Unions are set to meet with employers again on 13 February in an attempt to resolve a long-running dispute that has led to 18 days of strikes at UK universities.
The University and College Union (UCU) alongside the four other higher education unions – GMB, Union, Unite and the Educational Institute of Scotland – will enter into fresh negotiations with the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea) in a fresh attempt to agree a pay rise deal that will satisfy all sides.
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) will mediate the talks, with both sides deadlocked.
Ucea has offered a pay rise worth between 5 and 8 per cent, which UCU has said is “not enough”. Eighty per cent of union members rejected the deal in an indicative online vote.
