Almost 13,000 university employees ‘paid less than living wage’

By Jack Grove. About 12,500 staff are paid less than the Living Wage at UK universities, new research suggests.  
As the UK Living Wage was increased by 20p to £7.65 an hour and by 25p to £8.80 an hour in London, the National Union of Students and Unison published data on the extent of low pay at British universities, which showed 12,592 university employees were paid less than the voluntary rate last year. Read more...