More UK universities have signalled that they are unable to pay staff wage increases due this month, although some cash-strapped institutions have managed to come up with the money.
The University of Kent has become the latest to delay pay rises as it grapples with a £12 million deficit. The University of Wolverhampton has also put uplifts on hold for the second year in a row.
Writtle University College is another institution delaying the increase, according to staff, and higher-paid workers at the University of Gloucestershire will have to wait longer to receive the full amount.
After staff received an interim payment of 2 per cent or £1,000 in February, all institutions that participate in national bargaining have been instructed by the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea) to pay the second part of the increase in August, taking the total rise to between 5 per cent and 8 per cent.
