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University workers still not ‘all in it together’

UNISON condemns growing pay gap in higher education as new report shows that senior managers’ pay grew by 3% last year

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Higher ed workers vow to campaign against TU Bill

The union's higher education conference in Southport called on members to lobby MPs and members of the House […]

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UNISON launches higher education pay campaign

Members will be engaged around the campaign slogan: "Invest in my university; invest in me." Conference delegates also agreed to: work […]

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Higher ed conference backs campaign to keep NHS bursaries

Higher education delegates pledge to lobby for a reversal of Chancellor George Osborne’s decision to scrap bursary

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Universities in the money?

“We keep being told by the employers they are living hand to mouth,” noted UNISON national secretary Jon Richards. "Yet senior leaders' pay keeps going […]

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Higher education unions reject initial pay offer for 2016-17

The unions met UCEA, the employers' representative body, on 21 March – the first of the 2016-17 pay […]

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Middlesex University branch wins living wage commitment

Outsourced cleaners ‘so happy’ as six-month campaign pays off with promise of pay rise

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UNISON to consider national employer’s final pay offer 2016/17 for higher education

Employers also offer further joint work on gender pay and casualisation

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University spending on agency staff soars to £200m

‘Casualisation is short sighted, bad for staff and bad for students’ says UNISON, as it reveals growing scale of the problem

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How much have higher education workers lost?

Ballot papers will go to members working in higher education across the UK, whose pay is covered by national negotiations. Voting will open on 30 August and the […]

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‘What are the funding implications?’ UNISON asks of Diamond review

Mr Dunn commented: “Education is all about unlocking people’s potential and, in the past, talented working-class people have […]

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Union urges universities to ‘get houses in order’ on race

Figures show Black workers to be under-represented in higher education workforce

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‘We have to stand up for each other’ HE conference hears

Assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie opens higher education conference with call to organise and remember union values

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Universities urged to support EU staff

Higher education conference calls on employers to give practical support staff to 12,500 support staff dealing with uncertainty following Brexit vote

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UNISON’s university workers plan pay campaign

‘Higher education workers deserve fair pay’ conference declares as it sets out plans to build joint pay claim with fellow unions

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