University of Essex UCU petition: guarantee our working conditions
This petition was developed by members of academic departments and UCU local branch. It seeks support from all members of academic staff (whether permanent or fixed-term, senior or probationary, union members or not).
Dear Vice-Chancellor,
- In September 2017, approximately one-eighth of the research-active staff were sent letters warning that their positions might be in danger, including the invocation of Capability proceedings to remove them from their jobs. This represents an alarming increase in the use of Capability at Essex. It is evidence not of individual failure of academics but a system that creates failure. As the eminent sociologist C. Wright Mills argued, if there are 1-2 people unemployed in a city, we may look to their individual psychology for answers, but if it is 5-10% of the population, then it is a social not an individual problem.
- This development is linked to the invention at Essex of an internal REF process, requiring all researchers to achieve 4 publications which judges in our Depts. believe to be 3* – two of them accepted by September 2017 – even before national REF targets had been set. We now know only one is required. Linking this setting of internal publication targets to job security,is an unprecedented move, practically unique to Essex, and one that has led to a widely-perceived de-professionalisation of academics and job threats. It also represents mission creep: Capability procedures have never been systematically used for this before.
- Another extremely serious issue, again unique to Essex, is the declaration by senior management that academics with probationary status are not “academic staff”. This curious claim is not just a matter of semantics – it appears intended to deny probationers the protection of Ordinance 41 which covers procedures for capability, disciplinary, grievances, and redundancy that management cannot easily change, and guarantees academic freedom and “the principles of justice and fairness”. (Links below.)
- The national President of UCU, Joanna de Groot, when she visited Essex this month, expressed shock at this move and questioned the wisdom of the senior management failing to recognise probationary staff as “academic staff”, given the possible impact this may have on hiring the best new staff in future. She rightly insisted probationers are certainly not fixed-term staff and are entitled to the same protections as other academics.
We, the undersigned University of Essex staff:
- Believe that our working conditions are student learning conditions; a University which aims for the best student learning must guarantee the best working conditions for its staff.
- Insist that Capability procedures should not be invoked routinely on the basis of internal REF targets.
- Insist that senior management recognize that probationers are “academic staff” and are covered by Ordinance 41.
- Seek a commitment that ALL probationers University-wide are given adequate relief from teaching and administration, and independent routes by which they may confidentially raise any concerns about lack of support, unreasonable teaching loads, or pressure from Dept. leadership.
- Expect leadership in Depts (including HoDs and Research directors), Schools (including Executive Deans), and senior management across the University (including Human Resources) to take a primarily supportive, inclusive and positive stance towards colleagues who need assistance. There is no room for a negative or punitive approach to our colleagues.
- Expect leadership to consistently uphold the highest standards of openness, accountability, integrity, objectivity and indeed all of the Nolan principles; to operate under proper and effective oversight by the members of the University,e. transparency about where and how decisions are made, where responsibility lies and clarity about how decisions may be questioned and challenged; and to observe existing principles, policies and protections.
University of Essex UCU petition: guarantee our working conditions
447 signatures
447 | Shirley Reynolds | University of Reading | ||
446 | Jordan Sinfield | University of Essex | ||
445 | Vesna Stojanovik | University of Reading | ||
444 | Caren Frosch | leicestershire | Leicester | |
443 | Tom Johnstone | University of Reading | This is shocking and outrageous. Such policies clearly originate from people who don't have a clue what research is about, don't have a clue about leadership, and would see the destruction of the UK's world-renowned Higher Education system. | |
442 | Christos Pliatsikas | University of Reading | ||
441 | Arpita Bose | University of Reading | ||
440 | Lotte Meteyard | University of Reading | ||
439 | David Field Field | University of Reading | ||
438 | Judith Ellis | University of Reading | ||
437 | Philip Beaman | University of Reading | ||
436 | Patricia Riddell | University of Reading | ||
435 | Gary Cassidy | Bath Spa University | ||
434 | Simone Knox | University of Reading | ||
433 | Fauziah Oladunjoye | CO4 3SQ | ||
432 | Ellie Palmer | University of Essex | ||
431 | Amanda Kent | |||
430 | Patrick Lown | University of Essex | ||
429 | Stephanie Potter | University of York | ||
428 | Isabella Johansson | University of Essex | ||
427 | Katherine Sang | Heriot–Watt University | This has been tried before at other institutions. REF is not research, it is *one* metric, and it's vital that those who researchers are given the support and time to do so, in order for the UK to be at the forefront of developments. | |
426 | Yiannis Gioukas | University of Warwick | ||
425 | June Mc Cready | University of Warwick | ||
424 | Jerzy Kociatkiewicz | University of Sheffield | ||
423 | Edzia Carvalho | Dundee | ||
422 | Edina Harbinja | |||
421 | Amy Isard | University of Edinburgh | ||
420 | Nicola Pratt | University of Warwick | ||
419 | John Mullen | Université de Rouen, France | ||
418 | Alita Nandi | University of Essex | ||
417 | Balazs Szent-Ivanyi | Aston University | ||
416 | Timothy Swann | University of Hertfordshire | ||
415 | Diane Nelson | University of Leeds | ||
414 | Scott Brown | |||
413 | Helena Carrapico | Aston University | ||
412 | Adi Kuntsman | Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) | ||
411 | Karen Dennison | University College London (UCL) | ||
410 | Mark Bennister | Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) | ||
409 | Lorenza Fontana | Newcastle University | ||
408 | Anna Clover | University of Glasgow | ||
407 | Dr Álvaro Martínez-Perez | University of Sheffield | ||
406 | Mark Bryan | University of Sheffield | ||
405 | Claire Moran | Queen's University of Belfast (QUB) | ||
404 | Cathy McClive | FSU | ||
403 | Coreen McGuire | University of Bristol | ||
402 | Anindya Raychaudhuri | University of St Andrews | ||
401 | Tanya Serisier | Birkbeck College, University of London | ||
400 | Liza Blackman | University of East Anglia (UEA) | As someone who wants to become a lectuer this is deeply disturbing | |
399 | Catherine Gander | Maynooth University | This kind of corporatised, counter-productive practice is highly detrimental to UK HE and one of the reasons I left it. | |
398 | Bruce Baker | Newcastle University | Well done, VC! I'm sure that all the departing staff, rock-bottom morale, and terrible publicity this is generating for Essex will be more than made up for by an incremental gain in REF scores. Ask the remuneration committee for a well-deserved pay rise of a few tens of thousands for this brilliant bit of university management! | |
397 | Faith Binckes | Bath Spa University | A stunningly bad policy on every level, damaging to staff and to the reputation of the University of Essex. Would it stand up to serious legal scrutiny, never mind an appeal process were 'capability' to be invoked or staff to be recategorised? | |
396 | Caroline Heycock | University of Edinburgh | ||
395 | Philip Langeskov | University of East Anglia (UEA) | ||
394 | Michael Pierse | Queen's University of Belfast (QUB) | Shocked and outraged by this development at Essex. This will affect your ability to recruit both students and staff. It will also cause many staff unnecessary levels of anxiety. | |
393 | Simon Middleton | University of Sheffield | ||
392 | Pam Birtill | University of Leeds | ||
391 | Alex Sharpe | Keele University | ||
390 | Dr Jane Krishnadas | Keele University | Universities need to assessed on research environments which is the true reflection of how knowledge creation is supported, progressed and shared. | |
389 | David Owen | University of Southampton | ||
388 | John Gilmore | University of Warwick | Essex's policies appear to be counter-productive bullying designed by people who have no idea of what the processes of worthwhile research are actually like. If you really want top-quality research outputs, you need to treat your staff properly, not subject them to routinised harassment. | |
387 | Arianne Shahvisi | University of Sussex | ||
386 | Sue Wharton | University of Warwick | Essex management seem to be invoking capability proceedings in 2018 on the basis of subjective judgments about a person's likely publications by 2020. This is bullying. It's also counter-productive if what Essex want is a good REF submission. | |
385 | Pierre Bocquillon | University of East Anglia (UEA) | ||
384 | Stijn Smismans | Cardiff University | ||
383 | Lee Jones | Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) | This is incredibly shocking. No one in their right mind should work for Essex unless this truly disgusting initiative is promptly withdrawn and management apologises to the university's hard-working staff. They are the ones who make the university what it is - not managers. | |
382 | William McEvoy | University of Sussex | ||
381 | Saladin Meckled-Garcia | University College London (UCL) | Disgraceful vandalism by Essex University Senior Management: time to call time on people running academia that do not have academic values at heart | |
380 | Toni Haastrup | University of Kent | ||
379 | Dafina Paca | Cardiff University | ||
378 | Annabelle Wilkins | University of Southampton | ||
377 | Carly Maynard | |||
376 | Sherrill Stroschein | University College London (UCL) | ||
375 | Thomas Docherty | University of Warwick | ||
374 | Lucy Robinson | University of Sussex | ||
373 | Richard Blakemore | University of read | ||
372 | hanna steyne | University of Manchester | ||
371 | Richard Duckett | Reading College | Look after your staff! Without them you will not be the great university I graduated from. | |
370 | Gordon Asher | University of the West of Scotland | ||
369 | Robert Compton | SUNY Oneonta | This is precisely why so many academics are fleeing the UK and otherwise, like myself, refusing to take a job there. | |
368 | Ben Davies | University of Portsmouth | ||
367 | Simone Gigliotti | Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) | ||
366 | Graeme Knowles | University of Warwick | ||
365 | Steve Jones | Nottingham Trent University (NTU) | ||
364 | Y J Erden | St Mary's University, Twickenham | ||
363 | Martin Weinel | Cardiff University | ||
362 | Nicky Priaulx | Cardiff University | ||
361 | Alexander MacKinnon | University of Glasgow | ||
360 | Sarah Wilson | University of Stirling | ||
359 | Andrew Knops | University of Birmingham | ||
358 | Ronald Stewart | University of Liverpool | ||
357 | Joanne Cairns | Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) | Absolutely appalled. | |
356 | Mareike Beck | University of Sussex | ||
355 | Matthew Evans | University of Sussex | ||
354 | Professor Sally R Munt | Sussex University | ||
353 | Alan Campbell | University of Liverpool | ||
352 | Stephen Bates | University of Birmingham | ||
351 | Paul Booth | University of Keele | This abhorrent policy undermines everything that a university should stand for. | |
350 | Luke Martell | University of Sussex | ||
349 | Kyla Ellis-Sloan | University of Brighton | ||
348 | Celia Kitzinger | York | ||
347 | Jennifer Jenkins | University of Southampton | ||
346 | Fanis Missirlis | Cinvestav/Mexico | Hoping that the organization of academics will help reverse the destruction of the University of Essex. | |
345 | Dave Postles | University of Hertfordshire | ||
344 | Richard Smith | University of Warwick | ||
343 | Tracey Hill | Bath Spa University | Disgraceful | |
342 | Gair Dunlop | DJCAD, University of Dundee | ||
341 | Dr Laura Seymour | |||
340 | Jamie Melrose | University of Bristol | ||
339 | Liz Gloyn | Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) | ||
338 | Carol Atack | University of Oxford | ||
337 | David Pritchard | University of Strathclyde | ||
336 | Liz Morrish | York St John University | This is appallling treatment of academic staff and must be resisted. Essentially, staff are being threatened with capability procedures for failing to reach a standard for which the assessment (flawed in itself) has not yet taken place. This is the very definition of poor management. I'm reporting this to Responsible Metrics. | |
335 | Bethan Benwell | University of Stirling | ||
334 | Joe Smith | |||
333 | Mike Finn | University of Exeter | ||
332 | Christopher Bear | Cardiff University | ||
331 | Kirsten Harris | University of Warwick | ||
330 | Catherine Crawford | University of Essex | ||
329 | Nick Bernards | University of Warwick | ||
328 | Andrew Jones | University of Warwick | ||
327 | Bill Roberts | University of Warwick | ||
326 | Igor Khovanov | University of Warwick | ||
325 | Alastair Smith | University of Warwick | The policy of Essex management is a quintessential example of metric based managerialism that will destroy creative, socially valuable, independent academic research in the UK. The evidence that such short termism retards genuine intellectual development and discovery is clear for all to see. Shame on those 'academics' who have promoted and 'allowed' this. | |
324 | Leslie Hill | |||
323 | Justine Mercer | University of Warwick | I write as local president of the University of Warwick UCU branch. This is an appalling way to treat staff. REF judgements are inherently subjective and should never be used as the basis for capability proceedings. Senior management need to abandon this strategy immediately. Creating this level of fear is completely counter-productive. | |
322 | Marton Racz | City, University of London | ||
321 | Roslyn Scott | |||
320 | Kate Kenny | |||
319 | Maria Hudson | Essex Business School | ||
318 | Kathleen Marsh-Davies | York St John University | ||
317 | Tracy Scurry | |||
316 | Lynne Baxter | York | ||
315 | Andrea Teti | The University of Aberdeen | ||
314 | DR BOAST | University of St Andrews | ||
313 | Iain Munro | Newcastle University | ||
312 | Paul Corthorn | Queen's University of Belfast (QUB) | ||
311 | Clotilde Pegorier | University of Essex | ||
310 | Ian Wakeman | University of Sussex | There are no management drivers that make this right. It must be fought and stopped. | |
309 | George Parisis | University of Sussex | ||
308 | Judith Johnson | University of Essex | ||
307 | Michail Veliziotis | University of Southampton | ||
306 | Sena Ozdemir | University of Essex | Based on my experience of working at the University of Essex, I think that the University fails to give equal opportunities to all its academic staff members for the development of their research skills and publication profile | |
305 | Roisin Ryan-Flood | University of Essex | ||
304 | Loes van Dam | University of Essex | ||
303 | Leo McCann | The University of Manchester | Good luck and all solidarity. | |
302 | Darren Calley | School of Law, Essex | ||
301 | Olena Kaminska | University of Essex | ||
300 | Aiko Ikemura Amaral | |||
299 | dimitri ognibene | University of Essex | ||
298 | Alex Daye | University of Essex | ||
297 | Sareen Galbraith | Leeds Beckett University | ||
296 | Christopher Timms | University of Essex | ||
295 | Anna Stavrianakis | University of Sussex | ||
294 | Paul Clarke | University of Essex | ||
293 | Emma Carter | University of Leeds | ||
292 | Alan Roe | University of Leeds | ||
291 | Richard Smith | Goldsmiths, University of London | Essex Alumnus (MA Comparative History) who is appalled at this attack on workplace rights and staff wellbeing. | |
290 | Lynn Blake | Bridgwater and Taunton College | ||
289 | Dave Procter | Leeds Beckett University | ||
288 | Kathryn Backhouse | Harrogate | ||
287 | Stephen Jordan | University of Essex | ||
286 | Marian Mayer | Bournemouth University | As the chair of the Southern Region of UCU on behalf of institions in the region we urge Essex University's Management to adopt the measures called for in this petition. The good reputation of Essex depends on doing so. | |
285 | Karen Nicholls | Sheffield Hallam University | ||
284 | Dr Brendon Nicholls | University of Leeds | As an alumnus of the University of Essex, I am disappointed at the lack of vision and the desperate managerialism of this measure. Have you no regard at all for your talented, professional and highly respected academic staff? | |
283 | Sue Abbott | Newcastle University | Completely unacceptable | |
282 | Vicky Blake | University of Leeds | Leeds | |
281 | Ricardo Samaniego | University of Essex | ||
280 | Matt Houlbrook | University of Birmingham | Signed as a former University of Essex PhD student, a current external examiner, and Professor of Cultural History at the University of Birmingham. | |
279 | Stephen Dunne | University of Edinburgh | I really hope that the Senior Managers at Essex are OK: they do such great work and everybody loves them. | |
278 | Jamie Pickering | University of Essex - PhD candidate | ||
277 | Maryam Aldossari | University of Edinburgh | ||
276 | rashne limki | I am interested to know how the administration will redress the egregious harm already caused by their actions, especially in light of the newly released REF guidelines that make all centrally-imposed performance surveillance futile and well out-of-step. Is there to be any accountability? | ||
275 | Richard Strange | School of Biological Sciences | ||
274 | Tom Cameron | University of Essex | I fully support the UCU on probationary staff - I think it is unwarranted to say that the internal REF is unique to Essex , it has and is happening elsewhere. If you reworded that I could support it. | |
273 | Leon Sealey-Huggins | University of Warwick | ||
272 | Chloe Peacock | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
271 | Paloma Carretero García | University of Essex | ||
270 | Casper Hoedemaekers | University of Essex | ||
269 | Rowland Curtis | Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) | ||
268 | Carrie Friese | London School of Economics (LSE) | ||
267 | G. K. Bhambra | University of Sussex | ||
266 | Sam Dallyn | The University of Manchester | As a former PhD student at Essex University I was deeply disheartened to read about this short sighted and punitive approach to the treatment of staff, which js directly contrary to the vibrant and collegial research culture, that Essex has a long standing reputation for in the social sciences and humanities and which is now being put in jeopardy by senior managers. | |
265 | Nelson Fernandez | University of Essex | ||
264 | John Holmwood | The University of Nottingham | ||
263 | Ella Simpson | Bath Spa University | ||
262 | john walshe | PPS | ||
261 | Vikki Bell | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
260 | Matthew Fuller | Goldsmiths, University of London | Having been an external examiner at Essex, I am dismayed to see this undermining of academic staff. | |
259 | Marina Vishmidt | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
258 | Jennifer Farmer | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
257 | Phoenix Perry | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
256 | Lynne Pettinger | University of Warwick | ||
255 | Francis Spufford | Goldsmiths | The demand that all research outputs be 3* or above is essentially a mathematically illiterate demand that everybody be above average, all the time. | |
254 | Jack Wright | University of Cambridge | ||
253 | Ann Kelly | King's College London (KCL) | OXFORD | |
252 | Ben Whitham | De Montfort University (DMU) | ||
251 | Stephen Jones | Newman University College | ||
250 | Jonathan Perraton | University of Sheffield | ||
249 | Pete Fussey | |||
248 | Martin Greenwood | University of Manchester | ||
247 | Andrew Przybylski | University of Oxford | I was formerly a lecturer at Essex and I am deeply disturbed by the details I've read about this internal REF process. | |
246 | Fiona Hughes | SPAH, University of Essex | ||
245 | Stephen Moonie | Newcastle University | ||
244 | Yu-chin Tseng | University of Essex | ||
243 | Savvas Voutyras | University of Essex | ||
242 | Margot Kuylen | University of Essex | ||
241 | Natalie Slade | Secondary School | As an Assistant Headteacher, I am appalled at this move. A lack of stability of employment can only be detrimental to the quality of education provided. | |
240 | Liam Jarvis | University of Essex | ||
239 | Amy Stevens | University of Essex | ||
238 | Lorcan Whitehead | University of Essex | ||
237 | Valerie Fraser | University of Essex | ||
236 | Alexandra Popescu | University of Essex | ||
235 | Steven Gormley | University of Essex | ||
234 | Mary Mazzilli | University of Essex | ||
233 | Jordan Savage | University of Essex | ||
232 | AlejandraD Díaz de León | University of Essex | ||
231 | Jeremy Krikler | Department of History, University of Essex | We want to look after each other in a proper community. | |
230 | Michael Halewood | University of Essex | ||
229 | Ayse Guveli | Department of Sociology | Colchester | |
228 | Jane Hindley | University of Essex | Colchester | |
227 | Samer Gharib | University of Essex | ||
226 | Conor Wilson | Bath Spa University | ||
225 | Tatiana Sanchez | University of Essex | ||
224 | Sonia Bhalotra | ISER Essex | ||
223 | Malcolm Brynin | University of Essex | HEFCE understands that research performance depends on the individual context. It is clear that they expect junior researchers to have 1-2 publications by the next REF. But our university management is so much wiser and expects them to have 2 when we are not even half-way there, and 4 when they are there.Quantity, not quality. And as a result careers and livelihoods are being destroyed. | |
222 | Nadine Rossol | University of Essex | ||
221 | Graeme Davies | University of Leeds | Alumni. | |
220 | Chris Green | University of Essex | ||
219 | Rachel Rich | Leeds Beckett University | ||
218 | Nigel South | University of Essex | ||
217 | Lisa Smith | University of Essex | ||
216 | Mark Frost | University of Essex | ||
215 | Amanda Flather | University of Essex | ||
214 | Alix Green | University of Essex | ||
213 | seb randall | University of Essex | ||
212 | Karen Roehr-Brackin | University of Essex | ||
211 | Pamela Knowles | Bath Spa University | ||
210 | Raihana Mohammed | University of Essex | Keep our researchers | |
209 | Patrick Turner | Bath Spa University | This is a monstrous move and set of developments on the part of the senior management at Essex. To exploit the REF to bring academics to heel and to potentially remove people from their posts is unconscionable and ill bodes for university based scholarship as a vocation in this country. | |
208 | Daniel Watts | University of Essex | ||
207 | Ruth Weir | University of Essex | ||
206 | Udo Kruschwitz | University of Essex | ||
205 | Paul Buka | Southend Campus | ||
204 | Lisa Blackmore | |||
203 | Fabian Freyenhagen | University of Essex | ||
202 | Ceri Watkins | University of Essex | ||
201 | Susan Smith | University of Essex | ||
200 | Renginee Pillay | University of Essex | ||
199 | Anastasia Caratzas | Athens, Greece | Essex Alumnus | |
198 | Alexandra Neag | University of Essex | ||
197 | Gavin Grindon | University of Essex | ||
196 | Melissa Tyler | University of Essex | ||
195 | Blaithin Spillane | Dublin 9 | ||
194 | Yasemin Soysal | University of Essex | ||
193 | Yuni Kim | University of Essex | ||
192 | Nawel Hamidi | University of Essex | Colchester | |
191 | John Haynes | University of Essex | ||
190 | Nick Allum | University of Essex | ||
189 | Christina Volkmann | University of Essex | ||
188 | Javier Andreu Perez | University of Essex | ||
187 | Vineeta Chand | University of Essex | ||
186 | Jaakko Nevasto | University of Essex | ||
185 | Munira Ali | University of Essex | ||
184 | Jennifer Randall | |||
183 | Ellisif Wasmuth | University of Essex | ||
182 | Joshua Kennedy | University of Essex | ||
181 | Davide Valeriani | |||
180 | Brendan Read | University of Essex | ||
179 | Jon Chamberlain | University of Essex | ||
178 | Alba Garcia Seco de Herrera | University of Essex | ||
177 | Sean Nixon | University of Essex | ||
176 | Michael Roper | Department of Sociology, University of Essex | ||
175 | Caroline Barratt | University of Essex | ||
174 | Samuel Oliver | |||
173 | Paul Hunt | University of Essex | ||
172 | David Batho | University of Essex | ||
171 | Diana Presciutti | University of Essex | ||
170 | John-Baptiste Oduor | University of Essex | ||
169 | Jakub Kowalewski | University of Essex | ||
168 | Caspar Pearson | University of Essex | ||
167 | Sally Weatherill | Economist | ||
166 | gill green | University of Essex | ||
165 | Laila Haidarali | University of Essex | ||
164 | Irene McMullin | University of Essex | ||
163 | Maria Cristina Fumagalli | University of Essex | ||
162 | Ewen Speed | University of Essex | ||
161 | Susan Stallabrass | University of Essex | ||
160 | Mark Francis-Wright | University of Essex | ||
159 | Dorothee Schneider | University of Essex | Colchester | |
158 | Anna Sergi | University of Essex | ||
157 | Sherrie Green | Health & Social Care | ||
156 | Natasha Ruiz-Gomez | University of Essex | ||
155 | Anna Hardiman-McCartney | University of Essex | ||
154 | Yanxi Wu | University of Essex | Colchester | |
153 | Penny Simpson | University of Essex | ||
152 | Zeta Bakaki | University of Essex, Government Department | ||
151 | Anna Alexandrova | University of Cambridge | ||
150 | Spyros Samothrakis | University of Essex | ||
149 | Gundi Knies | University of Essex | ||
148 | Laurel Lawyer | University of Essex | ||
147 | Silvia Rigato | University of Essex | ||
146 | Elaine Ewart | University of Essex | ||
145 | Julia Partheymueller | University of Essex | Colchester | |
144 | Clinton Verdonschot | University of Essex | ||
143 | Peter Higgins | University of Essex | ||
142 | Maggie Pitfield | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
141 | Tuesday Watts | University of Essex | ||
140 | Ella Jeffries | University of Essex | ||
139 | Melissa Shales | University of Essex | ||
138 | Anna Grant | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
137 | Florence Myles | University of Essex | ||
136 | Uri Horesh | University of Essex | ||
135 | Jason Glynos | Department of Government, University of Essex | ||
134 | Joshua Grocott | The university of essex | Why does the university of essex never appear in anyone's maps? I have the same issue everyone I try to get an NUS discount at Choice. | |
133 | Richard McGuire | |||
132 | Robert Johns | Government, Essex | ||
131 | Rampaul Chamba | |||
130 | Nele Schuldt | |||
129 | Eamonn Carrabine | University of Essex | ||
128 | Shaul Bar-Haim | University of Essex | ||
127 | Miroslav Sirota | Psychology | ||
126 | Clément Mouhot | University of Cambridge | ||
125 | Marie Guillot | University of Essex | ||
124 | Ian Dudley | Univerisy of Essex | ||
123 | Stanislava Dikova | University of Essex | ||
122 | Katy Wheeler | University of Essex | ||
121 | Ida Pu | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
120 | Jake Newell | University College London (UCL) | ||
119 | Jonathan King | University of Essex | ||
118 | Jessica Houlihan | University of Essex | ||
117 | Rosalyn George | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
116 | Sanjay Seth | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
115 | Ben Offiler | Sheffield Hallam University | ||
114 | Susan Kelly | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
113 | Neli Demireva | University of Essex | Colchester Campus | |
112 | Thomas Zacharias | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
111 | Kathryn Buchanan | University of Essex | ||
110 | Maria-Irina Popescu | University of Essex | ||
109 | Marian Carty | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
108 | Mohd A | |||
107 | Maria Filippetti | University of Essex | ||
106 | Natalie Fenton | Goldsmiths, University of London | ||
105 | Katharine Jenkins | The University of Nottingham | ||
104 | Simon Carmel | EBS, University of Essex | ||
103 | Stephen Murphy | Ebs | ||
102 | James Allen-Robertson | University of Essex | ||
101 | Jana Kujundzic | University of Essex | ||
100 | Carlos Gigoux | Department of Sociology | ||
99 | Hedi Viterbo | University of Essex | ||
98 | Miriam Glucksmann | University of Essex | ||
97 | Ewa Morawska | Sociology Department | ||
96 | Jun Li | University of Essex | ||
95 | Haslifah Hashim | University of Essex | Colchester | |
94 | Marina Michalski | EBS | ||
93 | Timea Tallodi | Colchester Campus School of Law | Colchester | |
92 | Pamela Cox | |||
91 | Anna Di Ronco | University of Essex | ||
90 | Philip Hancock | University of Essex - EBS | ||
89 | Mark Harvey | University of Essex, Sociology | ||
88 | Claire Jackson-Prior | Sutton | ||
87 | Frances Cornford | British Library | Alarmed at this treatment of academic staff. | |
86 | Tom Flynn | University of Essex | ||
85 | Federica Genovese | |||
84 | Edward Higgs | Unuversity of Essex | I have already seen on promising academic driven to a mental breakdown by such 'support' and she has now left academia. | |
83 | Mariachiara Barzotto | University of Essex | ||
82 | Georgi Grahovski | University of Essex, Department of Mathematical Sciences | ||
81 | Alexandra Cox | |||
80 | Laura Montanaro | University of Essex | ||
79 | Katie Groves | University of Essex | ||
78 | Dr Jörg Schaub | University of Essex | ||
77 | Anil Yilmaz | University of Essex | ||
76 | Marjana Johansson | EBS | ||
75 | Andrew Fagan | University of Essex | ||
74 | Rael Dawtry | University of Essex | ||
73 | Rick O'Gorman | Psychology, University of Essex | ||
72 | Stevphen Shukaitis | University of Essex | ||
71 | Nicholas Beuret | University of Essex | ||
70 | Thoko Kaime | University of Essex | ||
69 | Emily Jones | School of Law, University of Essex | ||
68 | Andrew Larkin | University of Essex | ||
67 | Dounia Bissar | University of Essex | ||
66 | Audrey Guinchard | University of Essex | fully support the petition - bear in mind also that capability procedures have been used to manage the side-effects of disability | |
65 | Dilly Meyer | University of Essex | ||
64 | Maitrayee Deka | University of Essex | ||
63 | Sheri Markose | Economics Dept University of Essex | ||
62 | Judith Bueno de Mesquita | School of Law, University of Essex | ||
61 | Dominique Knutsen | Department of Psychology, University of Essex | ||
60 | Doug Arnold | University of Essex | ||
59 | Gerald Williams | University of Essex | ||
58 | Amy Cole | University of Essex - TDC | ||
57 | Tom Cornford | School of Law | ||
56 | Michelle Paul | University of Essex | ||
55 | Robin West | Dept. of Sociology, University of Essex | ||
54 | Angus Holford | University of Essex | ||
53 | Laure Sauvé | University of Essex | ||
52 | Laurie Hawkins | |||
51 | Jackson Adams | EBS at Essex University | Colchester | |
50 | Peter Gurney | University of Essex | ||
49 | Anne Kavanagh | University of Essex | ||
48 | Renee Luthra | University of Essex | ||
47 | Matt Lodder | University of Essex | ||
46 | Emily Dyson | St Marylebone School, London | ||
45 | David Stewart | Newcastle University | ||
44 | Steffan Kennett | Department of Psychology | ||
43 | Marianna Marra | |||
42 | Louisa Sadler | University of Essex | ||
41 | Edward Mitchell | University of Essex | ||
40 | Owen Robinson | University of Essex | ||
39 | Danielle Tucker | University of Essex | ||
38 | Constantin Mehmel | University of Essex | ||
37 | Helge Gillmeister | University of Essex | ||
36 | Douglas Giles | University of Essex | It is a shame that universities no longer seem to care about teaching. We are supposed to be educators, yet here we are arguing about how many publications people have and who should be fired for not having enough. What about people who can teach? | |
35 | Nicholas Cooper | University of Essex | ||
34 | Martin Reed | University of Essex | ||
33 | Mario Burghausen | University of Essex/Essex Business School/Colchester | ||
32 | Elia Valentini | University of Essex | Colchester | |
31 | Kate Seymour | University of Essex | ||
30 | Jan Jakob Bornheim | University of Essex | ||
29 | Caterina Cinel | Essex | ||
28 | Caroline Carney | |||
27 | Pasi Ahonen | University of Essex | ||
26 | Karen Brennan | University of Essex | ||
25 | Mohammed Khair Alshaleel | University of Essex | Colchester | |
24 | Kholoud Mohsen | University of Essex | ||
23 | Claire Delle Luche | University of Essex | COLCHESTER | |
22 | Eirini Konstantinidou | University of Essex | ||
21 | Christian De Cock | University of Essex - Essex Business School | I would like to add that in my former capacity as Head of Group (MMO at EBS) I pointed out that the University is clearly failing in its Duty of Care towards employees in its implementation of these policies. The only response I got back from my line manager is that I should not put such matters in an email (or any written communication) | |
20 | Rosie Worsdale | University of Essex | ||
19 | Monika Schmid | University of Essex | ||
18 | Nicolas Geeraert | University of Essex, Psychology | ||
17 | Devon Wybrow | University of Essex | ||
16 | Lorna Finlayson | University of Essex | ||
15 | Richard Cornes | University of Essex | ||
14 | Clara Sandoval | University of Essex | Colchester | |
13 | Isabel Crowhurst | University of Essex | ||
12 | Mohammed Shamsul Karim | University of Essex, Essex Business School / Southend | ||
11 | Sophia Skoufaki | University of Essex | ||
10 | Helen Rand | University of Essex | ||
9 | Matthew Stone | University of Essex | ||
8 | Daragh Murray | University of Essex | This petition should also ideally reference the Stern report, and the requirement that not all staff submit 4 pieces. I would also like to counter the idea that staff who do submit four will someone resent if others submit less, because of different circumstances (which include professional workload). I absolutely reject that assertion, which I believe undermines a collegiate atmosphere. | |
7 | Stephen Sangwine | University of Essex | ||
6 | Peter Patrick | University of Essex, Language and Linguistics | ||
5 | Darren Thiel | dept sociology, essex | ||
4 | Colin Samson | University of Essex | ||
3 | Chris Fox | University of Essex | ||
2 | Michael Bailey | University of Essex | ||
1 | Linsey McGoey | University of Essex |
Documents relevant to probation
- Ordinance 34 reads as follows:
“DEFINITION OF ACADEMIC STAFF
‘Academic Staff’ means all persons holding appointments as Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers, Senior Research Fellows, Lecturers, Research Fellows, Senior Research Officers or Research Officers of the University…” - We note that probationers have letters of appointment.
- Recent procedures and guidance relevant to probation are available here.
- One document dated March 2017 is titled “Guidance for Probationary Academic Staff”.
- The first point after the VC’s own intro message reads: “As a new member of our academic staff you are required to serve a period of probation”
- Point 1.1 of the document “Probation – Academic and Research Staff Notes for Guidance for Heads of Departments and Probationary Supervisors”, dated Oct 2013 updated Mar 2017, reads:
- “The standard period of probation for Academic and Research staff appointed to a permanent contract at, or below, Grade 9 is three years”
- We note that all of these recent documents state, assume or imply that probationers are members of “academic staff”. The declaration by management that they are not appears to be at odds with the University’s own policies and procedures.
- The Nolan Principles may be found here.