UNISON members at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are celebrating after it was announced that they will be brought back in house
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Formal dispute lodged with higher education employers
After a clear majority of HE members reject the final pay offer, UNISON wants to bring employers back to the negotiating table
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Higher education staff reject 1.5% pay offer
The pay offer keeps up with inflation, but does not catch up with pay lost to HE staff over the past ten years
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Higher education employers make ‘disappointing’ final offer
The offer is for a 1.5% pay rise for most pay points, with higher percentage increases for those on lower pay points
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University unions and employers meet on pay
First negotiations see the employers agree that there needs to be a rise in pay for hard-working higher education staff
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Dismay at plans to make a university pension unaffordable
UNISON is concerned that many members won’t be able to afford to save for their retirement under proposed changes
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UNISON voices concern at post-18 education proposals
The union sees a missed opportunity in both further and higher education to create a system placing students and staff at their heart
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BTec exams must be cancelled now urges UNISON
Staff running these exams, many of them already at heightened risk, will be exposed to unnecessary additional danger
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Higher education members reject ‘insulting’ pay freeze
UNISON members vote overwhelmingly to reject the 0% pay offer, which amounts to a pay cut, in higher education
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University support staff left carrying the can for chaotic start of term
Workers are angry at being left to manage the fallout, threats and abuse
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UNISON urges Bangor University to ‘put people before buildings’
Third round of job cuts being rushed into due to an ‘anticipated shortfall’ of students
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Unions say HE employers’ pay freeze proposal is unacceptable
New Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff will meet employers again after new living wage rates are announced
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University staff speak out about COVID-19 fears
‘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’
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SOAS members secure victory against compulsory redundancies
Planned strike action saw management agree to return to talks and offer workers redeployment deal
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SOAS staff to strike against cuts
Support workers at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) have voted overwhelmingly to take action to save jobs
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Winning a change of heart at the University of East Anglia
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
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UNISON calls for ‘sustainable and sufficient’ university funding
Call comes amid chaos caused by government handling of A-level results
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Napier staff to be balloted over planned redundancies
UNISON also calls on the Scottish government to ensure its fair work standards are applied at the Edinburgh university
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HE executive rejects employers’ proposed pay freeze
Executive members ‘angered, dismayed and disappointed’
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HE employers announce 2020 pay freeze proposal
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
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