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The Facts

 

  • KCL Management has stated that the college needs a 6% surplus to invest in buildings and facilities.  Tuition fees are not sufficient to cover this and capital funding is no longer state-funded.

 

  • To help achieve this, KCL Management have decided to make up to 15% of staff redundant at three Health Schools (Medicine, Biomedical Science and Institute of Psychiatry) - the aim is to cut 10% of the academic pay roll.

  • This equates to up to 120 redundancies out of 777 positions.

  • UPDATE: We have been informed (04/07/14) that under 60 staff are now provisionally at risk.

 

  • Reductionist metrics concerning research income and teaching hours were used to determine whose jobs will be at-risk.  Teaching or research quality, student assistance and supervision of research students, for example, were not taken into account. At-risk staff must incorporate all relevant information into the 2 page document to defend their jobs. 

 

  • The consultation period began on 12th May.  Students did not receive any official communications from KCL Management before or after this date. 

  • Students were not consulted about these proposals before their publication.  This is despite a promise from KCL Management in 2013 that students would be consulted prior to decisions concerning restructuring of the health schools. 

  • Consultation since has been solely about informing students, and making contingency plans - we do not consider this consultation. There has been no consultation on alternative strategies.

  • The bare legal minimum of 45 days’ consultation has been provided for these proposals to be discussed by all concerned.  This time includes student examination and vacation periods.

  • Formal notices of dismissal are due to be issued in mid-August, giving precious little time for students and departments to establish how they will manage without certain members of staff and their expertise.

 

  • At the Institute of Psychiatry, all the heads of departments and many senior figures have spoken out about the damage this will do. The Post-Doc network have also openly stated their opposal to these plans. Various departments have expressed motions of no confidence in KCL senior management.

  • On the 25th June, UCU announced that the majority of their members had voted for strike action. This is planned for the 10th July.

 

 

For extra information about the redundancies and the objections raised, you can:

 

 

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