These articles might have been taken down by the Sunday Times, so we are posting here just in case. They are concerned with the return of students to Univeristy post Covid19.
Emails and information sent by Adam Tickell on cuts at Sussex University in the UK. Financial Review Guidelines and email an accelerating cuts due to pandemic.
The global situation with Covid means that we need to be careful about academic freedoms and support for universities. This is a letter related to that in the UK.
We have been sent the Staff Survey for Cardiff University in the UK. We direct you to the sections on bullying and harrassment.
We have been the sent executive summary of the report that led to the dismissal of UCU trustee Jane Hutton, we believe this is also related to the UK pensions strike.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2. Introduction
2.1 This executive summary provides a high level overview of the contents of the investigation report (the "Report"). As such, it does not contain all points of detail, analysis or nuance.
3. Scope of the investigation and this Report
We have been sent a letter concerning the UK pensions dispute. The PDF quality is poor so text copied below.
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Sent: 17 February 2020 17:07
Subject: Employers’ position in the USS dispute
Importance: High
Sensitivity: Confidential
To Vice-Chancellors, Principals and Chief Executive contacts
Dear colleague,
USS statutory consultation with members document on the 2017 valuation and cost sharing which was on the internet but seems to have been taken down.
Archived here.
We recieved two slide decks of information that is relevant to the USS strike for pensions in the UK.
We received an email sent to the staff at University of Sussex regarding the ongoing dispute over pensions in the UK. Attached.
Excerpt from the 8 January 2019 email from the Pensions Regulator to USS. Published in a few different places.
