UCU: Progress report on building and organising in HE private providers

Motion

Motion title: Progress report on building and organising in HE private providers

Motion text: The HEC are requested to make public their progress on the mandated motion HE26 from Congress 25.
1. Their report on the scope and scale of private provision in the UK HE provision and its impact on HE, through the survey which they were mandated to conduct with UCU members and HE institutions with staff working for Private Providers.
2. Their strategy to reach national agreements and deliver co-ordinated support to UCU members working in Private Providers with the aim of gaining recognition status for each branch / group.
3. Their progress in actively building UCU support in private provision.

Private providers are threatening the HE workplace, and we call for the HEC to prioritise this work and undertake to take action on the above points within the next four months with an expected delivery and publication by September 2026.