Academic-related staff

UCU is the voice for academic-related staff.

Through our national and local initiatives, and through the academic-related manifesto, we are focusing on the key role that academic-related staff play both as part of the academic team in higher education and as members of the union.

We aim to ensure that:

• the contribution of academic-related staff to higher education is acknowledged through higher pay, better opportunities for personal and career development, improved working conditions, and an appropriate work-life balance
• the Framework Agreement is implemented fairly across the academic team in respect of new pay, grading, role analysis and job evaluation arrangements
  
  (see also Academic-related role profiles)
• higher education institutions properly value and recognise the contribution and expertise of academic-related staff, particularly in the composition of their governing bodies.

UCU is strengthened by the increased involvement of academic-related members at all levels of the union.

Survey for HE branches on the status of academic-related staff

The academic-related committee is seeking to gather information on the status of academic-related staff in HE institutions, their level of engagement with the union, and the key issues affecting them. HE branches/local associations where we have academic-related members are asked to complete the survey at this link and send responses to Stefano Fella, committee secretary, sfella@ucu.org.uk by 1 July 2013:

 HE branch survey on the status of academic-related staff (.doc) [25kb]

Committee

The UCU academic-related staff committee advises the national executive committee. Check the latest academic-related newsletter, and also the annual meeting page for information on the last academic-related staff meeting: academic-related staff annual meeting

• UCU manifesto for academic-related staff (.pdf) [172kb]
• 'Building the academic team - the contribution of academic-related staff to higher education', AUT, Feb 01 (.pdf) [160kb]