Higher education
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Our 50,000 members include registrars, librarians, personnel, technicians, administrators, clerks, secretaries, cleaners, craftworkers, catering staff, porters and people working in IT, finance and estates management. We work to improve pay, terms and conditions at national, regional and local level. UNISON is campaigning for:
- Equal pay for work of equal value
- Better pay and conditions
- An end to low pay
- Fair and equal treatment for part-time, term-time and temporary staff
- Access to training and career opportunities for all staff
- An end to discrimination in higher education
Higher Education Pay 2012/13 Latest
The second meeting of the 2012/13 JNCHES pay negotiations took place on 20 April. The discussion focussed on the real terms loss in pay that staff have suffered over the last three settlements and how the union demands for a living wage for all staff in higher education could be addressed.
The employers responded by improving their initial offer of 0.5% on all pay points to 0.8%. They also agreed to have further discussions with the UCEA Board on the living wage.
All the higher education unions have rejected the offer. The offer fails to match the increases in the cost of living, let alone address the fall over the last three years. We believe a further increase is affordable, as universities posted record surpluses last year.
A final meeting of JNCHES will take place on 22 May. We will update branches with any developments.
Higher Education Bulletin March 2012
News for UNISON Branches
The latest bulletin can be downloaded from here
UNISON Launches Living Wage Campaign in FE and HE with NUS
HE and FE living wage campaign was launched at HE conference on Friday 2 March, and as part of the campaign we have a really good ‘micro-site’ providing information, resources, etc. It can be found here www.alivingwage.co.uk
Higher Education Conference 2012 Decisions
The higher education conference was held on 2 March 2012. A record of the decisions agreed at the conference can be downloaded below.Notice of Shared Services Seminar in FE and HE
A one day seminar on shared services in Further and Higher Education is being held on 10 February 2012 at SOAS (The School of Oriental and African Studies) Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG. The venue is close to Kings Cross, Euston and Russell Square.
Pay Consultation in Higher Education Result
16/12/2011)Further to circular HE 27/11 the result of the pay consultation was that a significant majority of branches agreed to note the offer. UNISON will be writing to the university employers to confirm our position.We expect that all HE unions will be in a position to accept or note the offer early in the new year and that universities will be able to pay the award in the January pay roll. Details of the full settlement will be sent in the new year.
We are aware that members will be disappointed with the pay award this year, particularly in light of the continued increases in the cost of living.
30 November 2011
UNISON members in universities that were balloted will be taking action on 30 November to defend their pensions, after they voted overwhelmingly to join the TUC co-ordinated day of action. They will be joined by over 1 million other UNISON members and hundreds of thousands of members of fellow trade unions that have also balloted over pensions. In universities this includes UCU, GMB and EISHigher Education Conference Deadline Reminder
The Higher Education Service Group Conference will be held at The Brighton Centre from 9.30am until 4pm on Friday 2 March 2012. There are NO paper forms for motion or delegation submission. You must use the Online Conference System (OCS) instead. Details of this and how to register are in the Conference Bulletin.
Pay Latest
Following the conclusion of the Higher Education Negotiations in July, The UNISON Higher Education Service Group wrote to the HE employers to say that we did not accept their final offer of £150 on all pay points.Programme for Higher Education Branch Seminar
The branch seminar will be held at the Liverpool Hilton Hotel on 20 - 22 October 2011. Registration will take place on Thursday evening from 4.45pm and the event will finish on Saturday 22 October at 12.30pm.< Back | More >
