- Conference
- 2016 Higher Education Service Group Conference
- Date
- 30 October 2015
- Decision
- Carried
Conference notes that:
1)The Higher Education (HE) Service Group is one of the seven service groups of UNISON. (The website quotes “Higher education – including teaching and support staff”
2)Members of HE within UNISON have a proud record of sharing experiences and learning the lessons of victories and defeats, despite some historic differences between pre and post-92 universities.
3)Organisationally and on much public-facing material, HE as a Service Group is difficult to find, as the website confusingly refers to “Education Services”. This effectively groups together parts of different service groups and is totally at odds with the agreed structure of UNISON.
4)Members and potential members looking for HE material on our national website will have a hard time to find it, making it more difficult for branches and activists to use the website effectively, as news and events relevant to Higher Education is lost within more general education-related material.
Conference calls on the Service Group Executive to:
a)Make representation to the appropriate bodies in order that the identity of our Service Group – HIGHER EDUCATION, is clear on all of UNISON’s public material, so that potential and existing members can clearly recognise their part of UNISON and see the positive effect which our union has.
b)Request that if it is deemed necessary, to retain “Education” as a main “Where you work” heading, that this is split into sub-groups: Schools, Further Education and Higher Education.
c)Ask those responsible for the website and other public material to re-align the information accordingly.