Polytechnic, where Bob Smith, adopted by the Employers' Forum, off by the union. At Kingston author of the original paper is Director, management are likely to avoid a head on confrontation and introduce the new contracts by stealth and divide and rule tactics. At Portsmouth the management have put the whole thing off for a year in the face of a hostile union The vast majority of lecturers are completely opposed to the half-hearted attempt by manage. Polytechnic plc текропяс- For those who balk at this new revenue" for the institutions. In a being introduced - term time teaching only - on 85% of salary It has escaped no-one that this new "year" could encompass a 'fourth' term. This could be used for short courses, to generate situation of goverment cut backs in higher education, polys and selves. But we could also see the development of short' degrees, Management strategy varies pointed a new Head of Nursing on the new contract and the NATHE (National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education) 'fractional' appointments are other establishments are increas ingly being expected to fund them- from place to place. At Birmin- gham Polytechnic they have ap and presumably no increments! eight terms over twn years. ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY this year all Polytechnics and Col- leges of Higher Education, 90 The core of the new contract ganise her time outside of teach- institutions in all, become public limited companies! Leading up to April, manage- ment are attempting to impose new private-sector style con- removes the locturer's right to or- ing. All elements of the job, re- consultancy. agreed between the lecturer and her 'manager". The new contract will change the existing 38 weeks (36 teaching and 2 administration) to 44 or 46 weeks and the current 30 hours attendance to 'at least" 37 curriculum development. ad- ministration etc, will have to be tracts to fit the new status. Page 4
more of the same: pious words of opposition combined with ruthless dirty work. For the hard left in local goverument it means greater concentration on developing trade union resistance, including op- Davy Jones implementation of the Tories' position from any bare in the coun- Housing has been the most heavily attacked of all local government plans to sell off 6,000 homes as the new Housing Act begins to bite. services. Here Gloucester council tenants protest against Council M THATCHER FOR 15 AGENTS: HOME, SILE W. WALDER? cil chamber itself. THIS