AUT is deeply concerned about this and other aspects of the document. We enter negotiations with the University in good faith and we expect representatives of the University management to be in a position to do likewise. We are advising members affected by this document not to take any action at this stage. We will be discussing the issue at our meeting with Senior Officers of the University on Tuesday and will advise members on developments. Renee Prendergast Rumours are being circulated that, with the agreement of Belfast AUT, a Redundancy Committee has been set up, and even naming the managers on it.
Nothing is further from the truth.
A Redundancy Committee can only be set up by Standing Committee. Some senior QUB officers raised the issue of a Redundancy Committee with Belfast AUT in a recent meeting in the context of fixed-term appointments. We firmly rejected it saying that only a hand-full of universities had ever set up a Redundancy Committee, and most of them had soon abandoned the idea when they saw the impact that it had on relations with staff. The exams action is taking effect on the chosen days and members are not attending examiners meeting where these have not been rearranged. For technical and tactical reasons it has been decided to set national days for boycotting admissions.