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Pay, Pay-related matters and prioritisation of USS Pension Scheme benefit improvements
Staff update on national negotiations elating to pay, pay-related matters and the USS Pension Scheme.
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Update on the Reward Consultation & Negotiation Group
Dear colleages, This is an update on the work of the Reward Consultation and Negotiation Group - one of the University/campus trade unions joint working groups.
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Financial Position and Projection (March 2023)
Dear colleagues, We are writing to update you on the financial position of the sector and the University, now that we know how many students we recruited in January 2023 and our likely overall income for the year. UK and Scottish Higher Education Finances Institutions across the UK are dealing with the consequences...
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Digital Strategy Forum - Wednesday 29 March
Dear colleagues, A Digital Strategy Forum has been scheduled for Wednesday 29 March from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and is open to all University staff. This regular event provides the opportunity to hear from and feed back to senior staff on any matter relating to digital in the University. Colleagues can find out...
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Kings Quarter enabling works - Regent Walk to close
Areas of King’s College campus are due to close in April as work begins to transform the historic centre of campus. The enabling works, which will include the redirection of mains water and district heating pipes, takes place between 1 April and 21 April to align with University holidays and minimise...
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New Dean for Enterprise and Innovation appointed
Dear colleagues, Further to earlier calls inviting applications for the role of Dean for Enterprise and Innovation, I am delighted to announce that, following a competitive internal recruitment process, Dr Heather May Morgan has been appointed to the role effective from 1 April 2023. Heather will take forward key institutional priorities including...
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Graduate Outcomes
An update on Graduate Outcomes from Professor John Barrow, Dean for Employability & Entrepreneurship
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February pay uplift update
Implementation of the 2023-24 Pay Award - new salary scale
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Strike action - March dates - student message
Dear student, Members of the University and College Union (UCU) are planning to take strike action on the following days:
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Additional strike day announced by UCU - 15 March
Dear colleagues, University and College Union (UCU) have announced additional strike action over pay, workload, casualisation, equality and the USS Pension Scheme on 15 March 2023. This means that the current strike days announced are as follows: Wednesday 15 March Thursday 16 March Friday 17 March Monday 20 March Tuesday 21 March Wednesday 22 March The University will remain...
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Unigrams is back!
Are you ready to pit your wits against the latest fiendish Staff News competition and be in with the chance of winning an amazing prize?
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What are we doing to combat Gender-Based Violence?
I'm Lisa; one of the new Student Support Advisers, specialising in Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) prevention and intervention at the University of Aberdeen.
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Roll out of Prevent Duty Training
Dear colleagues, The University has a statutory duty, under the Counter Terrorism Act 2015, ‘to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’. Prevent Duty Training is part of the government’s overall counter-terrorism strategy, and under this strategy, new online training is now available across...
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Kevin Stewart MSP visits graduate start-up
Last week, (Friday, February 24) MSP Kevin Stewart paid a visit to the University to meet with staff from graduate start-up company, Zephyrus Aerolabs, who recently won Young EDGE R20.
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Remembering Professor Sir Duncan Rice
A service to remember and celebrate the life of the University’s former Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Duncan Rice, was held on Tuesday (February 28) Family, friends and colleagues gathered in the Chapel and then on the top floor of the library named in his honour to pay their own personal...