Queen’s University has been suspended for three years by a pay negotiating body.
The Universities and Colleges Employer’s Association (UCEA) said it comes after a local agreement on pay had been made outside of the collective pay arrangements.
That agreement was made during negotiations to end a marking and assessment boycott which had impacted on final year students poised to graduate.
The UCEA is a body which conducts collective pay negotiations with the five sector trade unions through the New Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff.
In a statement, the UCEA said that Queen’s had opted into collective pay negotiations for 2023-24 and was expected to follow the UCEA Code.
“On June 28, a joint statement from Queen’s University Belfast and the University and College Union (UCU), Queen’s branch confirmed a local agreement on pay had been made outside of the collective pay arrangements,” it said.
