University lecturers are threatening a marking and
work-setting boycott in the autumn term in an escalation of their dispute with
employers over pay.
The University College Union has also pledged to disrupt
open days and graduations if it is not settled.
The row, which led to a two-day walkout last week, is over a
1.1% pay offer, which the Universities and Colleges Employers Association say
is "good".
However, union general secretary Sally Hunt says the offer
is an "insult".
The employers group has argued that the offer is at, and
even, beyond the "limit of affordability" for some higher education
institutions.
But the UCU says its members have suffered a real-terms pay
cut of 14% since 2009 and complains the squeeze on staff salaries has come as
university leaders enjoyed hefty increases.
Ms Hunt is unhappy with the offer, especially in light of
the 5% pay rise her union says that vice-chancellors have enjoyed.
UCU members rejected a 1% offer in a strike ballot in early
May.
Culled from BBC News
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