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Trade Union Facility Time Reporting 

The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 requires HE institutions to publish information on trade union facility time.

The University recognises the following trade unions:

  • University and College Union (UCU) (formerly AUT)
  • Unite (formerly Amicus)
  • G.M.B.
  • UNISON

The table below shows our latest Trade Union Facility Time data.

For the period of 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

Relevant Union Officials

Trade union representatives

33

Full-time equivalent employee number

29.84

Percentage of working hours spent on facility time

Percentage of time

Employees

0%

9

1-50%

23

51-99%

1

100%

0

Total pay bill and facility costs

Total cost of facility time

£55,015

Total Pay Bill

£277,255,622

Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

0.02%

Paid Trade Union activities

Hours spent on paid facility time

1740.91

Hours spent on paid trade union activities

775.08

Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid TU activities

30.81%