Email to all staff from Rychard Scrase-Field, Assistant Director Estates and Facilities, 28 August 2018 Dear colleague As you may be aware, our commitment to bringing facilities management and catering services in house reaches a very important stage this week with staff transferring to SOAS employment on Wednesday 29 August. Celebration event: BBQ We are holding an event to welcome our new colleagues from across the catering and facilities teams,
Email to all staff and students, from: Rychard Scrase-Field, Assistant Director of Estates and Facilities With the estates and catering services being brought in-house at the end of this month, the SOAS Food team have been gearing up to launch the new food offer for the start of the new term, with the arrival of new and returning students and full academic activity resuming. The team are working up new
To: All staff and all students From: Steve Tinton, Chair of Self-Delivery Project Board We are pleased to able to report that colleagues working in Catering, Hospitality, Security, Cleaning, Maintenance and Logistics Services will become SOAS employees on Wednesday 29 August 2018. Over recent months, Estates and HR teams have been working closely with Unison representatives and have agreed with Unison a framework for staff to transfer to SOAS terms
Email sent 9 July to all staff To: All staff From: Claire Appleby and Rychard Scrase-Field We are pleased to confirm that, in partnership with Unison, the School has made excellent progress in developing a framework for the transfer of staff to SOAS and to SOAS terms and conditions. We have already commenced consultation with Elior’s staff and will begin consultation with the staff from Bouygues this week. An initial
Email sent to all staff at SOAS, 13 June 2018 To: All staff From: Claire Appleby and Rychard Scrase Field As part of the agreed process for achieving the transfer of staff by 1 September 2018, as set out in the notice of commitment dated 4 August 2017, HR and Estates colleagues have continued to enjoy productive and constructive weekly meetings with Unison to discuss the School’s role in the
To: All staff and students From: Self-Delivery Project Board Following the Project Board meeting today (17 May), this email provides an update to all members of the SOAS community on the self-delivery of facilities management and catering services at SOAS. Project overall We are pleased to confirm that we continue to work positively towards 1 September date for services to transfer and that work continues as set out in our
As many of you will know, SOAS ran a large-scale food survey with staff, students and visitors during January, to give everyone the chance to help shape the future food offer at SOAS. We also had engagement stalls over two days in College Buildings and the Paul Webley Wing of Senate House. And eight participants took part in a special cooking class in the main Refectory kitchen. We are delighted
Email sent on 6 April 2018 To: All staff and students From: Self Delivery Project Board Following the 28 March email from the Project Board Chair, as a Project Board we are sending this update to all members of the SOAS community on the self-delivery of facilities management and catering services at SOAS. SOAS commitments and process The commitments which the School entered into on 4 August 2017 – to
To: All staff and students From: Steve Tinton, Chair of Self-Delivery Project Board The Project Board for the self-delivery of facilities and catering services planned for 1st September 2018 met today. The Board, which includes representatives from Unison and the Students’ Union, had a positive discussion, looking across the full scope of the project, the range of issues involved, the steps which need to be taken and how we are
15 February To: all staff From: Steve Tinton, Chair of Project Board Update on self-delivery from chair of project board The SOAS Self-Delivery Project Board met on Monday 12 February, as part of its regular series of meetings. The Project Board includes staff, students’ union and trades union representatives and is responsible for making sure self-delivery of facilities management and catering services takes place as promised in the SOAS announcement of 4