Where do we stand on this?
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So many fiefdoms.
If no national FE system, then parity is difficult to achieve.
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Spot on, Geoggers!
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.
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UCU asked for 10%.
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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So someone had a 5% pay award in FE.
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.
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A 3% rise may seem reasonable, but parity now even further away.
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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£300m × 2?
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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Wonder if we can get other colleagues to support this.
And ... can we persuade all our colleagues to join Bluesky?
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Other colleges held Anti-Racism Themed Learning weeks.
I wonder if we could combine forces with Bridgwater Together to do the same at BTC.
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So good to see a real appreciation of other cultures, celebrating their own heritage and history.
We can learn a lot from Bridgwater Together.
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We think that's definitely on the cards. We need to give candidates at least 30 days' notice.
Perhaps we can organise one hustings for VP and another for NEC elections.
Might be too much to combine all in one hustings event.
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Please add the UCU SW Regional Committee to your Starter Pack.
Let's hope other RegComs can get on Bluesky as well.
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Thanks UCU SW Regional Committee.
Bridgwater and Taunton College Branch is following you.
Will UCUSW Reg Committee be organising hustings for this year's forthcoming UCU elections?
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Does anyone know about this £300m?
Someone in a Further Ed college somewhere in England must know something about this fund and how it has been allocated.
Please tell us all about it.
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Hi FE colleagues - I'm at Bridgwater and Taunton College (FE).
Trying to build an FE community.
At which college are you working?
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UCU Bridgwater and Taunton College Branch are on Bluesky.
Follow and support colleagues in UCU.
Follow and support colleagues in FE, Prison and Adult Education.
Solidarity to colleagues in HE.
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Calling colleagues in Further Education.
My branch joining Bluesky this week.
Watch out for Bridgwater and Taunton College. BTC.
How about you?
How about your branch?
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If we really love it, then I guess we have to adopt the "missionary position"!
😉
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and
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If we really love it, then we need to take the "missionary position".
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Any SW FE colleagues out there on Bluesky?
Time to build the FE community.
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OFSTED - they come, they go, and we just carry on doing the good stuff!
This should be a normal week.
Don't accept any harassment!
Nothing more, nothing less.
UCU is here for you all.
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