It's not just the idea of having *just* a 1.4% pay award. Some institutions are holding them back. Most institutions have paused promotion and many are going through rounds of redundancy. Life in HE is kinda scary right now.

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Strike ballot opens at University of Nottingham in row over plans to cut hundreds of jobs unsn.uk/4fhZMQ8

This is how local government spending has shifted in Wales since 2009 (from Audit Wales / Archwilio Cymru).

Joe Allen Audit Wales / Archwilio Cymru Amazed adult social care isn't more

NHS in England told to keep Welsh patients waiting bbc.in/3HjPGl7

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Thanks to everyone who contributed to our pay consultation. With a pay rise worth 1.4%, it's no surprise that our members rejected it by 92.6%. We continue to call for an all-union response to an imposed real-terms pay cut, which can be solved by adequate HE government funding.

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Nurse apprenticeship cuts worrying UK universities nursingtimes.net/education-and-…

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Just heard Nick Hillman discussing this BBC Radio 4 Today. Perhaps Bridget Phillipson needs to have a word with Rachel Reeves? It's not like Universities UK are awash with spare cash. It would cost my former employer £13 million and more of my colleagues jobs. UCU

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