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Balloting institutions

15 November 2023

The elected representatives on UCU's higher education committee decided to launch another national industrial action ballot on the pay and working conditions dispute. Below is a list of balloting higher education institutions; note that some institutions have multiple UCU branches.

The ballot opened on Tuesday 19 September 2023 and closed on Friday 3 November 2023; see here for the results.

InstitutionPay & working conditions
Aberdeen, The University of✅
Abertay University✅
Aberystwyth University✅
Anglia Ruskin University✅
Arts University Bournemouth✅
Aston University✅
Bangor University✅
Bath Spa University✅
Bath, University of✅
Bedfordshire, University of✅
Birkbeck, University of London✅
Birmingham, The University of✅
Bishop Grosseteste University✅
Bolton, The University of✅
Bournemouth University✅
Bradford, University of✅
Brighton, University of✅
Bristol, University of✅
Brunel University✅
Buckinghamshire New University✅
Cambridge, University of✅
Canterbury Christ Church University✅
Cardiff Metropolitan University✅
Cardiff University✅
Central Lancashire, University of✅
Chester, University of✅
Chichester, University of✅
City, University of London✅
Courtauld Institute of Art✅
Coventry University✅
Cumbria, University of✅
De Montfort University✅
Derby, University of✅
Dundee, The University of✅
Durham University✅
East Anglia, University of✅
East London, University of✅
Edge Hill University✅
Edinburgh Napier University✅
Edinburgh, University of✅
Essex, University of✅
Exeter, University of✅
Falmouth University✅
Glasgow Caledonian University✅
Glasgow School of Art✅
Glasgow, University of✅
Gloucestershire, University of✅
Goldsmiths, University of London✅
Greenwich, University of✅
Harper Adams University✅
Heriot-Watt University✅
Hertfordshire, University of✅
Huddersfield, The University of✅
Hull, The University of✅
Keele University✅
Kent, The University of✅
King's College London✅
Kingston University✅
Lancaster, University of✅
Leeds Beckett University✅
Leeds Trinity University✅
Leeds, The University of✅
Leicester, University of✅
Lincoln, University of✅
Liverpool Hope University✅
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)✅
Liverpool John Moores University✅
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine✅
Liverpool, University of✅
London Metropolitan University✅
London School of Economics✅
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine✅
London South Bank University✅
Loughborough University✅
Manchester Metropolitan University✅
Manchester, The University of✅
Middlesex University✅
Newcastle University✅
Newman University (now Birmingham Newman University)✅
Northampton, The University of✅
Northumbria University✅
Norwich University of the Arts✅
Nottingham, The University of✅
Open University✅
Oxford Brookes University✅
Oxford, University of✅
Plymouth Marjon University✅
Plymouth, University of✅
Portsmouth, University of✅
Queen Margaret University✅
Queen Mary, University of London✅
Reading, University of✅
Robert Gordon University✅
Roehampton University✅
Rose Bruford College✅
Royal Academy of Music✅
Royal Agricultural University✅
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama✅
Royal College of Art✅
Royal College of Music✅
Royal Holloway, University of London✅
Royal Northern College of Music✅
Royal Veterinary College, University of London✅
Salford, The University of✅
Senate House, University of London✅
Sheffield Hallam University✅
Sheffield, The University of✅
SOAS, University of London✅
Solent University✅
South Wales, University of✅
Southampton, University of✅
St Andrews, University of✅
St George's, University of London✅
St Mary's University College, Belfast✅
St Mary's University, Twickenham✅
Stirling, The University of✅
Stranmillis University College✅
Strathclyde, University of✅
Suffolk, University of✅
Sunderland, University of✅
Surrey, University of✅
Sussex, University of✅
Swansea University✅
Teesside, University of✅
Trinity Laban✅
UCA University for the Creative Arts✅
Ulster University✅
University College Birmingham✅
University College London✅
University of the Arts London✅
University of Wales Trinity Saint David✅
Warwick, University of✅
West London, University of✅
West of England, University of the✅
West of Scotland, University of the✅
Westminster, University of✅
Winchester, The University of✅
Wolverhampton, University of✅
Worcester, University of✅
Wrexham Glyndwr University✅
Writtle University College✅
York, University of✅
York St John University✅

Note that the following higher education institutions are currently outside of national pay bargaining for 2023-24 (colloquially, 'not in JNCHES'), and were therefore not included in this national ballot:

  • Birmingham City University
  • Cranfield University
  • Imperial College London
  • Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
  • Leeds Art University
  • Nottingham Trent University
  • Queen's University Belfast
  • Ruskin College
  • Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)
  • Staffordshire University
Last updated: 15 November 2023