BDM results: 24 September 2024

1. What is the position of your branch on the pay element of the offer? This refers to the 2.5% staggered uplift.

Accept - 29%
Reject - 66%
Abstain - 5%

2. What is the position of your branch on the pay-related elements of the offer, as set out the Appendix? This refers to the Terms of References for negotiations over casualisation, equality pay gaps, workload, and pay spine reform.

Accept - 58%
Reject - 29%
Abstain - 14%

3. What is the position of your branch on the final offer set out by UCEA? This refers to the full offer set out in the Appendix.

Accept - 28%
Reject - 62%
Abstain - 10%

4. Would your branch be willing to take industrial action in pursuit of an improved offer?

Yes - 45%
No - 46%
Abstain - 9%

5. Does your branch support UCU continuing to lobby the government for additional funding for higher education?

Yes - 100%
No - 0%
Abstain - 0%

6. Would your branch be in favour of UCU undertaking a consultative ballot over this offer? This would ask whether or not members would be willing to take industrial action to improve this offer.

Yes  - 83% 
No - 10% 
Abstain - 7%

7. Would your branch be in favour of UCU undertaking an industrial action ballot over this offer? This would ask whether or not members would be willing to take industrial action to improve this offer.

Yes - 76%
No - 15%
Abstain - 10%

8. If your branch voted to reject the offer, please state which elements in particular you would like to see further improvement on.

Pay was mentioned by nearly half of branches, followed by the pay-related items. Workload was the third most commonly mentioned issue, followed closely by casualisation. A more detailed breakdown of each item listed including equality pay gaps and the post-92 contract has been provided to HEC, alongside those responses emailed in.