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Colin Riordan

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Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – July 2018

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – July 2018

Posted on 26 July 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague It is a pleasure to start this month’s email, the final one of this academic year, by congratulating those colleagues and friends of the University who were recognised […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – June 2018

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – June 2018

Posted on 29 June 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague June seems to have been a long hot month and I was slightly surprised to discover that it was only three weeks ago on 6 June that we […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – May 2018

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – May 2018

Posted on 31 May 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague Mixed news this month on league tables. Three 2018/19 rankings were published, none of them tables that we track to gauge our performance, but it is always worth […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – April 2018

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – April 2018

Posted on 30 April 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague While the pensions dispute is not yet fully resolved, there is reason to be hopeful that the agreement to suspend industrial action whilst an expert panel is convened […]

Industrial strike action ends

Industrial strike action ends

Posted on 13 April 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague, Today, UCU members have voted in favour of accepting an ACAS proposal for a Joint Expert Panel. This means that all industrial action - including strike action and […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – March 2018

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – March 2018

Posted on 27 March 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague March has been another very difficult month for the universities involved in the USS dispute, and Cardiff of course has been no exception. It rapidly became clear that […]

Update to correspondence between the Vice-Chancellor and UCU members taking strike action

Update to correspondence between the Vice-Chancellor and UCU members taking strike action

Posted on 23 March 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear signatories You will recall that I undertook to put your concerns at the Russell Group, and I am now writing to update you on that. I conveyed the strength […]

Message from the Vice-Chancellor

Message from the Vice-Chancellor

Posted on 16 March 2018 by Colin Riordan

Message from the Vice-Chancellor: Action short of a strike and phased pay deductions We understand that colleagues who are participating in industrial action care passionately about their students, and regret […]

Correspondence between the Vice-Chancellor and UCU members taking strike action

Correspondence between the Vice-Chancellor and UCU members taking strike action

Posted on 15 March 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear signatories, Thanks for your email and for the measured and constructive approach that you take. I have no doubt that you are taking strike action with reluctance and that […]

Strike action: commitment from the Vice-Chancellor

Strike action: commitment from the Vice-Chancellor

Posted on 5 March 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear students, Last week was a very difficult week for all of you and I am writing to reassure you that the University’s priority and commitment remains to ensure that […]