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[[Image:SallyHuntAddressingAUTCouncil200605 CopyrightKaihsuTai.jpg|thumb|right|General secretary Sally Hunt addressing the last annual Council of the [[Association of University Teachers|AUT]] before its merger with [[National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education|Natfhe]] to form the [[University and College Union|UCU]].]] |
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'''Sally Colette Hunt''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (born 1964) is a British [[trade union]] leader, the General Secretary of the [[Association of University Teachers]] until its merger into the new [[University and College Union]] (UCU), of which Hunt was the General Secretary until 2019. |
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==Biography== |
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Born in 1964 in Germany, where her father was teaching in a British forces school, Hunt was educated at a comprehensive school in [[Chippenham]], Wiltshire. She studied international relations at the [[University of Sussex]] from 1983 until 1987,<!--permanently dead link, archive is of a search form with no results |<ref>[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/alumni/notablealumni ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126184309/http://www.sussex.ac.uk/alumni/notablealumni |date=26 November 2011 }}</ref>--> serving as vice-president of the students' union. |
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After leaving university, she worked as a nightclub bouncer, a bookshop assistant, and for two building society staff associations before joining the [[Association of University Teachers]].<ref name="guardian2005">{{cite news|author=Will Woodward |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/apr/12/highereducation.highereducationprofile |title=Sally Hunt: A little less conversation | Education |work=The Guardian|date= 12 April 2005|accessdate=2013-11-12 |location=London}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | As head of the AUT, she and Paul Mackney (Head of NATFHE), |
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Sally Hunt was elected as the first General-Secretary of UCU on the 9th of March 2007, narrowly beating main challenger Roger Kline (ex-NATFHE, and UCU Head of Equalities) by some 1,346 votes after the second preference votes of third candidate Peter Jones were allocated after Jones was eliminated in an inconclusive first round. The election turnout was 13.9% out of an electorate of just over 116,000 UCU Members. |
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| ⚫ | As head of the AUT, she and Paul Mackney (Head of NATFHE), led industrial action, over three years until 2006, in support of a pay rise for higher education staff exceeding 20%.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5052730.stm |title=UK | Education | University pay talks reach deal |publisher=BBC News |date=2006-06-06 |accessdate=2013-11-12}}</ref> The actions disrupted university exams and provision of marks across the UK. In the end, members voted heavily in favour of accepting a rise of 13.1% phased over the three years, with the final year's figure subject to further increase in line with inflation. The final year's figure was to be "2.5% or RPI, whichever is greater". In the end, the RPI was at its peak and was 5%, resulting in that being the level of the final year's pay rise. |
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The scruitineers report can be found at http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/j/7/ucu_gselectionresult07_1.pdf |
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Hunt also oversaw what appear to have been the biggest strikes in UK higher education history, the [[2018 UK higher education strike]].<ref>Chris Havergal, '[https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sally-hunt-clings-ucu-leader-congress-curtailed Sally Hunt clings on as UCU leader as congress curtailed]', ''Times Higher Education'' (1 June 2018).</ref> |
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Her election blog can be found at http://sallyhuntucu.blogspot.com |
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Hunt was elected as the first General Secretary of UCU on 9 March 2007, narrowly beating main challenger Roger Kline (ex-NATFHE, and UCU Head of Equalities) by some 1346 votes after the second preference votes of third candidate Peter Jones were allocated after Jones was eliminated in an inconclusive first round. The election turnout was 13.9% out of an electorate of just over 116,000 UCU Members. She was re-elected on 2 March 2012, defeating her only opponent, Mark Campbell (ex-NATFHE, the chair of the UCU Co-ordinating Committee at [[London Metropolitan University]] and a member of the National Executive Council of UCU since 2008) by a 73% to 27% margin (or 6835 votes); Campbell was supported by the UCU Left.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uculeft.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mark-C-leaflet-Online.pdf |title=Mark Campbell for UCU General Secretary |publisher=Uculeft.org |accessdate=2013-11-12}}</ref> The turnout was 12.5% out of an electorate of 117,918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/c/p/GS_scrutineers_report.pdf |title=Electoral Reform Services |publisher=Ucu.org.uk |accessdate=2013-11-12}}</ref> Hunt is the UCU representative to the TUC and a member of the [[TUC General Council]]. Her first union job was as a senior research officer with the union later known as [[Accord (trade union)|ACCORD]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2401|title=Sally Hunt is elected first general secretary of UCU|last=Ashley|first=Dan|date=9 March 2007|accessdate=23 December 2010}}</ref> Hunt was once more re-elected on 2 March 2017: 13.7% of members turned out, casting 13,724 votes, with 8,138 for Hunt and 5,586 for her contender Jo McNeill.<ref>'[https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/8706/Sally-Hunt-returned-as-UCU-general-secretary Sally Hunt returned as UCU general secretary]' (2 March 2017).</ref> |
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[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5052730.stm BBC report on the industrial action outcome] |
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She is married, has a daughter, and lives in [[Brighton]].<ref name="guardian2005"/> |
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On 25 February 2019, UCU announced that Hunt had resigned from the post of General Secretary on health grounds <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/10118/Statement-on-the-resignation-of-Sally-Hunt/pdf/ucu_statement-resignation-sally-hunt_feb19.pdf |title=Statement on the resignation of UCU general secretary Sally Hunt |date=25 February 2019 |access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref> after having been awarded a £400,000 'post employment payment' pay-off.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://feweek.co.uk/2020/09/14/ucu-boss-pockets-400k-payoff-a-year-after-lambasting-college-principals-as-greedy-and-hopelessly-out-of-touch/ |title=UCU boss pockets £400k payoff a year after lambasting college principals as 'greedy and hopelessly out of touch' |date=14 September 2020}}</ref> |
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She was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2022 New Year Honours]] for services to industrial relations.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63571|supp=y|page=N12|date=1 January 2022}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[United Kingdom labour law]] |
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*[[United Kingdom enterprise law]] |
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==Notes== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==References== |
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*Hunt, Sally "the AUT general secretary sets out her expectations for the coming academic year" ''AUTlook'': the magazine of the AUT; 29 Sept. 2005, p. 1 |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/f/4/ucu_gselectionresult07.pdf Scrutineers' report] |
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*[http://sallyhuntucu.blogspot.com Election blog] |
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| title = General Secretary of the [[Association of University Teachers]] |
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| title = General Secretary of the [[University and College Union]] |
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| years = 2006–2019<br/><small>with [[Paul Mackney]] 2006-2007</small> |
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Latest revision as of 13:27, 6 August 2023
Sally Colette Hunt OBE (born 1964) is a British trade union leader, the General Secretary of the Association of University Teachers until its merger into the new University and College Union (UCU), of which Hunt was the General Secretary until 2019.
Biography[edit]
Born in 1964 in Germany, where her father was teaching in a British forces school, Hunt was educated at a comprehensive school in Chippenham, Wiltshire. She studied international relations at the University of Sussex from 1983 until 1987, serving as vice-president of the students' union.
After leaving university, she worked as a nightclub bouncer, a bookshop assistant, and for two building society staff associations before joining the Association of University Teachers.[1]
Hunt was the last General Secretary of the Association of University Teachers (AUT), having held that post since 2002. On 1 June 2006, the AUT merged with the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) to form the UCU.
As head of the AUT, she and Paul Mackney (Head of NATFHE), led industrial action, over three years until 2006, in support of a pay rise for higher education staff exceeding 20%.[2] The actions disrupted university exams and provision of marks across the UK. In the end, members voted heavily in favour of accepting a rise of 13.1% phased over the three years, with the final year's figure subject to further increase in line with inflation. The final year's figure was to be "2.5% or RPI, whichever is greater". In the end, the RPI was at its peak and was 5%, resulting in that being the level of the final year's pay rise.
Hunt also oversaw what appear to have been the biggest strikes in UK higher education history, the 2018 UK higher education strike.[3]
Hunt was elected as the first General Secretary of UCU on 9 March 2007, narrowly beating main challenger Roger Kline (ex-NATFHE, and UCU Head of Equalities) by some 1346 votes after the second preference votes of third candidate Peter Jones were allocated after Jones was eliminated in an inconclusive first round. The election turnout was 13.9% out of an electorate of just over 116,000 UCU Members. She was re-elected on 2 March 2012, defeating her only opponent, Mark Campbell (ex-NATFHE, the chair of the UCU Co-ordinating Committee at London Metropolitan University and a member of the National Executive Council of UCU since 2008) by a 73% to 27% margin (or 6835 votes); Campbell was supported by the UCU Left.[4] The turnout was 12.5% out of an electorate of 117,918.[5] Hunt is the UCU representative to the TUC and a member of the TUC General Council. Her first union job was as a senior research officer with the union later known as ACCORD.[6] Hunt was once more re-elected on 2 March 2017: 13.7% of members turned out, casting 13,724 votes, with 8,138 for Hunt and 5,586 for her contender Jo McNeill.[7]
She is married, has a daughter, and lives in Brighton.[1]
On 25 February 2019, UCU announced that Hunt had resigned from the post of General Secretary on health grounds [8] after having been awarded a £400,000 'post employment payment' pay-off.[9]
She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to industrial relations.[10]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Will Woodward (12 April 2005). "Sally Hunt: A little less conversation | Education". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ "UK | Education | University pay talks reach deal". BBC News. 6 June 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ Chris Havergal, 'Sally Hunt clings on as UCU leader as congress curtailed', Times Higher Education (1 June 2018).
- ^ "Mark Campbell for UCU General Secretary" (PDF). Uculeft.org. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ "Electoral Reform Services" (PDF). Ucu.org.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ Ashley, Dan (9 March 2007). "Sally Hunt is elected first general secretary of UCU". Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ 'Sally Hunt returned as UCU general secretary' (2 March 2017).
- ^ "Statement on the resignation of UCU general secretary Sally Hunt" (PDF). 25 February 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "UCU boss pockets £400k payoff a year after lambasting college principals as 'greedy and hopelessly out of touch'". 14 September 2020.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N12.
References[edit]
- Hunt, Sally "the AUT general secretary sets out her expectations for the coming academic year" AUTlook: the magazine of the AUT; 29 Sept. 2005, p. 1