Monday, 2 September 2013

Ex-Colleague

An ex-colleague from a West London college I worked at earlier this year complaining that the college had not paid her. A usual problem with private colleges. She asked me what she should do and I explained the legal processes.

This college is interesting in that it pays lecturers very little but achieves this in a very odd fashion. Lecturers are not paid for marking or designing assignments. This can nevertheless absorb ten to twenty hours a week! They are pressurised if they do not get the unpaid work in on time.

Derby University has recently included them in a partnership. Should they really do that?

Unlike my present college, the majority of lecturers are well qualified and experienced. What a way to treat them!

No comments: