‘It just feels like a ticking time bomb until there’s a big outbreak here. Since the students came back, it feels like I’m on the frontline’
‘It just feels like a ticking time bomb until there’s a big outbreak here. Since the students came back, it feels like I’m on the frontline’
All staff deserve a pay rise that keeps up with the cost of living while catching up with 10 years of lost pay
“We need the government to commit itself to working with and supporting the higher education system – especially as it is one of the UKs most significant […]
Shadow education secretary sends message to UNISON members voting in ballot on pay
Today’s announcement that the University of South Wales has been accredited by the Living Wage foundation marks the end of a six-year campaign. Workers who are directly employed by the […]
The words are fine, but action and government investment is needed to make Augar review recommendations work
University vice chancellors’ pay has hit the headlines after the report on the subject from the new Office for Students – so we decided to take a deeper look at the figures behind the headlines.
The work is currently outsourced to private companies Sodexo and Axis. This means more than 800 staff working on the contracts have worse terms and conditions […]
Tuition fees in England currently stand at £9,250 a year, which leaves student nurses, for instance, qualifying […]
The living wage is calculated annually on the basis of the basic cost of living by the Living Wage Foundation. It […]
University of South Wales Group launches formal consultation on budget cuts, including possible job losses
Higher education conference calls on employers to give practical support staff to 12,500 support staff dealing with uncertainty following Brexit vote
Assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie opens higher education conference with call to organise and remember union values
Figures show Black workers to be under-represented in higher education workforce
‘Casualisation is short sighted, bad for staff and bad for students’ says UNISON, as it reveals growing scale of the problem