Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 and Friday 16 January 2026
England FE colleges involved in the New Deal for FE action, January 2026
25 further education (FE) England college employers, corresponding to 37 UCU branches, are currently involved in the New Deal for FE strike action which will take place on 14-16 January 2026.
| Staff will be at picket lines on all three days, with a national rally at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster at 12pm on Friday, 16 January. UCU members at other colleges have settled their disputes after winning pay awards worth up to 8.7%. UCU, alongside its sister unions NEU, GMB, UNISON and Unite, is calling for a New Deal for FE, including pay parity with schoolteachers, national workload agreements and a binding national bargaining framework. |
