Pay negotiations for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) covered by New JNCHES have now concluded with another below inflation pay offer. You can vote on the offer here. Pay offer The joint trade unions met with the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) on 13 May 2026 to seek an agreement on the 2026/27 pay round. […]
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Last year, UWE made vicious and unnecessary changes to their ‘Trans and Non-Binary Policy’ and ‘Trans Staff Guidance’, making it impossible for trans staff and students to live with dignity at UWE. To add to the insult, UWE claims to have made this decision empathetically, and in consultation with trans* staff and students. It’s evident that this consultation was not adequate, and that the decision had already been made. […]
Why this is important to the cost of living and our pensions In our globalised world, atrocities abroad impact your wallet at home. Companies which UWE partners with such as BAE Systems have lobbied for and made a killing from the illegal war on Iran, while that very war has led inflation and UK energy […]
UWE is conducting a restructure of technical staff in the College of Arts, Technology and Environment (CATE). This restructure is a choice, not a necessity. The current path chooses short-term, headline savings at the cost of long-term resilience, staff wellbeing, and student success. Developed through genuine consultation with staff, our alternative path trims unnecessary senior management duplication, […]