New circulars and information for local associations 3-9 February 2006  (fwd) ------------ Forwarded Message ------------ Date: 09 February 2006 15:31 +0000 From: Debbie Vassell  To: All Staff  Subject: New circulars and information for local associations 3-9 February 2006 New circulars and information for local associations 3-9 February 2006 LA/7715 -- Nominations to the academic-related staff committee This circular contains details of candidates for election to the academic-related staff annual meeting at the 2006 annual meeting, to be held on 2 March 2006. Four nominations were received to the vacancies that will exist from the date of the annual meeting, and the annual meeting will be asked to declare the candidates elected from that date. http://www.aut.org.uk/circulars/html/la7715.html http://www.aut.org.uk/circulars/rtf/la7715.rtf  LA/7714 -- Motions to the 2006 academic-related staff annual meeting This circular sets out motions from LAs and the academic-related staff committee for consideration at the 2006 Academic-related staff annual meeting, to be held on Thursday 2 March 2006. Full details of the annual meeting were set out in LA/7699, sent out in January and further information is available at http://www.aut.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1314. http://www.aut.org.uk/circulars/html/la7714.html http://www.aut.org.uk/circulars/rtf/la7714.rtf LA/7713 -- Report of the Fixed-term staff committee to the 2006 annual meeting This circular sets out the report of the AUT fixed-term staff committee on their work over the last year. The report is a helpful basis for LAs to consider motions to the 2006 fixed-term staff annual meeting to direct AUT work on fixed-term issues. LAs are reminded that the deadline for registering delegates, submission of motions and nominations to committee vacancies is Monday 6 March 2006. Full details of the annual meeting were set out in LA/7701 sent out in January and further information, including an agenda for the annual meeting and the priorities for the committee's work in the forthcoming year are available at http://www.aut.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1316. http://www.aut.org.uk/circulars/html/la7713.html http://www.aut.org.uk/circulars/rtf/la7713.rtf Reminder: Women's annual meeting LA/7702, sent out in January, gave full details of the women's annual meeting, to be held on Thursday 23 March 2006. LAs are reminded to consider motions for submission, register delegates and canvass for nominations to vacancies on the committee by the deadline of Monday 27 February. Further information is available on the AUT website at http://www.aut.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1317 http://www.aut.org.uk/circulars/html/la7702.html http://www.aut.org.uk/circulars/rtf/la7702.rtf Briefing meeting for LA presidents, Thursday 23 February 2006 The result of the current industrial action ballot will be announced on Friday 17 February. This meeting will form an important opportunity to hear an update on pay negotiations and discuss any industrial action strategies. It is therefore important that your LA is represented at this meeting and if your LA President is unable to attend, you are encouraged to ensure that another LA committee member attends. A registration form and further information is available at http://www.aut.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=696 AUT/NATFHE brain drain conference On 23 March 2006 AUT and NATFHE will be hosting an international development conference on the brain drain in African higher education. The conference will examine the findings of the union brain drain project and discuss action points for trade unions, NGOs, universities and government. It is open to all academic and academic-related staff as well as NGOs and policy-makers. Speakers include Dr John Rowett (Association of Commonwealth Universities), Monique Foulihoux (Education International) and Dr Uwem Ite (Lancaster University). The conference will be held at the NATFHE conference centre in London (12-- 16.30pm). An electronic version of the booking form is available on the AUT website http://www.aut.org.uk/braindrain . Leaflets, including booking forms, will also be sent to local associations. Please can you circulate details of the conference to members. Links to new circulars are sent to LA secretaries.  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