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HEC Report

A collection of 7 issues

Report from HEC, 17 April 2026

UCU’s HEC met for the final time in its current incarnation on 17 April 2026, and you can read the draft minutes here. Highlights * For the first time in living memory (for UCU Commoners at least), HEC both got through all business and finished early * Another record: all six

Friday 6th March HEC Report

This is a summary of key discussions from the Higher Education Committee (HEC) held on March 6th 2026. You can also view the official draft minutes on the UCU Website. New Branch HEC unanimously approved the creation of a new branch, BiMM Bristol UCU, following their successful recognition ballot. USS

Wednesday 11th February Special HEC Report

Headlines * HEC voted to ask for RPI+3%, or £3,000 on all pay points (whichever highest) * HEC approved the continuation of joint working groups on casualisation, workload and pay inequalities * HEC approved the inclusion of joint work on ARPS career pathways * UCU Left elected negotiators appeared to sabotage their

Report from HEC, Friday 10th October 2025

Key takeaways – Two excellent discussion papers addressing sectoral concerns presented rare opportunities for HEC to engage with what to do about the HE crisis beyond industrial action. These covered union victories in Australian higher education and joining up lobbying efforts in the UK. – The committee voted to remit discussion of

UCU Commons Report from Special HEC - 1st September 2025

By UCU Commons HEC members Note: the explicit permission of the chair of HEC was sought, and granted, before publishing this report. Headlines: * HEC voted by 20-19 in favour of calling a UK-wide statutory industrial action ballot on pay * In a farcical vote, UCU Left members voted for

Higher Education Committee Report: 4 July 2025

Headlines: * HEC approved a consultation of members on an industrial action ballot on pay and conditions starting soon * HEC approved coordination with other unions in JNCHES negotiations with UCEA on a shared timetable for industrial action next academic year Overview This meeting was the first for this year’s cohort

HEC Report from Friday 4th April 2025

By UCU Commons NEC members Headlines: * JNCHES: moves towards joint lobbying of the government over the sector’s financial crisis * Motion condemning the OfS investigation of the University of Sussex passed Greylisting of Brunel University There was a proposal for UCU to apply the sanction of ‘greylisting’ (also known as