- Conference
- 2024 National Higher Education Conference
- Date
- 11 October 2023
- Decision
- Carried as Amended
For too many years now it seems that the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) are neither able nor willing to negotiate with the unions in good faith. It appears that perhaps UCEA is acting as an arm of the Conservative Government, representing year after year of increasingly austerity for staff working in Higher Education. Conversely, for Vice-Chancellor positions, the University and College Union (UCU) estimate an increase of average total remuneration from £268k p/a to over £300k p/a in the last two years after years of below inflation costs for most employees. Despite the best attempts of UNISON, and other unions, the picture doesn’t seem to be improving.
As a result, we call upon Conference to demonstrate its unhappiness by holding a vote of no confidence in UCEA and instruct the Higher Education Service Group Executive to look to formulating other ways forward to promote better pay, terms and conditions for Higher Education staff.