Staff at Leeds undertook industrial action this week, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Members of the University and Colleges Union are protesting against a proposed change to University Statutes. The new policy, dubbed the ‘Sacker’s […]
Academics Threaten Strikes Over Pensions
With the raising of university tuition, Vice-Chancellors have been accused of being fat cats creaming off the increased fees. Yet the financial position of most academics is far from secure. The University Superannuation Scheme (USS) – […]
Leeds Academics Announce Strike Action
Staff at the University of Leeds have announced a three-day strike next week, from Wednesday 11th to Friday 13th October. Many Leeds academics are taking part, in a dispute over employment procedures. Members of the […]
Uni staff threaten strike
Changes to the University’s employment legislation have led to accusations of impinged academic freedom. The University and College Union (UCU) is threatening strike action over changes to the University’s employment laws after negotiations with the […]
Staff call for bonus following University of the Year award
Staff at Leeds ask for £500 bonus following University of the Year award Over 500 members of staff at the University of Leeds have signed a petition requesting a £500 bonus as a ‘thank you’ […]
Concerns grow for Leeds staff post-Brexit
Wednesday saw the first of a series of open meeting for EU and non-EU staff and students to discuss the consequences and impact of Brexit. The meeting, hosted by UCU president Tim Goodall and Work […]
Claims University IT cuts led to technical failure
The university has been experiencing serious technical failures all week, with the Portal, VLE, lecture capture and other IT services all crashing on Monday, and going down sporadically over following days. The Leeds branch of […]
UCU expose gender pay gap in higher education
The University and College Union (UCU) has published a report, “Holding Down Women’s Pay”, which names and shames the UK’s higher education institutions which have the largest gender pay gaps, to mark International Women’s Day. […]
Leeds University to make £11 million cuts despite £57 million surplus
Leeds University are making £11 million “service savings”, despite the £57 million surplus that was recently revealed in the annual reports. In a ‘Review of service delivery’ taken from January 2014, Roger Gair, university secretary, […]
Over 50 University staff Earn More than the PM
It has been revealed that 127 University of Leeds employees receive remuneration in excess of £100,000, the greatest number in any Yorkshire educational institute. This information has been released following research from the TaxPayers’ Alliance […]
Prevent Comes Into Effect
The Government’s controversial counter-terrorism legislation, known as Prevent, came in to effect across the University last week, raising the concerns of many. The new legislation gives university staff a legal obligation to ‘deal with all […]
Uni condemns marking boycott
The University has criticised lecturers’ decision to take part in a marking boycott in protest of proposed cuts to staff pensions. A statement released to The Gryphon said, ‘We are extremely disappointed that the UCU […]