Motion
- Motion title
- Outsourcing
- Session
- 2007-2008
- Meeting link
- HE conference
- Meeting date
- 29 May 2008
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- HE40
- Motion text
Sector Conference welcomes the action that UCU has taken in campaigning against privatisation within the HE sector. Academic Related staff are especially vulnerable to the threat of outsourcing as senior management frequently fail to recognise the importance of AR staff within institutions. Experience and professionalism combined with local knowledge and dedication to a service ethos may not feature on a balance sheet but clearly provide an additional value that cannot be matched by a private company motivated only by the bottom line.
Sector Conference calls on local associations and branches to report threats of outsourcing and privatisation to Higher Education Committee, including those cases where no staff positions appear to be immediately threatened.
Further, HEC must use this information to continue to campaign against creeping privatisation and strive to highlight the positive contribution AR staff make across institutions.
- Proposing body
- University of Glasgow
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2008/H/05-29/116/HE40