Principal of The Manchester College (TMC) Peter Tavernor yesterday severed ties with the University and College Union (UCU), accusing the union of “underhand tactics” and trying to “agitate staff” in the row over contracts.
Staff at The Manchester College (TMC) are having new contracts imposed under little or no consultation, with significant changes to working conditions. Meanwhile, much criticised principal Peter Tavernor has awarded himself a 10 per cent pay rise and now earns more than the Prime Minister.
Prison teaching staff at Manchester College have been threatened with redundancies just months into their new contracts. The threats come less than a year after the College made a successful bid to become the largest provider of prison education in the country, teaching in 60 per cent of penal institutions.
Trafford Council has proposed two schools in Stretford close to form a new Academy. Lostock College and Stretford High School are due to be shut in August with plans for the new Academy based at the site of Stretford High.
Following last week’s news that 127 support staff are to be made redundant – an “efficiency” measure according to Vice Chancellor Professor John Brooks – Manchester Metropolitan University has announced setbacks in plans over its proposed campus developments.
Manchester Metropolitan University has this week announced that it will be cutting 127 administrative and support staff roles.
Up to 300 students have been thrown off the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course at Manchester College. The college says this is because of “an unforeseen error in ESOL enrolment” and changes in government funding.
