Universities and Colleges Employers Association

University & Colleges Employers Association
Abbreviation UCEA
Formation 30 March 1994
Legal status Company limited by guarantee 02914327
Purpose/focus Representative and advisor to higher education sector employers
Location Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HU
Region served UK
Chief Executive Jocelyn Prudence
Main organ UCEA Newsletter
Website http://www.ucea.ac.uk

The Universities and Colleges Employers' Association (UCEA) is the employers' association for universities and colleges of higher education in the United Kingdom. They represent universities and colleges in national negotiations with trade unions, government bodies, funding councils and other stakeholders.

They also provide advice to higher education institutions on strategic and operational employment issues and undertake research into human resource planning, pay, recruitment and retention and other issues of interest to their members.

The following are the constituent member organizations and the number of seats they have on the board: Universities UK (8), Universities Scotland (2), Committee of University Chairs (6) and GuildHE (2).[1]

The chief executive is Jocelyn Prudence (since 2001),[2] and the Chair of the Board is Keith Burnett (since 2009).[3]

References

  1. ^ UCEA Website
  2. ^ Times Higher Education 23 February 2001 In the news: Jocelyn Prudence
  3. ^ www.ucea.ac.uk UCEA announces new chair of board

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