Preamble – A change of
format. This time I will list the
contributors and the issues they raised.
There were no personal vendettas in Volume 13 which seems to have
settled into an information-giving publication.
I have ignored the items for sale although AMSTRAD figures
prominently. The main contributor of the
year was Terry Baker in his capacity as a union representative and I have included
a two-page contribution of his verbatim since I think it sums up the spirit of
the age (and probably this age too).
SINEWS VOLUME 13
The deaths reported during the
year: Reg Wright (College Sergeant) Tom
Semple (Storekeeper) Phil White MBE
(ex-Principal Lecturer) Colin Sleep
Contributors:
Clive Welsteed - Car Parking (6 issues) Telephone Directories
Don Pallister - Retirement thanks
Derek Prout - Keeping Fit (3)
David Clements - Retirement thanks
Terry Murphy - NATFHE (2)
Barbara Bishop - Senior
Common Room (8), Auction of Journals, Christmas Raffle
Ann Tupper - Christmas
Dance (2)
Jim Rumsey - Staff
Induction, Staff Handbook
Sandra Pumphrey- Overseas Student Forum, Presentation Day
Andy Paige - SCR
Association, Staff Raffle Winners
Anon -
Removal of BBC ‘machines’
Dave Clark -
Transport Bill, Welfare State talk
Sister Jean - Blood donors (3)
Ann Davis -
Enrolments (Part Time Female 1154 Male
2204,
Full Time Female 498 Male
828)
Mike Wall - Staff
skiing trip (2)
Steve Vincent -
Assistance for disabled student
Maggie Ross - Data
Protection, Computer Seminars (2)
Janet Chaundy - Christmas
Dance, Management style (2)
R. Swann - SCR
newspapers/magazines
Stephen Woods - Art
displays in corridors, Staff photographic exhibition (3)
Ken Cook -
Retirement of ‘Robbie’ Robson, congratulating Don Robertson on
Lee Vaux -
Turning out 471 lights in empty classrooms in one week
Ken Witchell -
Retirement thanks
David Heffer -
Retirement of Johnny Johnson
Jackie Newton - Charity
Box
Anna Hillman -
Retirement thanks
Colin Dempster - Open Day
for Faculty of Art and Design
R A Lawrence
Bryan Dowding - Retirement
of Ralph Verrall
Malcolm Mattick - NATFHE
branch meeting (2)
Ron Owen - NATFHE
elections
Alan Barham - Salary
comparison with private sector
Don Robertson - Seeking
volunteers for local adult education campaign (2)
Derek Richards - Cricket
summary (Sunday side unbeaten for two years)
Dennis Rutley - Enforced
redundancies, Trading Conditions of Service for higher
salaries
John Sneezum - Room
Changes
Terry Baker
Issue 21 ( March 1986)
‘Somebody with much more time,
patience and arithmetical skills than I has recently been making a comparison
between the old 1983 Green Phone Book and the new 1985 Pink version. According to this source, roughly speaking
in 1983 there were listed some 78 Administrative Staff, 270 Teaching Staff and
52 Technicians. In 1985, there were 107
Administrative Staff (+37%) 234 Teaching Staff
(-13%) and 47 Technicians (-10%).
Over the period, the ratio of Teachers/Technicians to Administrative
Staff fell by 36%.’
Several questions are posed
by Terry – how long before the
Administrative Staff is as large as the Teaching /Technician Staff, assuming
the current rate of progress, and how long before the state is reached when the
entire staff will be comprised of Administrators?
Issue 33 (July 1986)
‘Members of staff might be asked
to change rooms and also notify when they will not be available during holiday
periods’. As Chairman of the NATFHE
Branch, Terry gave advice along the lines that there are union guidelines that
must be followed by management to accord with Health, Safety and Welfare
Committee stipulations.’
Issue 13 (November 1985)
Below is the full report of Terry
Baker from his first attendance at a meeting of the new governing body –
(apologies for the quality of the first page of the report which I hope is
legible).
Read the full newsletters (link).
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