The importance of university staff during the pandemic cannot be overstated.
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Universities call for urgent action on racial harassment in higher education
“Black staff and students must have the same opportunities to develop their studies and careers as their white counterparts.”
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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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Sodexo threatens sweeping redundancies at City University
UNISON will strongly resist Sodexo’s attempt to put workers out of a job
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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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UNISON urges government to support universities properly
Support package announced yesterday by government doesn’t offer any new funds
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Government must not allow universities to fail during the coronavirus outbreak, warn unions
Higher education needs extra measures
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University agrees pay for zero-hours staff
Union welcomes move by City, University of London, to protect incomes of outsourced catering staff
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HE unions submit a ‘timely and serious’ pay claim for 2020/21
All staff deserve a pay rise that keeps up with the cost of living while catching up with 10 years of lost pay
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Our members count, UNISON tells universities
Official statistics body to stop collecting data on support staff, making them invisible
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‘Every higher education worker should get the pay they deserve’
Pay, pensions, equality and climate dominate discussion at UNISON higher education conference
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Preparing for the future
‘We are the first and main line of defence,’ higher education conference hears
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University staff map out the challenges ahead
Delegates gather to debate the issues at UNISON’s higher education conference
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UNISON sends solidarity message to UCU strikers
Lecturers start industrial action on campuses across UK
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University staff in Edinburgh to stay directly employed
Campus operations staff at Queen Margaret University chalk up win in campaign against outsourcing threat
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Higher education pay ballot result
University workers vote 2-1 for strike action, but ballot does not meet the threshold for legal strike action
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University staff in Edinburgh vote for strike action
Dispute over outsourcing risk at Queen Margaret University seeks 100% vote for action in 75% turn-out
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University staff deserve fair pay, says Angela Rayner
Shadow education secretary sends message to UNISON members voting in ballot on pay
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HE members to vote on industrial action over pay
Ballot will start in autumn following rejection of employers’ final pay offer
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Union issues pension warning for university and college workers
Government plans to allow employers in England to opt out of local government pension scheme are an ‘unwarranted and grievous’ attack on higher and further education staff
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