Statement from the UCEA Board on the 2023-24 pay uplift and the Acas terms of reference

UCEA proposed an early start to this year’s pay round in order to provide support to staff through the current cost of living pressures.

The pay uplift is at a level which many employers will find financially challenging. UCEA has gone as far as it can in balancing a meaningful uplift with the viability of HEIs across the sector. In a number of HEIs, jobs will already be at risk as a result of this pay uplift. 

This uplift also saw almost half of the increase delivered six months early, helping colleagues working across the sector and strongly weighted towards those on the lowest pay points.
 
It should be absolutely clear that UCEA has no ability to improve upon the 2023-24 pay award.