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Cutting corners risk pushing us back to square one

Public meeting calls for local community to have the chance to consider proposals and suggest alternatives

Union calls for full engagement with workforce following government guidance on area reviews and their implementation

“Lowering fees for HE must be accompanied by further government funding to make up the gap that will hit universities providing costly science and medicine […]

News government guidance on the area reviews names the union as a member of a 'national area review advisory group […]

It urges the government to “take a strategic approach to strengthening local further education” by replacing this lost […]

The union’s national secretary for education and local government Jon Richards said: “UNISON is to hold a nationally co-ordinated ballot of around 20 further […]

Members working in further education in England urged to vote Yes to industrial action ballot following 0% ‘pay offer’

It covered members in colleges without a local agreement. The ballot saw 65.7% of those taking part vote for strike action, which 34.3% […]

Further education should not be at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to investment

We will be keeping up the campaigning locally to make these dates as, or more, effective than the two previous successful strike days.” […]

Further education members in England reject offer from Association of Colleges in summer consultation

Consultations see members agree pay rises for 2016/17 in both countries – UNISON calls on colleges in England to implement Association of Colleges offer as soon as possible

Joint unions submit claim for £1 an hour pay rise and the living wage as a minimum in England

“The Scottish government needs to give additional funding to this deprived sector as they promised in the last Scottish […]