06 | NEWS AND CURRENT AF FAIRS


MINISTER PRAISES ‘BOLD VISION’ DURING BATH SPA VISIT


The Minister for Universities and Science, David Willet s, has visited Bath Spa University, hearing about its plans for the future and how it has become one of the UK's leading creative universities. During the visit to the


Newton Park campus near Bath, Mr Willet s was taken on a tour of the new academic building to be opened this spring. The £40m building will provide 1,800 sqm of teaching and learning space. The Minister said:


“Bath Spa University has a bold vision for its future and is successfully mixing creativity and technology to develop graduates with unique skills to meet the current and future needs of the UK economy.”


Graduations at risk in marking boycot


The University and College Union (UCU) has given the green light for its ‘ultimate sanction’ of a marking boycot if university employers still refuse to thrash out a deal over pay. The tactic, last used in 2006, would


mean lecturers refusing to mark exams, coursework, dissertations and portfolios of work. They would also refuse to at end meetings preparing for exams. If implemented, this would mean the disruption of the fi nal year exams for those graduating this year. The union said that it could still be


avoided if the employers, the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), agree to serious negotiations. The dispute, which remains


unresolved from the 2013-14 pay round, is over a 1% pay off er, which the union says represents a real-term pay cut of 13% since 2009.


David


Willet s MP


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