The REAL difference between 8% and 0.3% is a mythical beast.
I'm catching up with e-mail and, unsurprisingly perhaps, both the UCU's 8% pay demand and the UCEA's response offer of 0.3% for the year figure prominently. You can read the BBC's take on the ongoing battle of wills here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8017117.stm
The trouble is, I've read the word "union" now so many times in quick succession that I've started misreading it as "unicorn".
"The unicorn's opening gambit isn't being taken seriously at any level."
"Even students have got it in for the unicorn."
"Doesn't our unicorn realise that it's out of touch with economic reality?"
Think an early night might be on the cards...
The trouble is, I've read the word "union" now so many times in quick succession that I've started misreading it as "unicorn".
"The unicorn's opening gambit isn't being taken seriously at any level."
"Even students have got it in for the unicorn."
"Doesn't our unicorn realise that it's out of touch with economic reality?"
Think an early night might be on the cards...