The union sees a missed opportunity in both further and higher education to create a system placing students and staff at their heart
higher education
Staff running these exams, many of them already at heightened risk, will be exposed to unnecessary additional danger
UNISON members vote overwhelmingly to reject the 0% pay offer, which amounts to a pay cut, in higher education
Workers are angry at being left to manage the fallout, threats and abuse
Third round of job cuts being rushed into due to an ‘anticipated shortfall’ of students
New Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff will meet employers again after new living wage rates are announced
‘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’
Planned strike action saw management agree to return to talks and offer workers redeployment deal
Support workers at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) have voted overwhelmingly to take action to save jobs
With COVID-19 affectedly higher education finances badly, reps at the University of East Anglia worked to ensure that lower-paid members didn’t suffer as a result
Call comes amid chaos caused by government handling of A-level results
UNISON also calls on the Scottish government to ensure its fair work standards are applied at the Edinburgh university
Executive members ‘angered, dismayed and disappointed’
UNISON and the joint higher education trade unions have expressed say they’re “extremely disappointed” at a proposal to freeze pay for higher education support staff
‘A world without universities would be tragic. I just can’t comprehend it’
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