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Jo Grady

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Updates from Jo Grady, 51¸£Àû's general secretary

  • 27 April 2021

    Our #RebuildFE consultative ballot is your opportunity to turn things round in your institution and your sector. 51¸£Àû's positive plan to #RebuildFE is something…

  • 27 April 2021

    The USS pension scheme is facing a renewed attack by your employers' representative body, Universities UK (UUK). UUK is proposing massive cuts to USS members' retirement…

  • 22 March 2021

    I'm writing to update you about two really important current initiatives which I'd love to see a lot of 51¸£Àû members taking part in. Sexual violence survey You have…

  • 5 March 2021

    Many of you - particularly those who are members of USS - will have heard the news on Tuesday that the pension scheme has decided to demand very significant increases…

  • 4 March 2021

    The 51¸£Àû sexual violence task group is surveying 51¸£Àû members on the issue of sexual violence in our sectors. Please check your emails for the link to complete the…

  • 2 March 2021

    The pandemic has brutally exposed critical weaknesses in post-16 education. Universities' reliance on fee income and the lack of investment in further education…

  • 26 February 2021

    Yesterday I appeared on BBC Question Time. I explained what I think of the government telling education staff to do extra work over the summer. I told the @bbcquestiontime…

  • 24 February 2021

    Tomorrow (Thursday) at 10:45pm, I will be representing 51¸£Àû on Question Time on BBC One. Trade unions and the workers they represent are rarely platformed in mainstream…