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A 3% pay award is nowhere near enough.

Low pay has been a massive, and growing, problem in the university sector for a decade and more.

Hundreds of staff at the University of Brighton including cleaners, administrators, library, catering and security workers will begin strike action this week in a dispute over pay, says UNISON. The workers, some of the lowest paid in the higher education sector, will walk out tomorrow (13 October), Friday (14) and Monday (17) after rejecting a […]

Staff at the universities will take their second round of strike action on dates between 24 and 30 November

Affected areas include the NHS, higher education and the Environment Agency

UNISON members in Further and Higher Education: welcome to your training overview. Here you’ll find a summary of online courses and training. Training and development is a great way to keep your brain active and your spirits up. The CPD focus will stand you in good stead when it comes time to develop in your […]

Those on the highest grades are offered the highest percentage rise, as new strikes dates are announced

Higher Education workers from across the UK showed solidarity with staff at Norwich’s University of East Anglia today. They took time out from UNISON’s Higher Education conference to send a clear message to UEA bosses to stop cuts which could lop up to 20% off budgets. The university has been scant on the details of […]

Most politicians don’t understand the cost of living crisis, because ‘they have never had to face it’, UNISON’s HE conference is told

As UNISON members continue to take strike action, the union is asking for donations to its strike fund

Shadow higher education minister Matt Western promises positive, long-lasting reform under a Labour government

Unions and employers to hold conciliation talks in long-running HE pay dispute

Staff at the two universities are taking a third round of strike action over pay

HE joint-unions and the employer, UCEA, have released a statement as they move into time-limited talks

University of East Anglia (UEA) bosses seem unable to answer the most simple questions about how they got sucked into a financial black hole, UNISON warns today. The union, which represents hundreds of cleaners, librarians, security guards and other professional services staff at the university, said UEA leaders appear to have no plan for getting […]