Casualisation agreements between university and trade unions, and implementation
Dear Coventry University,
I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information act, information about casualisation.
Please could you provide the following:
(1) A copy of any agreements between the university and trade unions concerning casualisation, i.e. the use of fixed-term contracts, zero-hours contracts or similar contracts.
(2) The dates any such agreements were reached.
(3) Annual statistics regarding the number of staff employed on fixed-term contracts, dating from before any agreements mentioned in (1) to the present day. If no such agreements exist, then please provide annual statistics for the last five years.
(4) Annual statistics as in (3) regarding the number of staff employed on zero-hours contracts (if possible separated into postgraduate students who are also employed by the university, and other staff employed on zero-hours contracts).
(5) Minutes of meetings between the university and trade unions at which progress of implementation of the agreements mentioned in (1) were discussed.
Yours faithfully,
Francis Higgs
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Dear Francis Higgs,
REF: FOIA2017
Thank you for your email, which was received by Coventry University on 15th March 2023. Your request has been assigned the above reference number. Please quote the above reference number in all future correspondence relating to this request.
Your request will be handled under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please be advised that you can expect to receive a response from the University by no later than 13th April 2023 being within the statutory deadline for response of 20 working days.
Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me via [Coventry University request email].
Kind Regards,
Rayana Sabir| Paralegal
Information Governance Unit | Resolution, Information and Legal Services
Coventry University, Portal House, Floor 3, 163 New Union Street, Coventry, CV1 2PL
E: [email address] | W: www.Coventry.ac.uk
Dear Francis,
REF: FOIA2017
Please see our responses to the questions below.
(1) A copy of any agreements between the university and trade unions
concerning casualisation, i.e. the use of fixed-term contracts, zero-hours
contracts or similar contracts.
There are no such agreements.
(2) The dates any such agreements were reached.
N/A
(3) Annual statistics regarding the number of staff employed on fixed-term
contracts, dating from before any agreements mentioned in (1) to the
present day. If no such agreements exist, then please provide annual
statistics for the last five years.
Fixed term contracts for the past 5 years:
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Coventry University 151 228 302 336 484
(4) Annual statistics as in (3) regarding the number of staff employed on
zero-hours contracts (if possible separated into postgraduate students who
are also employed by the university, and other staff employed on
zero-hours contracts).
We do not use the term “zero hour” contracts. We use “as and when”
contracts, numbers below. It is not possible to identify postgraduate
students.
YEAR Coventry University
2018 157
2019 2026
2020 2020
2021 2159
2022 1446
(5) Minutes of meetings between the university and trade unions at which
progress of implementation of the agreements mentioned in (1) were
discussed.
N/A
Kind Regards,
Rayana Sabir| Paralegal
Information Governance Unit | Resolution, Information and Legal Services
Coventry University, Portal House, Floor 3, 163 New Union Street,
Coventry, CV1 2PL
E: [1][email address] | W: [2]www.Coventry.ac.uk
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Ranked in the top 50% of UK universities for research power
Times Higher Education analysis of REF 2021
Joint top Modern University for Career Prospects
Guardian University Guide 2022
Top 30 in the World for International Students (ratio)
QS World University Rankings 2022
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Dear Freedom of Information requests,
Thank you very much for your response.
Yours sincerely,
Francis Higgs
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