Be led by David Eastwood, VC Birmingham as he takes you through university buildings:
'Safe for staff, safe for students to return'! #Covid19
Check out Sir David in his visor...Great marketing for the university! 1.
Check out Sir David in his face mask...Also great marketing for the university! π·π¦Ή 2.
Sir David then takes you to the door of his office... 3. π¨βπΌπͺπͺ
...and then through his Executive Assistant's room...But his Executive assistant isn't sitting in her chair...Where is she?
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'You're not at your desk! Why are you not at your desk?'
(She's not at her desk because it's not possible for her to social distance when visitors walk through the office. So she's had to get up and stand, pressed up against the window.) 5.
Bit concerning social distancing can't be maintained in VC's office without such manoeuvres...
Wonder what rest of campus is gonna be like?
Anyhow, enjoy mise-en-scene of this 8 min David Eastwood video special at your leisure...πΊπ₯ποΈ π€·
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"At the heart of the USS dispute is the challenge of how to address the financial deficit...". Schrodinger's deficit has been in and out of its box for nearly two years. First it meant DC was inevitable. Then it mean that a worse DB scheme was inevitable. Then it mean Option 3...
...and so on, you get the point. At the heart of this dispute is really the question: how much of a deficit or surplus is there? Or more fully, how do you work out the scheme's current performance, its future performance, and adjust its investment strategy accordingly?
After general confusion, these motions from the NDC were heard, debated & carried yesterday, during a special meeting of @ucu higher education conference in Manchester. Outline of key info & events in a mini thread to follow πππΌππΎππΏ
Eleven UCU branches signed to get the 2 motions onto the agenda as emergency motions, & delegates voted to accept the report of CBC (congress business committee) who recommended their inclusion. We applaud this grassroots reaction to them being originally left off the agenda βπ»
It appears the NDC motions were left off the agenda because HEC did not vote on the 2 motions, but rather put them forward for inclusion. This meant that their status was unofficial & CBC had no choice other than to reject them, as on a technical level they did not exist.