In the Blue Box
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In June 2015 Imperial College made a below inflation offer based on grossly miscalculated benchmarks. The staff voted to strike...
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| 00:00 - 00:03 | Here's the latest on the Imperial strike |
| 00:04 - 00:05 | We've action in Physics, |
| 00:05 - 00:07 | Maths and EEE. |
| 00:08 - 00:12 | Now we have Civil Engineering and Computing |
| 00:12 - 00:15 | and it now looks like there's only going to be more. |
| 00:17 - 00:19 | This wasn't what you were telling me |
| 00:19 - 00:21 | You said it was falling apart |
| 00:24 - 00:26 | President, |
| 00:27 - 00:28 | the benchmarks |
| 00:31 - 00:33 | the benchmarks, we tried to fix them, but they're not holding up |
| 00:34 - 00:36 | In fact they're completely f****d |
| 00:53 - 00:58 | Everyone leave the room, except the CFO, the Deans and the Provost (and Deputy President). |
| 01:13 - 01:15 | The damn benchmarks! |
| 01:15 - 01:17 | We tried to bury them years ago! |
| 01:18 - 01:23 | What on earth were you thinking! |
| 01:25 - 01:28 | How the hell were they ever going to help! |
| 01:29 - 01:31 | When has it ever been a smart move |
| 01:31 - 01:34 | to rely on HR? |
| 01:34 - 01:37 | They just needed to eat the 2% |
| 01:37 - 01:40 | not be given excuses to fight back! |
| 01:40 - 01:42 | President, UCL are giving their staff much more! |
| 01:42 - 01:46 | But they're not about to spend £2 billion on buildings! |
| 01:46 - 01:48 | President, the staff don't appreciate that. |
| 01:48 - 01:52 | I might as well tear this all up! |
| 01:53 - 01:54 | What's the point! |
| 01:56 - 01:57 | We push down on staff pay, |
| 01:57 - 02:00 | push up overseas fees, |
| 02:00 - 02:03 | that's how we stuff the coffers. |
| 02:04 - 02:08 | That was the plan and it was going well |
| 02:08 - 02:13 | until you brought in HR and their benchmarks |
| 02:14 - 02:16 | to destroy all it all! |
| 02:17 - 02:21 | You thought it was a good idea to arm our enemies? |
| 02:27 - 02:29 | What were you thinking? |
| 02:30 - 02:34 | And then you blame UCEA |
| 02:34 - 02:36 | when you don't can't do simple maths |
| 02:41 - 02:42 | You really think |
| 02:43 - 02:47 | our lecturers are paid more than the senior lecturers. |
| 02:48 - 02:53 | You forgot UCL pushed their grades up the spine. |
| 02:54 - 02:56 | You forgot the 2018 Pay review |
| 02:56 - 02:59 | recommended upper quartile. |
| 03:00 - 03:02 | I don't think you even understand f*****g quartiles! |
| 03:04 - 03:07 | It's alright, I don't understand quartiles either. |
| 03:14 - 03:16 | Now even our students know |
| 03:19 - 03:23 | we 're incapable of managing to do |
| 03:25 - 03:26 | simple maths. |
| 03:31 - 03:33 | We look like fools. |
| 03:40 - 03:46 | Imperial's supposed to be one of the highest ranked universities in the world, |
| 03:46 - 03:49 | not a poor relation to UCL... |
| 03:53 - 03:56 | run by idiots. |