UCU: Equality Data

Motion

Motion text: Conference notes:
1. Equality reps face barriers to accessing equality data about staff in UK Higher Education institutions.
2. Equality reps are having to resort to Freedom of Information requests to obtain equalities data as HEIs are not routinely collating or making such data accessible
Conference believes:
a. Lack of agreed standards for equality data about staff obscures the extent and impact of gender, LGBT+ identities, disability and ethnicity inequalities in HEIs
b. Data about inequalities in pay, progression and retention are crucial to collective bargaining and fighting inequality within Higher Education.
Conference calls on:
i. UCU to develop a standardised data request for HEIs to collate and make equality data about staff pay, progression and retention available to trade unions
ii. UCU to work with UCEA and HEIs to ensure that HEIs collate and provide equality data, as part of their responsibility to disclose information to trade unions for collective bargaining.