51福利

The dispute comes in the context of more than a decade of vicious attacks on the pay and conditions of university staff, which have led to pay being degraded against inflation by at least 30%.

All five trade unions representing higher education workers at the pay negotiations have voted to reject the 3% real terms pay cut offered by the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). The 1.4% pay award also compares poorly to awards from similar sectors, such as the 4% recommended to teachers.

51福利 has now begun preparations for an aggregated UK-wide ballot of its members, covering 137 institutions, which it expects to open in the week commencing Monday 20 October. 51福利's sister trade unions in HE are also considering ballots of their members. In the absence of movement from employers, successful ballots will help pave the way for coordinated industrial action between every union representing university workers in the new year, causing maximum disruption on campus.

The last UK-wide strike action 51福利 took resulted in a momentous win with the UK's largest private pension scheme fully restoring a 35% cut to staff pensions.

51福利 general secretary Jo Grady said: 'University employers are now on notice that we will launch a UK-wide pay ballot with the potential for coordinated strike action that will cause maximum disruption on campus.

'Our members, not vice-chancellors, are the people who support students, create teaching materials, conduct world leading research and keep universities running; we are the university. Employers now need to recognise that imposing a 1.4% pay award, when inflation is still soaring is a significant real-terms pay cut and an insult to hard-working higher education staff. It's time for them to come back to the table with an improved offer that will settle this dispute and avoid the need for a strike ballot and potential industrial action.'

List of employers/institutions

1. Aberdeen, The University of 
2. Abertay University 
3. Aberystwyth University 
4. Anglia Ruskin University 
5. Arts University Bournemouth 
6. Aston University 
7. Bangor University 
8. Bath Spa University 
9. Bath, University of 
10. Bedfordshire, University of 
11. Birkbeck, University of London 
12. Birmingham Newman University 
13. Birmingham, The University of 
14. Bournemouth University 
15. Bradford, University of 
16. Brighton, University of 
17. Bristol, University of 
18. Brunel University 
19. Buckinghamshire New University 
20. Cambridge, University of 
21. Canterbury Christ Church University 
22. Cardiff Metropolitan University 
23. Cardiff University 
24. Chester, University of 
25. Chichester, University of 
26. City St George's, University of London 
27. Courtauld Institute of Art 
28. Coventry University 
29. Cumbria, University of 
30. De Montfort University 
31. Derby, University of 
32. Dundee, The University of 
33. Durham University 
34. East Anglia, University of 
35. East London, University of 
36. Edge Hill University 
37. Edinburgh Napier University 
38. Edinburgh, University of 
39. Essex, University of 
40. Exeter, University of 
41. Falmouth University 
42. Glasgow Caledonian University 
43. Glasgow School of Art 
44. Glasgow, University of 
45. Gloucestershire, University of 
46. Goldsmiths, University of London 
47. Greater Manchester, University of (formerly University of Bolton) 
48. Greenwich, University of  
49. Harper Adams University 
50. Heriot-Watt University 
51. Hertfordshire, University of 
52. Huddersfield, The University of 
53. Hull, The University of 
54. Keele University 
55. Kent, The University of 
56. King's College London 
57. Kingston University 
58. Lancashire, University of (formerly University of Central Lancashire) 
59. Lancaster, University of 
60. Leeds Beckett University 
61. Leeds Trinity University 
62. Leeds, The University of 
63. Leicester, University of 
64. Lincoln Bishop University (formerly Bishop Grosseteste University) 
65. Lincoln, University of 
66. Liverpool Hope University 
67. Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) 
68. Liverpool John Moores University 
69. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 
70. Liverpool, University of 
71. London Metropolitan University 
72. London School of Economics 
73. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 
74. London South Bank University 
75. Loughborough University 
76. Manchester Metropolitan University 
77. Manchester, The University of 
78. Middlesex University 
79. Newcastle University 
80. Northampton, The University of 
81. Northumbria University 
82. Norwich University of the Arts 
83. Nottingham, The University of 
84. Open University 
85. Oxford Brookes University 
86. Oxford, University of 
87. Plymouth Marjon University 
88. Plymouth, University of 
89. Portsmouth, University of 
90. Queen Margaret University 
91. Queen Mary, University of London 
92. Reading, University of 
93. Robert Gordon, The University of 
94. Royal Agricultural University 
95. Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 
96. Royal College of Art 
97. Royal Holloway, University of London 
98. Royal Northern College of Music 
99. Royal Veterinary College, University of London 
100. Salford, The University of 
101. Senate House, University of London 
102. Sheffield Hallam University 
103. Sheffield, The University of 
104. SOAS, University of London 
105. South Wales, University of 
106. Southampton Solent University 
107. Southampton, University of 
108. St Andrews, University of 
109. St Mary's University College Belfast 
110. St Mary's University, Twickenham 
111. Stirling, The University of 
112. Stranmillis University College 
113. Strathclyde, University of 
114. Suffolk, University of 
115. Sunderland, University of 
116. Surrey, University of 
117. Sussex, University of 
118. Swansea University 
119. Teesside University 
120. Trinity Laban 
121. Ulster University 
122. University College Birmingham 
123. University College London 
124. University for the Creative Arts (UCA) 
125. University of the Arts London (UAL) 
126. University of Wales Trinity Saint David 
127. Warwick, University of 
128. West London, University of 
129. West of England, University of the 
130. West of Scotland, University of the 
131. Westminster, University of 
132. Winchester, University of 
133. Wolverhampton, University of 
134. Worcester, University of 
135. Wrexham University 
136. York St John University 
137. York, University of