UK wide university strike ballot opens

The ballot will open on Monday 20 October and run until Friday 28 November. It will be aggregated across 137 institutions, meaning a successful result will pave the way for strike action at all 137 campuses in the new year. 

The ballot comes after UCU and its sister unions GMB, Unite, Unison and EIS rejected a derisory a 1.4% pay offer from employer body the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). UCU has also revealed university employers have tried to axe over 15,000 jobs. 

UCU is balloting over its demands UCEA commits to: 

• a national agreement to counter redundancies at all universities 
• protect existing national agreements over terms and conditions 
• a fair pay offer  
• jointly lobby the UK government for a new higher education funding settlement.

Unite, Unison and EIS will also ballot their members, laying the ground for coordinated action alongside other campus unions. 

UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: 'Over 15,000 jobs up for the chop. Meanwhile, staff who remain are being told to accept a huge real terms pay cut as they see their teaching and student learning conditions degraded. Our members have no choice but to vote yes for strike action and fight to protect higher education. 

'Vice-chancellors need to understand how angry their workers are, stop harming the sector and return to the negotiating table. Failing to do so will only lay the ground for disruption across UK universities.'

List of employers/institutions

1. Aberdeen, The University of 
2. Abertay University 
3. Aberystwyth University 
4. Anglia Ruskin University 
5. Arts University Bournemouth 
6. Aston University 
7. Bangor University 
8. Bath Spa University 
9. Bath, University of 
10. Bedfordshire, University of 
11. Birkbeck, University of London 
12. Birmingham Newman University 
13. Birmingham, The University of 
14. Bournemouth University 
15. Bradford, University of 
16. Brighton, University of 
17. Bristol, University of 
18. Brunel University 
19. Buckinghamshire New University 
20. Cambridge, University of 
21. Canterbury Christ Church University 
22. Cardiff Metropolitan University 
23. Cardiff University 
24. Chester, University of 
25. Chichester, University of 
26. City St George's, University of London 
27. Courtauld Institute of Art 
28. Coventry University 
29. Cumbria, University of 
30. De Montfort University 
31. Derby, University of 
32. Dundee, The University of 
33. Durham University 
34. East Anglia, University of 
35. East London, University of 
36. Edge Hill University 
37. Edinburgh Napier University 
38. Edinburgh, University of 
39. Essex, University of 
40. Exeter, University of 
41. Falmouth University 
42. Glasgow Caledonian University 
43. Glasgow School of Art 
44. Glasgow, University of 
45. Gloucestershire, University of 
46. Goldsmiths, University of London 
47. Greater Manchester, University of (formerly University of Bolton) 
48. Greenwich, University of  
49. Harper Adams University 
50. Heriot-Watt University 
51. Hertfordshire, University of 
52. Huddersfield, The University of 
53. Hull, The University of 
54. Keele University 
55. Kent, The University of 
56. King's College London 
57. Kingston University 
58. Lancashire, University of (formerly University of Central Lancashire) 
59. Lancaster, University of 
60. Leeds Beckett University 
61. Leeds Trinity University 
62. Leeds, The University of 
63. Leicester, University of 
64. Lincoln Bishop University (formerly Bishop Grosseteste University) 
65. Lincoln, University of 
66. Liverpool Hope University 
67. Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) 
68. Liverpool John Moores University 
69. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 
70. Liverpool, University of 
71. London Metropolitan University 
72. London School of Economics 
73. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 
74. London South Bank University 
75. Loughborough University 
76. Manchester Metropolitan University 
77. Manchester, The University of 
78. Middlesex University 
79. Newcastle University 
80. Northampton, The University of 
81. Northumbria University 
82. Norwich University of the Arts 
83. Nottingham, The University of 
84. Open University 
85. Oxford Brookes University 
86. Oxford, University of 
87. Plymouth Marjon University 
88. Plymouth, University of 
89. Portsmouth, University of 
90. Queen Margaret University 
91. Queen Mary, University of London 
92. Reading, University of 
93. Robert Gordon, The University of 
94. Royal Agricultural University 
95. Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 
96. Royal College of Art 
97. Royal Holloway, University of London 
98. Royal Northern College of Music 
99. Royal Veterinary College, University of London 
100. Salford, The University of 
101. Senate House, University of London 
102. Sheffield Hallam University 
103. Sheffield, The University of 
104. SOAS, University of London 
105. South Wales, University of 
106. Southampton Solent University 
107. Southampton, University of 
108. St Andrews, University of 
109. St Mary's University College Belfast 
110. St Mary's University, Twickenham 
111. Stirling, The University of 
112. Stranmillis University College 
113. Strathclyde, University of 
114. Suffolk, University of 
115. Sunderland, University of 
116. Surrey, University of 
117. Sussex, University of 
118. Swansea University 
119. Teesside University 
120. Trinity Laban 
121. Ulster University 
122. University College Birmingham 
123. University College London 
124. University for the Creative Arts (UCA) 
125. University of the Arts London (UAL) 
126. University of Wales Trinity Saint David 
127. Warwick, University of 
128. West London, University of 
129. West of England, University of the 
130. West of Scotland, University of the 
131. Westminster, University of 
132. Winchester, University of 
133. Wolverhampton, University of 
134. Worcester, University of 
135. Wrexham University 
136. York St John University 
137. York, University of