No strike over Liverpool REF targets – but ‘anger’ remains

Strike action over ‘unrealistic’ REF targets looms at Liverpool

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Union ‘unconvinced’ making redundancies will help institution achieve aim of improving research and teaching

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Reader's comments (2)

#1 Submitted by balder on April 17, 2019 - 12:16pm

How is it punitive when more than half the electorate couldn't be bothered to register their opinion either way..?

#2 Submitted by SeanieFinneran on April 17, 2019 - 9:41pm

I wonder if this will REF policy have any real impact on the University of Liverpool other than to make paranoid staff even more paranoid. I guess the Snr mgt need to justify their fat salaries.

No strike over Liverpool REF targets – but ‘anger’ remains

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No strike over Liverpool REF targets – but ‘anger’ remains

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