{"id":139,"date":"2017-10-26T16:42:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T16:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=139"},"modified":"2017-11-22T11:43:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T11:43:24","slug":"valued-members-of-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2017\/10\/26\/valued-members-of-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"VALUED MEMBERS OF STAFF"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last edition of subtext we reported on the problems of staff on termly contracts and their inability to get a staff bus pass. subtext has learnt of similar problems concerning hourly paid teaching staff who drive to work, and although we have historically avoided publishing stories about parking, we felt this one needed some further discussion on the grounds that a group of staff who are already marginalised and on insecure contracts were being treated unfairly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching staff attending the security building to renew their staff parking permit for the academic year were somewhat shocked to be told that unlike last year, they are no longer eligible for a staff permit. No prior warning, no correspondence informing them of this change in policy. Despite offering to pay the same amount as they had paid last year \u2013 and perhaps more importantly, the same amount as other staff still pay (!) \u2013 they were told that they are not eligible for a staff permit and would have to park \u2018at the bottom end of the campus\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fact Lancaster University is situated on a hill is coincidental but this is highly symbolic; those \u2018at the top\u2019 (i.e. ‘proper’ staff) were deemed to be worthier in that they are given the ‘right’ to park in a more convenient location, over those ‘at the bottom\u2019. For those staff, the issue with parking \u2018at the bottom\u2019 is not related to laziness but is more about feelings of inequality and the apparent power imbalance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is it that these staff are no longer eligible? Is it because they are not \u2018full-time\u2019 members of staff. No. So it must be because they are \u2018part-time\u2019 members of staff. Well, no. Apparently the explanation given is that due to a lack of parking and over-subscription for permits, a review (which was not communicated to those concerned) had concluded that restrictions needed to be made and teaching staff who are also undertaking a PhD were the group to be targeted for cut backs. Staff-students have been discriminated against over both full-time and part-time staff who are not studying alongside their teaching. Essential teaching staff are vital for our Part I delivery and are apparently valued members of the research community when we tell stories during our strategic reviews and in our REF narratives. Welcome to the inclusive academic community.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, and for those members of staff (regardless of status) who don\u2019t have a permit at all, it seems there has been another price hike. The car park by the tennis courts has tripled in price from \u00a31 per day to \u00a33 per day. Thus endeth our gripe about parking.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the last edition of subtext we reported on the problems of staff on termly contracts and their inability to get a staff bus pass. subtext has learnt of similar problems concerning hourly paid teaching staff who drive to work, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[82,84,120,81,83],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-casualised-staff","tag-contracts","tag-issue-167","tag-parking","tag-transport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99sHo-2f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":761,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/10\/11\/letters-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":139,"position":0},"title":"LETTERS","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"October 11 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear subtext, I don't normally email but as a fairly new starter to Lancaster I was gobsmacked yesterday when I received my new parking permit through the post. 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