Chair: UCU Bridgwater and Taunton College Branch
Secretary to the UCU South-West Regional Committee
Member: NEC (FE South)
FE National negotiator 2024-25
Some incredible ballot results across the FE South Region.
Five colleges in the extended SW just smashed it.
Bournemouth and Poole
New College Swindon
Truro and Penwith
Bristol
Abingdon and Witney
What amazing work from your reps and an amazing effort from all of you.
Congratulations all!
Some incredible ballot results across the FE South Region.
Five colleges in the extended SW just smashed it.
Bournemouth and Poole
New College Swindon
Truro and Penwith
Bristol
Abingdon and Witney
What amazing work from your reps and an amazing effort from all of you.
Congratulations all!
NEC was cancelled.
I was one of 14 NEC members signing the statement reported (Times Higher Educn.)
A UCU spokesperson is reported saying, "We respect our staff. We reward them. We value them."
Unite-UCU have a different view!
NEC was cancelled.
I was one of 14 NEC members signing the statement reported (Times Higher Educn.)
A UCU spokesperson is reported saying, "We respect our staff. We reward them. We value them."
Unite-UCU have a different view!
Congratulations, Dyfrig.
Can I also now look forward to seeing you at the Durham Miners' Gala and the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival?
Comradely wishes
John
Congratulations, Dyfrig.
Can I also now look forward to seeing you at the Durham Miners' Gala and the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival?
Comradely wishes
John
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Hi Dyfrig, Hi Rhiannon
The UCU SW Regional Committee met last Saturday and are now keen to go ahead with a Hustings event.
I have emailed you both with a few more details.
Please also respond by email if you can.
John
[email protected]
@illdoitanyway.bsky.social
Hi Dyfrig, Hi Rhiannon
The UCU SW Regional Committee met last Saturday and are now keen to go ahead with a Hustings event.
I have emailed you both with a few more details.
Please also respond by email if you can.
John
[email protected]
Excellent video, a brilliant "coup" getting a Minister for interview.
Particularly interested in the FE section (31 m in).
Questions were spot on. 👌
Answers - very ministerial!
Very disappointing from Jacqui Smith.
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But Jacqui Smith really said NOTHING.
Govt says £300m.
Govt says £50m. ??
April - but not where or how.
Jacqui Smith - what is going on?
FE pay is going nowhere.
Some action please.
Your words are utterly hollow.
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@ucu-btc.bsky.social
Excellent video, a brilliant "coup" getting a Minister for interview.
Particularly interested in the FE section (31 m in).
Questions were spot on. 👌
Answers - very ministerial!
Very disappointing from Jacqui Smith.
@ucu.org.uk
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
But Jacqui Smith really said NOTHING.
Govt says £300m.
Govt says £50m. ??
April - but not where or how.
Jacqui Smith - what is going on?
FE pay is going nowhere.
Some action please.
Your words are utterly hollow.
@ucu.org.uk
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
But Jacqui Smith really said NOTHING.
Govt says £300m.
Govt says £50m. ??
April - but not where or how.
Jacqui Smith - what is going on?
FE pay is going nowhere.
Some action please.
Your words are utterly hollow.
@ucu.org.uk
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
@illdoitanyway.bsky.social
Hi Dyfrig, Hi Rhiannon
Would you like to take part in a final wk online hustings run by the UCU SW Regional Committee?
30 days' notice would take us to 27th/28th February.
Let me know ASAP and please provide an email address.
John
@illdoitanyway.bsky.social
Hi Dyfrig, Hi Rhiannon
Would you like to take part in a final wk online hustings run by the UCU SW Regional Committee?
30 days' notice would take us to 27th/28th February.
Let me know ASAP and please provide an email address.
John
Hi Rhiannon.
Pleased you are able to use another endorsement from FE.
Best wishes
J
Hi Rhiannon.
Pleased you are able to use another endorsement from FE.
Best wishes
J
I've tested on other devices.
Seems it may be because Deepa is using an older iPhone.
Hope you can see the pages including endorsements.
I'll try next week to send you something extra for your endorsement pages.
John. ✊️ ✊️ ✊️
Deepa tells me she can't see other pages, so I apologise.
I'll have to check tomorrow at work.
Don't have other devices working at home this evening.
I'm on it! 😉
I've tested on other devices.
Seems it may be because Deepa is using an older iPhone.
Hope you can see the pages including endorsements.
I'll try next week to send you something extra for your endorsement pages.
John. ✊️ ✊️ ✊️
Includes my endorsement for Rhiannon Lockley
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Also Sean, Marco Tesei, Saleem Rashid and for HE South - Michael Carley
@drmcarley.bsky.social
Includes my endorsement for Rhiannon Lockley
@illdoitanyway.bsky.social
Also Sean, Marco Tesei, Saleem Rashid and for HE South - Michael Carley
@drmcarley.bsky.social
Jan '25 - NEU strikes in SFC win another £50m.
WTF do we do to demonstrate that FE England needs national UCU action?
National indicative ballot?
Why not?
Stand together, stand fast.
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@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
Jan '25 - NEU strikes in SFC win another £50m.
WTF do we do to demonstrate that FE England needs national UCU action?
National indicative ballot?
Why not?
Stand together, stand fast.
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
Workload won't be solved by AI if there is no funding to support fast, effective infrastructure.
Most of my frustrations stem from trying to work with #Shit_IT.
There's a limit to the miracles I can work if I can't even connect.
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That’s just tinkering around the edges with a bit of tech.
What teachers need are smaller classes and fewer contact hours.
Workload won't be solved by AI if there is no funding to support fast, effective infrastructure.
Most of my frustrations stem from trying to work with #Shit_IT.
There's a limit to the miracles I can work if I can't even connect.
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So, WTF are Skills England doing?
Why seemingly so secret.
My recommendations - for free.
- Nationalise FE
- National Pay Scales
- Parity with schools.
It'll take time - so better start now!
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@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
So, WTF are Skills England doing?
Why seemingly so secret.
My recommendations - for free.
- Nationalise FE
- National Pay Scales
- Parity with schools.
It'll take time - so better start now!
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
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By paying them well, providing rewarding work and a rewarding working environment.
You train them to the highest standards and raise their morale.
None of which applies across the board in FE England.
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#UCU_FE_NationalAction
By paying them well, providing rewarding work and a rewarding working environment.
You train them to the highest standards and raise their morale.
None of which applies across the board in FE England.
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
Principals!
Every time you pay staff the way you do ..
FE is devalued,
Education is devalued,
your staff feel devalued, and
...
your students get a bad deal.
And Govt?
Words fail me.
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
#UCU_SpreadTheWord
It’s thoroughly depressing to always be the poor relation in education.
Principals!
Every time you pay staff the way you do ..
FE is devalued,
Education is devalued,
your staff feel devalued, and
...
your students get a bad deal.
And Govt?
Words fail me.
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
#UCU_SpreadTheWord
A very modest step.
They offered 3% .. or 5%.
You pay peanuts ....
You don't treat staff as professionals, so don't expect professional commitment.
Another kick in the teeth for FE.
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@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
#UCU_SpreadTheWord
A very modest step.
They offered 3% .. or 5%.
You pay peanuts ....
You don't treat staff as professionals, so don't expect professional commitment.
Another kick in the teeth for FE.
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
#UCU_SpreadTheWord
SO WHAT! It's an insult.
It still leaves them even further behind in the struggle for parity.
And what about the college down the road?
We need a National Pay Scale.
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
#UCU_SpreadTheWord
SO WHAT! It's an insult.
It still leaves them even further behind in the struggle for parity.
And what about the college down the road?
We need a National Pay Scale.
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
#UCU_SpreadTheWord
It is NOT a good offer, albeit better than some others.
Face it.
Parity means a national pay scale.
Still a million miles away from that goal.
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@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
#UCU_SpreadTheWord
It is NOT a good offer, albeit better than some others.
Face it.
Parity means a national pay scale.
Still a million miles away from that goal.
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
#UCU_SpreadTheWord
Can anyone point to the factual source of this story?
I've had no luck so far, but very happy to be proved wrong.
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@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
#UCU_SpreadTheWord
Can anyone point to the factual source of this story?
I've had no luck so far, but very happy to be proved wrong.
@ucu.org.uk
@ucu-btc.bsky.social
@ucusw-regcom.bsky.social
#UCU_FE_NationalAction
#UCU_SpreadTheWord
😉
Fair play to Truro City for laying a quality pitch at their new stadium!
#TruroCity #StormBert
😉
We need our staffers.
We need their support.
We need our Regional Offices.
We need our Head Office.
Do we need our HO restructured when the Unite dispute is still unresolved?
Is there something else going on here?
What is going on?
@ucu.org.uk
@uniteucu.bsky.social
We need our staffers.
We need their support.
We need our Regional Offices.
We need our Head Office.
Do we need our HO restructured when the Unite dispute is still unresolved?
Is there something else going on here?
What is going on?
@ucu.org.uk
@uniteucu.bsky.social