The Universities & Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) conducts collective pay negotiations with the five Higher Education trade unions (UCU, UNISON, Unite, EIS and GMB) on behalf of a significant number of UK HE institutions. This is done through the Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff (JNCHES). UCEA member institutions decide individually whether they will participate in each negotiating round to address the uplift to be applied to the national pay spine. The negotiations take place annually, between March and May with dispute resolution meetings held in July if necessary.
The University remains committed to the national bargaining arrangements via New JNCHES and is committed to constructive dialogue with the trade unions. Once agreed for implementation, the University applies the pay award to all staff on non-clinical grades. Further information about the process is available from the UCEA website.
Separate arrangements exist for Clinical pay awards, which are agreed nationally by UCEA and effective from 1 April each year. The awards tend to reflect what has been agreed for NHS salary scales.
Separate arrangements are in place to review the Oxford University Weighting.
Pay scales
Information about past pay awards (both clinical and non-clinical) can be downloaded below.
