Motion
- Motion title
- Better paternity leave in UKHE
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Meeting link
- HE Conference
- Meeting date
- 28 May 2026
- Status
- Carried as amended
- Motion
- HE6
- Motion text
HE sector conference notes:
1. That paternity leave in HEIs remains low.
2. Better paternity leave enables staff to balance family and paid work, while bolstering the employer’s reputation.
3. Better paternity leave will generate significant benefits for UK society, as confirmed by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s and Bath University’s analyses of the economic benefits of this policy.HE sector conference believes:
a. That HEIs should offer more generous paternity leave.HE sector conference resolves:
i To encourage University branches to join the national campaign for a minimum of 6 weeks of well-paid paternity leave.
ii That UCU adopt the ‘Six Weeks for Dads’ campaign led by the Fatherhood Institute as national policy.
iii to ensure that paternity leave includes all non-birthing parents
- Proposing body
- Northumbria University
- Amended
- Yes
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2026/H/05-28/098/HE6