Sally Hunt is a Disgrace to Her Profession
Sally Hunt, general secretary of the AUT, accused universities and colleges of ignoring her request to return to negotiations.
“Unless we can get them to come and negotiate with us, those poor students are in danger of not graduating,” she told BBC Radio 4’s the World Tonight.
Am I the only one who feels sick when Sally Hunt talks about “poor students” and then blames everyone else but her fellow militants? Sally, you put the gun to our heads, you are the one holding us hostage and whatever sympathy I may have had for your cause went out of the window the minute you did so. The students who do support you are suffering from the Stockholm syndrome.
Sally Hunt is refusing to ballot AUT members on the latest pay offer, unilaterally deciding that it is not enough. Final year students are having their education sacrificed for her election campaign for leadership of the combined AUT / NAFTE unions next year. She and her fellow strikers are a disgrace to their profession.
May 27th, 2006 at 6:44 pm
Absolutely right.
Her appearance today, Saturday 27th May, on Breakfast Television did nothing to inspire confidence in her leadership skills. Crocodile tears as above followed by an inability to recognise when the presenter was trying to conclude the interview. Her own ego was brought to the front when she referred to her members appealling to “Sally…” not the union or whatever. This appears to be a personal matter more in line with individual ambition to lead an enlarged Higher education union than the effects it will have on numerous students and the long term integrity of the higher education system.
I am also concerned that this dispute could be the straw that breaks the back of university education. With increased fees and now no certainty of completing a dgree, how many young people will decide not to go into the university system. Fewer students means fewer lecturers. Well done Sally.