UK higher education pay talks to continue next week

But unions are unhappy with employers’ decision to implement an early pay rise

Pay talks between UK higher education unions and employers will continue into next week, although the unions are “disappointed” that a pay uplift is going ahead before the talks are complete.

Discussions over pay and working conditions will continue between the five unions involved in the pay dispute—the University and College Union, Unite, Unison, GMB and the Educational Institute of Scotland—and the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea), which represents employers, through mediator Acas next week.