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

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

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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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University spending on agency staff soars to £200m

UNISON is calling for a regular review of the need for and use of temporary staff in higher education […]

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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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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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Higher education unions reject initial pay offer for 2016-17

Employers’ initial offer to higher education unions does not include the living wage

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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 up apace, and they keep […]

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Higher ed conference backs campaign to keep NHS bursaries

The union's higher education service group conference in Southport today agreed an emergency motion backing […]

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UNISON launches higher education pay campaign

Higher education conference backs call for 5% or £1,000 pay rise

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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 of Lords – such as university chancellors – alongside Welsh AMs and […]

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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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