
  • HEFCE and Salix launch fund to reduce greenhouse gases
  • University forced to consult staff under information and consultation of employees regulations
  • Applications fall as study options narrow
  • Raising the Professional Profile of Technical/Specialist Staff
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Higher Education E Bulletin Issue 28 Feb 2008

Posted by George MacLeod on 4th February 2008

  • JNCHES
  • HE Support Staff Unions’ statement on National Bargaining in Higher Education
  • Developments for Technical Staff in the Republic of Ireland
  • Technicians Skills
  • HEaTED (Higher Education & Technicians Education and Development)
  • Raising the Professional Profile of Technical/ Specialist Staff
  • Leeds Health & Safety Partnership project
  • Watch Your Step in Education HSE courses
  • Universities UK Greening spires / Universities and the green agenda report Read the rest of this entry »

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Higher Education E-Bulletin Issue 27 December 2007 Issue 27 December 2007

Posted by George MacLeod on 19th December 2007

  • JNCHES
  • Universities Scotland warns of 40m shortfall in wake of funding settlement
  • Physics funding being slashed in Scotland
  • New report shows that HR activity is having little influence on performance
  • New Research Excellence Framework (REF) proposals published
  • New research posts get 44.5m funding in Ireland
  • Watch Your Step in Education HSE courses
  • And finally…

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Higher Education E Bulletin Higher Education E Bulletin: Issue 26 – October 2007

Posted by George MacLeod on 30th October 2007

  • Final-Salary Pensions
  • Pensions Training Course
  • Sector Needs the “Autonomy of Private Sector Entrepreneurs”
  • OECD Education at a Glance Report
  • Private College to Award Degrees
  • Soton VC tries to up its Green Credentials
  • Greening the workplace in Higher Education course
  • 14-16th November 2007
  • Union Busting Threat
  • UK University Funding
  • Universities Brought to Task on Health and Safety
  • Watch Your Step in Education – HSE courses
  • 17th Edition IEE electrician wiring regulations Read the rest of this entry »

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Higher Education E Bulletin Issue 25 – Aug 07

Posted by George MacLeod on 27th August 2007

  • Quality of Working Life in Higher Education Survey
  • Times higher article reveals that six institutions are at risk of financial failure
  • Three of Dublin ‘s colleges are facing shortfall of €16m
  • Guardian survey on university working parents deals
  • Watch Your Step in Education – HSE courses
  • Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills
  • Baroness Fritchie to Chair JNCHES HE Finance Data Review
  • Equal Rights and Health and Safety sections on
  • Education Sector Website
  • Unite Campaign – Greening the workplace in Higher Education

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Higher Education E Bulletin-Issue 24 -Apr-07

Posted by George MacLeod on 27th April 2007

  • Job Evaluation
  • Redundancy Agreements
  • Education Sector Website
  • Sustainable Workplace Survey
  • Trade Unions & the Environment Course for Reps
  • Temporary or Agency Workers in Higher Education
  • House of Lords Debate: Higher Education and the Economy
  • TUC ESOL Update
  • Advisory Science Council recommends need for greater competence in applied research
  • Managing Slips and Trips in Higher and Further Education – Event in Scotland

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