Protect academic support for Essex students

Despite repeated claims about the central importance that the University of Essex places on providing academic skills support that will enable growing numbers of Essex students to achieve a truly transformational education, one of the key tools by which this aim might be achieved – the tailored academic skills support provided by professional educators in the Talent Development Centre – is in the process of being radically changed in ways that will undermine its capacity to do so. These changes involve the following:

  1. reducing the number of teaching staff despite growing student numbers,*
  2. removing scholarship and programme development from Tutor workload calculations,
  3. forcing full-time tutors to go part-time (shifting them from 1.0 FTE to 0.8 FTE) without reducing teaching loads,
  4. subsidising this loss with new staff on fixed-term contracts in a process of casualisation,
  5. reducing admin support,
  6. closing the TDC helpdesk–an important focal point for students seeking academic help.

These changes will seriously affect the quality of provision for students, reducing the TDC’s ability to provide focused and appropriate support. It will also have knock-on effects for lecturers, who will need to spend valuable discipline-specific teaching and research time providing students with specialist academic and language skills teaching – a task for which they are not trained and which their workloads cannot accommodate.

Further, if TDC colleagues are not given scholarship/development time, that does not necessarily mean they will stop undertaking those activities. They are professionals, so they will continue to do this work because it matters to them to do the best job they can for their students. In such cases provision might remain unaffected – but only on the back of the unpaid labour of our colleagues.

This is not the behaviour of a university that values its staff or its students. Essex deserves better.

We the undersigned call on the University to immediately halt this reduction/diminution of the TDC. The University should not be removing experienced and much-needed staff in this area when 100 new teaching posts are being created elsewhere. We ask that the University recognise that at a time when students and academics need more not less skills training support we should:

  • keep full-time experienced staff in sufficient numbers to cope with growing student demand,
  • acknowledge that teachers require scholarship and programme development time to deliver excellence in teaching. Full-time teachers should have full-time contracts,
  • act on the University’s commitment to renounce the scandalous reliance on casualised work that undermines the integrity of the higher education sector,
  • enter into immediate discussions with UCU to agree a plan that reduces redundancies and casualisation rather than increases them.

*see footnote at the bottom of the page


Signed:
779
Darren Moon
London School of Economics and Political Science 
778
Richard Coyle
Midkent College 
777
Enise Nur Agel
University of Essex 
776
Dee Garrett
Lockdown & out OT student Zimbabwe!!! 
775
J BOREHAM
local government 
774
Sophia Stavrakakis-White
RHUL, UK 
773
marria akhtar
RHUL 
772
David Channon
Royal Holloway University of London 
771
Iman Taha
 
770
Daniel O'Sullivan
Australia 
769
Chris Banister
Regent's University London 
768
Cara Darroch
University of Essex 
767
Hilary Mullen
Buckinghamshire New University 
766
Louisa Sadler
University of Essex 
765
Jane Sansbury
Petroc 
764
Iain Stevenson
CAMBRIDGESHIRE 
763
Matt Cooke
IDI/University of Hertfordshire 
762
Cydney Barrows
Essex 
761
sheila marrinan
University of Essex  
760
Jakki Oldfield
Essex 
759
Clare Maxwell
University of Leeds 
758
Lynne Denyer
Sussex 
757
Elizabeth Watkins
West Sussex 
756
Senay Bilen
New City College 
755
Peter Wigglesworth
Crawley 
754
Tim Denyer
 
753
John Fernandes
Retired - present Chair Council of Academic Freedom and Academic Standards 
752
Aviah Day
Durham University (Formally Essex University) 
751
Heather Symonds
Imperial dyslexia consultant VT 
750
Andrew Pritchard
andy_cinzia@yahoo.it 
749
Emily Wheeler
University of Leeds 
748
Lisa Clughen
Nottingham Trent University  
747
Simon Gamble
University of Bristol 
746
Tracy Ryan
Merseyside 
745
Carol Cody
UCU City of Liverpool College 
744
Pam Gadsby
University of Essex (recently retired) 
743
Julian Wells
LDSE 
742
D Parsons
University of South Wales 
741
RUTH MUNRO
INTO Newcastle University 
740
Gerard Clough
Royal Holloway 
739
Kalina Stamenova
Essex 
738
Joy Robbins
University of Leeds 
737
Lucy Pearce
University of Essex 
736
Eirini Konstantinidou
University of Essex 
735
Angela Hulme
University of Leeds 
734
Anna Murawska
Into Newcastle University 
733
Melanie Aird
 
732
Sandra Haywood
University of Bath 
731
Rachel Taylor
University of Essex 
730
Lachlan Moyle
Queen Mary University of London 
729
Wendy Greenfield
 
728
Christine Bellamy
Essex 
727
Natalie Sedacca
UCL  
726
Anne Heller
English Language Education, Centre for Open Learning, University of Edinburgh 
725
Jen Baker
Warwick 
724
Gavin Gavin
University of Leicester  
723
Berenice Guyot-Rechard
KCL 
722
Dion Georgiou
University of Chichester 
721
Shiobhan Low
University of Essex 
720
Katy Walsh
Lancaster University 
719
Christopher WALSH
University of Sussex 
718
Faye Savage
Previously UoE.  
717
Iwona Winiarska-Pringle
University of Glasgow 
716
Andreea Busu
University of Essex 
715
Ana-Maria Amzoiu
University of Essex, Colchester 
714
Jane Dabbs
Colchester 
713
Joanna Al-Youssef
 
712
Linda Wonnacott
Dovercourt Essex 
711
Hannah Jones
University of Edinburgh 
710
Liz Algar
University of Essex  
709
Alex Trask
Patways 
708
Alex Reynolds
AUB 
707
Mandy Bannerman
University of Essex 
706
Majd Yafi
Essex University  
705
Helen Hewertson
University of Central Lancashire 
704
Daryl Streat
 
703
Elias Tawil
Outside the United States 
702
kevin nunn
Colchester Trades Union Council 
701
Jacqueline Reynolds
Essex 
700
frances newman
 
699
Elisa Vasquez-Walters
Unison Eastern Region Probation  
698
Anthea Cowen
University of Bedfordshire 
697
Roger Jones
Chicago City Colleges 
696
Fiona Broom
Colchester Institute  
695
Peter Fenton
University of Nottingham, China 
694
Raynee Gutting
University of Essex 
693
Sally Theobald
Please select 
692
Christopher Eustace
Essex Pathways; University of Essex 
691
Terri Edwards
Durham 
690
Jonathan Smart
Freelance (despite e-mail address) 
689
Bojana Petric
Birkbeck 
688
A-K Reck
University of Portsmouth 
687
Louise Ward
Essex University 
686
Annette Lawson
retired 
685
Rowena Macaulay
Smart Networked Environments, Parkside, University of Essex 
684
Lucy Watson
University of Southampton 
683
Ken Plummer
Essex 
682
Marie Juanchich
University of Essex 
681
Polly Ann Flinders
University of Huddersfield 
680
Robert Farmer
University of Northampton 
679
Ralitsa Kantcheva
Bangor University 
678
Carly Sharples
Norwich University of the Arts 
677
Melisa Rinaldi
UEL 
676
Angela Rogers
 
675
Sarah Kafala
University of Essex 
674
Yannis Lignos
UEL 
673
Tom Burns
London Metropolitan University 
672
Basim Musallam
University of Cambridge 
671
raymond Geuss
university of cambridge 
670
gina wisker
University of brighton  
669
Allyson Noble
Heriot Watt University, Dubai Campus 
668
Anna Alexandrova
Cambridge  
667
Daniel Spence
Albert Sloman Library, University of Essex 
666
Terry Felgate
Essex University 
665
Simon Hewitt
University of Leeds 
664
Renée Reitsma
King's College London 
663
Sarra Facey
 
662
Sylvia Broughton
QMUL 
661
Charlie Kirk
university of essex  
660
Tom Flynn
School of Law, University of Essex 
659
David Bowers
 
658
Siobhan McGrath
Durham 
657
Joe Williams
Durham University 
656
Susan Blackwell
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 
655
Claire Harrington
Essex 
654
Peta Jessemey
 
653
emma kittle
 
652
Camilla Fox
University of Essex 
651
Sarah Hughes
Durham University 
650
Elise Galand
University of Essex 
649
Martin Price
Durham University 
648
John Wainwright
Durham University  
647
Niall Cunningham
Geography Department, Durham University 
646
Chris Fox
University of Essex 
645
James Wilson
London 
644
Vanessa Baxter
University of Essex 
643
Caspar Pearson
University of Essex 
642
Stefani Goga
Oxford Brookes 
641
Greg Cadge
University of Essex 
640
Kehinde Adeyemo
Essex 
639
LLoyd Shankley
University of Essex 
638
Dragos Pavel
Accommodation, University of Essex 
637
Gustav Kuhn
Goldsmiths, University of London 
636
Ayoola Crooks
Essex university 
635
Ayoola Crooks
Essex 
634
mike lilley
 
633
Hannah Onslow
University of Essex  
632
Charles Ham
 
631
Samantha Woodward
University of Essex 
630
Helen Croft
 
629
Scott Seton
University of Essex 
628
Paul Skarratt
University of Hull 
627
Atena Andreea Molcut
University of Essex 
626
Natalie Noiyasoong Karlsson
University of Essex 
625
James Anthony Pey
Essex 
624
Julie Hartill
Imperial College London 
623
Tumeka Ngojo
University of Essex 
622
SARA SHERIFF
Essex 
621
Lauren Beard-Robinson
University of essex 
620
Harry Bond
University of Essex 
619
Stephen Jordan
University of Essex 
618
Amy Sheekey
 
617
Deepa Govindarajan Driver
University of Reading  
616
Tomaso Roche
U o E 
615
Sarah Sherratt
University of Essex 
614
Nic Warren
University of Essex 
613
Hannah Pyman
University of Essex 
612
Hannah Groom
University of Essex 
611
Audrey Guinchard
Essex 
610
Arianna Sparagna
 
609
Annemarie Brown
University of Essex 
608
Isobel Irwin
Essex University 
607
Camille Cronin
School of Health and Social Care, Southend Campus 
606
Lucy May
University of Essex, Southend-on-Sea 
605
Gorka Mercero
University of Liverpool 
604
Hayley Milburn
University of Essex 
603
Alia Al Omrani
Essex Uni 
602
Terence Bonner
 
601
Katherine Gahagan
Freelance language consultant Essex & Rome 
600
Eric Smith
 
599
Aldona Norkus
University of Liverpool  
598
Janet Dennis
 
597
Callum Plowright
University of Essex 
596
Ann Kenneally
Southend hospital ex Essex uni student 
595
Gillian Watt
Open University (Retired) 
594
Bob Watt
Former UCU lay officer at Essex; sometime Head of School of Law at Essex; formerly Reader in Law at Essex; retired Professor of Law 
593
Fiona Annand
Essex 
592
Petra Rosier
 
591
Rachel Rich
Leeds Beckett  
590
Erna von der Walde
Alumna of the University of Essex 
589
Emily Cornell
Colchester 
588
Ben Turpin
University of Essex 
587
Manuel Barcia
University of Leeds 
586
Rachael Newman
Portsmouth  
585
Louise Timms
SHSC 
584
Ian Mounteney
UoE 
583
Clare Carpenter-Timmis
Cornwall 
582
Ian Harris
University of Essex 
581
Niamj Taylor-Blow
Southend University NHS Foundation Trust 
580
Amalia Khodr
University of Essex  
579
Harriet Lock
NHS  
578
Chiaki Kato
University of Essex 
577
Laura Beauchamp
University of Essex 
576
natalie cowan
university of essex  
575
James Sumpter
Health and Social Care - Southend 
574
Elizabeth Norris
Essex 
573
Sara French
UoE 
572
Marie Gribbin
University of Essex 
571
James Padovani
University of Essex 
570
Hazel Cromar
Univeristy of Essex 
569
Kaez Condon
University of Essex 
568
Isobel Eddyshaw
University of Essex 
567
Louise MacLean
University of Essex 
566
Stephanie Ozegin
Essex university  
565
Nita Karia
University Of Essex 
564
Scott Forrest
University of Essex 
563
Kevin Watson
Oxford Brookes University 
562
Katie Moore
University of Essex 
561
Ian Johnson
University of Portsmouth 
560
Pinar Aksu
UEL 
559
Alexander Wallace-tarry
Essex University 
558
Patrick Lown
University of Essex 
557
Godfried Croenen
University of Liverpool 
556
Enrique Matsumoto
University of Essex 
555
Emma Claydon
University of Liverpool 
554
Jamie Seakens
Essex 
553
Clara Hiskey
Leeds 
552
Gemma Hakins
University of Essex 
551
Diane Stevens
Essex 
550
Lisa McKee
School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex 
549
Dilwyn Owen
Wolverhampton University 
548
Rubén Zamora
Birkbeck college  
547
Iris Clapp
EU invigilator 
546
Timos Almpanis
Kingston University 
545
Terry Finnigan
University of the arts london 
544
Tracey Costley
University of Essex 
543
Syd Kent
Colchester 
542
Victoria Beckwith
University of Essex 
541
Julia Miller
The University of Adelaide 
540
Victoria Mant
Essex 
539
Ma Khoonarat Thetsri
University of Essex 
538
Amma Frimpong
Essex university 
537
Gloria Good
Birkbeck College 
536
Steph Driver
University of Essex 
535
Pauline Rendall
Essex 
534
Daisy Malt
University of Essex 
533
Athanasia Pliakogianni
University of Bamberg 
532
Clint Verdonschot
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice: An International Forum 
531
Chloe Bearman
University of Essex 
530
Megan Sharman
 
529
Sarah Dalton
Wivenhoe  
528
Sue Teale
The University of Birmingham 
527
Philip Finn
 
526
James Stannard
 
525
Owen Robinson
University of Essex  
524
Claudia Alsdorf
Department of Language and Linguistice, The University of Essex 
523
Nic Blower
University of Essex 
522
jack blount
university of essex  
521
Terence Vasey
Colchester 
520
Anil Vastardis
Essex 
519
Rebeca Perez Leon
UNAM 
518
Rachel Westerbeek
University of Central Lancashire 
517
Cheryl Voake-Jones
University of Bath 
516
Ricky Jospeh
University of Birmingham 
515
Man Hei Chan
University of Essex 
514
Courtney Waugh
University of Essex  
513
Ruth Windscheffel
City, University of London 
512
Angela Dorado-Otero
Queen Mary University of London  
511
Dimitri Lera
University of Essex 
510
Lydia Karga
PhD student, Department of Government, University of Essex 
509
Megan Daigle
University of Birmingham 
508
Alexandra Popescu
University of Essex 
507
Sandra Sinfield
London Metropolitan University 
506
Savvas Voutyras
Essex 
505
Peter Squires
University of South Wales 
504
Anna Oxton
Colchester 
503
laura Redburne
Southend 
502
Steven Gormley
University of Essex 
501
Caitlyn Rogers
Southend campus 
500
Caitlan Burns
Essex 
499
Ellen Boyd
University of essex 
498
Deborah Stevenson
SOAS 
497
Elane Heffernan
UCU NEC 
496
Rachael Parsons
University of Essex 
495
Rosalind Scott
Colchester Borough Council 
494
MIke Brennan
Open university  
493
Alicja Syska
University of Plymouth 
492
Matt Bennett
University of Cambridge 
491
Julie Oliver
Department of Economics 
490
Jimena Vazquez
University of Essex 
489
Ursula Canton
Glasgow Caledonian 
488
Catherine Oxton
Colchester 
487
Joan Busfield
University of Essex 
486
Claire Wotherspoon
 
485
Gosia Marska
 
484
Suzanne Waugh
University of Salford 
483
Alejandro Moreno
University of Essex 
482
Constantin Mehmel
University of Essex  
481
Dr Shelagh Mooney
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, new Zealand.  
480
Kristen Treen
University of St Andrews 
479
Konstantinos Roussos
University of Essex 
478
Michel Mason
TDC, University of Essex 
477
Ryan Flitcroft
University of Essex 
476
Elaine Speight-Burton
Deakin University Burwood Australia  
475
Adam Devine
University of Suffolk 
474
Anika Easy
University of Leeds 
473
Michael Beaney
London School of Economics 
472
Johannes Maronda
University of East London 
471
Brian Dunsmore
University of Salford 
470
Jordan Welsh
 
469
Jan Plummer
Ex Essex student 
468
Rosie Worsdale
University of Cambridge 
467
Hannah Duncan
University of Essex, School of Health and Human Sciences 
466
Savanna Rayment
University of Essex 
465
Holly Pester
University of Essex 
464
Jess Meacham
University of Sheffield, VP Sheffield UCU 
463
Tracey Hill
Bath Spa University  
462
Sarah Lewthwaite
University of Southampton 
461
Jo Grady
University of Sheffield  
460
John Prudhoe
York St John University 
459
Jane Ismail
University of Essex 
458
Paloma Carretero García
 
457
Alexandra Beaumont
University of Essex 
456
Angela Gillet
University of Nottingham 
455
S White
 
454
Jill Doubleday
 
453
James O'Geran
University of Essex 
452
Julio Gimenez
University of Westminster 
451
Cristiana Rodrigues
 
450
Timothy Chapman
Goldsmiths, University of London 
449
Rosie Bonny
Essex University 
448
Aeronwy Thomas-Osborne
Oxford Brookes University 
447
Nicholas Beuret
Essex 
446
Ania Bailey
 
445
Tony Shannon-Little
University of Wolverhampton 
444
Lisa McDonagh
Staffordshire University 
443
Khrieu Healy
University of Essex 
442
Rob Marks
University of Manchester 
441
Audrey woraker
University of Essex 
440
Gill Green
University of Essex 
439
Caroline Burns
Northumbria University 
438
Max Maher
University of Essex 
437
Sarah Smith
University of Essex 
436
Katya Kostadintcheva
University of Essex 
435
Tom Edge
UWE Bristol 
434
Milada Walkova
University of Leeds 
433
Anne Prince
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford 
432
Michael Bailey
Essex University 
431
Klaus Mundt
University of Nottingham 
430
Rachel Elmslie
University of Glasgow 
429
Susie Cowley-Haselden
 
428
Lisa Brennan
University of Liverpool 
427
Lisa McGrath
Sheffield Hallam University 
426
Mary Carr
St Andrews University 
425
Catherine Duxbury
UCC 
424
Vernon Strachan
University of Essex  
423
Sarah Taylor
LSE 
422
Jack Rutherford
LiFTS 
421
Amber Silk
Essex 
420
Milena Marinkova
University of Leeds 
419
Christopher Cunningham
The University of Essex 
418
Vicky Blake
University of Leeds  
417
Elena Anna Maria Gandini
University of Central Lancashire  
416
Evangelia Koumentaki
Phd student Essex University  
415
Cecily Blyther
Petroc 
414
Aleks Palanac
University of Leicester, ELTU 
413
Kerryann Bradshaw
University of Essex Student 
412
Richard Davie
Canterbury Christ Church University 
411
Desmond Thomas
University of Luxembourg and Ex-University of Essex 
410
Elizabeth Cassell
University of Essex (retired) 
409
Maite Rodríguez
University of Essex 
408
Carol McAleavy
University of Essex 
407
Nicholas White
University of Portsmouth 
406
Hilary Nesi
Coventry University 
405
Steve Kirk
Durham University 
404
Zenna Marshall
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis 
403
Alberta Righetti
Coventry  
402
Tom Muir
OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University 
401
Deborah Clarke
University of Helsinki, Finland 
400
Dilly Meyer
Essex/TDC/Colchester  
399
Timea Tallodi
University of Essex  
398
Norbert Schmitt
University of Nottingham 
397
Diane Schmitt
Nottingham Trent University 
396
Helen Sadig
Leeds University 
395
Fiona Wattam
Colchester English Study Centre 
394
James Norman
 
393
Julia Molinari
University of Nottingham 
392
Liam Rodger
The Open University 
391
Penny Wrout
Essex University, LiFTS dept. 
390
Sheila Black
University of Essex  
389
Jan Peacock
Wivenhoe 
388
Brendon Nicholls
University of Leeds 
387
Karen Nicholls
Sheffield Hallam University  
386
Jacqueline Grossart
RCS Glasgow  
385
Penny Simpson
University of Essex 
384
Jennie Todd
Essex 
383
Jane Sjoberg
University of Birmingham 
382
Emma Frost
University of Essex 
381
Jimmy Page
 
380
olivia arigho stiles
Univ Essex - Dept of Sociology 
379
Calum Delaney
Cardiff 
378
Shaul Bar-Haim
University of Essex 
377
George Mann
Independent HE Consultant  
376
Maria Teasdale
UWE, Bristol 
375
Mario Burghausen
University of Essex, Essex Business School, Employability and Careers Officer M&M/OSHRM 
374
Hannah Gurr
Centre for English Language and Foundation Studies, University of Bristol 
373
Nigel Harwood
 
372
Joanne Webster
Sheffield Hallam University  
371
Liz Hamp-Lyons
former Editor of the Journal of English for Academic Purposes 
370
Daisy Jordan
University of Essex 
369
Dr Jörg Schaub
University of Essex  
368
Mike Bowles
Zayed University 
367
Sue Whitehouse
Halesowen 
366
Marian Mayer
Bournemouth university 
365
Josipa Javora
University of Essex 
364
Daniel Watts
University of Essex 
363
Sara Camacho Felix
London School of Economics and Political science  
362
Jonathan Cooke
University of Suffolk 
361
Teresa Eade
UoE 
360
Linda Belgrove
Alumni - Uni of Essex  
359
Malgorzata Drewniok
University of Lincoln 
358
James Richards
Heriot=Watt University 
357
Yan Li
U of Essex 
356
Natasha Osben
University of Essex 
355
Michael Salmon
University of Liverpool in London 
354
Caroline Browne
Password English Language Testing 
353
Ceiren Bell
Goldsmiths 
352
Miriam Schwiening
University of Warwick 
351
Sharon Riddle
Durham 
350
John Wrigglesworth
Sheffield Hallam 
349
Alex Holloway
University of Leeds 
348
Rhea Mehmet
London 
347
Chen-Yu Lin
Taiwan 
346
Alistair McCulloch
University of South Australia (formerly Edge Hill University) 
345
Ya Han Chang
KPMG  
344
Caterina Fantacci
 
343
Ian Bruce
The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand 
342
Anna Murawska
Into Newcastle university 
341
Milly Williamson
Goldsmiths  
340
Jessica Garska
Trinity college Dublin 
339
Rob Playfair
Liverpool 
338
Annie Jones
Sheffield Hallam University 
337
Marilyn Sore
Suffolk 
336
Katherine Grayson
The University of Essex 
335
Sarah Bones
 
334
Sally Zacharias
University of Glasgow 
333
Silvia Ranawake
Queen Mary University of London 
332
Dolly Okeowo
 
331
michael bassett
 
330
Emily Wallace
University of Bedfordshire 
329
Jane Sabey
 
328
Sarah Wagner
University of Essex 
327
Maria-Irina Popescu
University of Essex 
326
Pasi Ahonen
University of Essex 
325
Tom Vaughan
University of Essex 
324
Evangelia Tsimpoukli
 
323
Miharu Hori
Student of University of Essex 
322
Sasha Litvintseva
Queen Mary University of London 
321
Ewen Speed
University of Essex 
320
Patrick Chester
QMUL 
319
Henry Anim Del Rio
Colchester 
318
James Bicknell
University of Essex 
317
Jo Kukuczka
 
316
Caitlin Adams
Open University 
315
Mary Davis
Oxford Brookes University 
314
Jade Archer
University of Essex 
313
Robert Smart
University of Essex 
312
Neil Robbie
SOAS, University of London 
311
Elaine Smith
University of Nottingham 
310
Gary Riley-Jones
Goldsmiths, University of London  
309
Debra Jones
Bristol University  
308
paul dickinson
university of liverpool 
307
Alexandra Kimbo
University of Essex  
306
Els Van Geyte
University of Birmingham 
305
Noah Johnston
 
304
Nikolas Chatzicostis
 
303
Louise Greener
Durham University  
302
Philip France
Queen Mary University, London 
301
Beatriz de paiva
 
300
Gareth GEE
CELE, University of Nottingham 
299
Carlos Carrillo-Tudela
University of Essex 
298
Ai Gooch
University of Essex 
297
Astrid Kohler
Queen Mary University of London 
296
Trevor Herndon
Arts University Bournemouth 
295
Melody Mason
The University of Warwick  
294
Jola Tong
University of Essex 
293
Jody Bradford
University of Leeds 
292
Anna H
University of Essex 
291
Katie Shaw
Royal Holloway, University of London 
290
Emily Pfefer
Queen Mary University of London 
289
Justin Colson
University of Essex 
288
Helen Taylor
CU Services 
287
Jane Saville
University of the West of England 
286
Saskia Price
University of Essex 
285
James Bullock
University of Portsmouth 
284
Cheyne Truman
University of Essex 
283
Alice Ferro
University of Essex 
282
Rosa Fass
University of Essex 
281
Camille Walker
University of Essex 
280
Jake Collinson
 

*Consultation documents suggest otherwise, but this is based on their tendency to calculate FTE numbers without taking into consideration number reductions based on previous redundancies and restructures. Hence a comparison of absolute numbers is best able to communicate what is at stake:
In October 2017 TDC staff comprised: 

  • G10 x 1
  • G 8  x 3
  • G 7 x 7.8
  • G4 x 1.7
  • Plus hourly paid tutors in the Autumn/Spring term.

Under the new structure proposal the team (now known as ‘Skills for Success’) would comprise:

  • G9 x 1
  • G 8 x 2
  • G 7 x 5.5
  • G 6 x 1 (fixed term, to review structure and procedures)
  • G4 x 1
  • Plus hourly paid tutors in the Autumn/Spring term.

When calculated solely in terms of ‘skills delivery staff’ (i.e. those who undertake teaching) the numbers provided in the briefing documents are misleading:

  • their calculation of 8.5 FTE in the new structure includes the new Grade 9 post (heading up Skills for Success); but
  • their calculation of 9 FTE previously excludes the current G10 post of TDC Head, and excludes a TDC post that was left vacant earlier this year (0.8 FTE) –  even though both posts contributed to  ‘service delivery’ (i.e. teaching).
  • In addition, the Southend G7 tutor has had her contribution factored in (for both new and old structures) as FTE 0.5 – while this is only true of the new structure. Previously, the post holder has had her contract extended each summer (using TDC budget). This made her FTE up to 0.8 FTE
  • Therefore a previous FTE comparison for ‘service delivery’ should more accurately be totalled as 11 FTE reduced to 8.5 FTE.