However, I got no support from anyone else on Academic Council. The management are keen to reduce the size of Academic Council. You are invited to make submissions to Rosemary Simpson, Acting Secretary of Academic Council, on the role, size, composition and operational effectiveness of Academic Council. At the moment Academic Council the main groups are the heads of Schools and institutes, Deans and other office holders and members elected by the faculties. De facto many of these elected places have been reserved for Assistant Deans and Advisors of Studies.
Membership is limited to full-time academic staff.
Your views on this matter should be sent to me. The lost rights are commonly the right to claim unfair dismissal if the contract is terminated early, and the right to a redundancy payment if the contract terminates without further employment. The legislation will be extended to Northern Ireland by an Order in Council. This applies to all new or renewed contracts after that date, but we will be pressing for the university to apply it to existing contracts. We will continue the campaign to remove the redundancy pay waiver.