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“It is systemic underfunding that has seen all institutions facing financial worries and the erosion of student support has seen student poverty rates go through the roof.” But, he […]

Five Universities in the South East taking strike action on 2 and 3 October 2023.

Support staff at Leeds Trinity University and the University of Leeds are to stage coordinated strike action, along with 18 other universities in England and Scotland, for at least two days in their ongoing dispute about pay, says UNISON today (Thursday). More than 5,000 staff belonging to the union from the 20 universities could take […]

Thursday 17 August saw day 2 of the strike by professional services staff at the University of Sussex. Here’s what happened.

On 16 August 2023, professional services staff from the University of Sussex walked out for 48 hours in a dispute over pay. Here’s a round-up from day 1 on the picket lines.

Industrial action will take place during ‘clearing week’, which will disrupt the process of filling courses with vacant spots, the union says.

The results are in for the higher education strike ballot that ran from 31 May to 31 July – and 4 higher education institutions in the South West have met the threshold for action.

Support staff at the University of Bedfordshire have won an extra five days’ paid holiday, says UNISON today. It follows a long campaign by the union to highlight what is says is the unfair difference in annual leave entitlement between support staff, who work in professional services, and academics. From September, full-time professional services staff […]

The current offer from the University and Colleges Employers’ Association (UCEA), a 5-8% pay rise depending on salary spinal point, equates […]

Three more days of strike action at the University of Winchester follow seven taken in June this year.

For example, in the HE autumn term strike ballot Movement has logged that over 1,730 members have told the union they have voted so far […]

UNISON sent out a text this week using the new Movement system, and over 1,026 members have already responded to say that they have voted. HE branches are using […]

Photos from four sunny picket lines across Bristol as University of Bristol support staff begin five days of action.

University support staff in Bournemouth will strike tomorrow over “woeful” pay offer from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association, says UNISON today (Monday).

Facilities staff at the university are celebrating after winning their campaign against privatisation by the backdoor and cuts to terms and conditions.