UCU: Reorienting HE and FE financing for a just transition

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
1. Financial constraints on the HE and FE sectors, including redundancies and
threats to jobs at many institutions.
2. The urgent need for a just transition to address the Climate and Ecological
Emergency, starting with a plan for its implementation.
Congress believes:
a. That a just transition can improve sector finances: reprioritising and lowering
capital expenditure; creating more equal, inclusive, healthy and rewarding
working conditions; easing workload pressures; and promoting collaborative,
purposeful work.
b. That this requires changes in the financial models informing decision-making
in HE and FE, and co-operation and support from government.
Congress resolves:
i. To include just transition as an integral part of major bargaining and
campaign initiatives.
ii. To coordinate action to reorient HE and FE financing towards achieving a just
transition.
iii. To convene working groups to progress this.