Union emphasises the need for higher education to be accessible to young people from ‘deprived communities’

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

All staff deserve a pay rise that keeps up with the cost of living while catching up with 10 years of lost pay

Lecturers start industrial action on campuses across UK

Pay, pensions, equality and climate dominate discussion at UNISON higher education conference

University workers vote 2-1 for strike action, but ballot does not meet the threshold for legal strike action

Dispute over outsourcing risk at Queen Margaret University sees 100% vote for action in 75% turn-out

Offer still falls ‘far short’ of joint union pay claim, says head of education Jon Richards

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.

Higher education delegates call for RPI +3% pay rise as they demand ‘an end to insulting and derisory’ offers

Service group executive meets on 23 May to consider offer of 2% or £425 a year

Union urges them to back call to involve ACAS in seeking solution on Universities Superannuation Scheme

Current staff to keep final salary pensions after strong campaign against proposals to change them – though scheme will be closed to new non-academic staff from 2019

Higher education service group executive calls off industrial action ballot following vote

UNISON has welcomed the publication of new guidance to tackle racial harassment in the higher education sector. Universities UK (UUK) has published the new set of recommendations designed to decisively tackle racial harassment as part of wider efforts to address racial inequality in the UK higher education. UNISON was involved in the UUK advisory group […]