Author: oxforducu
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Two years ago on this day, after the walkout of congregation and against a backdrop of national #UCUstrikes on USS pensions, the VC of @UniofOxford acknowledged the depth of feeling around pensions and reversed the University’s position on the detrimental…
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We believe that the University’s decision to accept £150 million from Stephen A. Schwarzman, the co-founder and Chairman of Blackstone, contravenes the University’s professed aims regarding (1) equality and diversity and (2) climate change. Stephen A. Schwarzman was an influential…
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The University of Oxford’s commitment to an international outlook and engagement seems to end where it comes to funding the Language Centre. In its £2.237 billion budget (2017-18), the University can’t find money for an urgently needed refurbishment of the…
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The University of Oxford likes to see itself as being world leading and open to the world at the same time: “The University of Oxford is among the world’s most international higher education institutions. Oxford has benefited from its world-class…
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Myth 1: The UCU demand of a 7.5% pay rise is completely unreasonable Even IF our demand of a 7.5% pay rise was met – the wages in HE would still be lower than other public sector wages Myth 2:…
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Whilst pay has dropped in real terms by 21% over the past decade, workloads in HE follow a very different trend: More than 8 in 10 UCU members report a rise in their workload over the last two years. Universities…
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HE wages lag far behind the national average, and even behind public sector pay. Since 2009, our salaries have failed to keep pace with inflation. An annual pay increase 1% below RPI here, a year of pay freeze there –…
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Female staff working for the University of Oxford earn on average 13.7% less than male staff. This means, for example, that: male academics earned on average £7,626 more in 2016 than their female colleagues effectively, women worked for free from…
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According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), in 2018 there were 72,000 staff on highly casualised ‘atypical’ academic contracts. At least 51,094 university teaching staff are on hourly-paid contracts, and at least 12,567 on zero-hours contracts. At the same…
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You can influence USS and University of Oxford management by completing the USS consultation We would strongly like to encourage all members to complete the USS pensions consultation. The consultation closes on Friday 2 November at 5pm. This consultation is…
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