Warwick UCU’s membership rates are listed below. These rates enable us and the national organisation to carry out the work it does to ensure fair pay and working conditions. For details of current campaigns and action, please visit the UCU webpages and see the news updates on the Warwick UCU website. For details of the national rates, visit the UCU Subscription webpages.
Some members are eligible for free membership. These include enrolled PhD students who are also contracted to teach at the higher education institution at which they are registered for their PhD studies. For more details and a full list of eligible members, please visit the UCU Free Membership FAQs page for more information.
Membership rates for this academic year 2023-2024 are listed below. UCU membership can cost from as little as £0.99 per month depending on your earnings. It is important to be paying the correct subscription rate as services and benefits, including legal aid and advice, can only be provided to those paying the correct subscription.
Local Rates – local rates enable Warwick UCU to provide services such as training for caseworkers and reimbursement of costs for volunteers. We fund events for Warwick UCU members and attendance at national events. We also make donations to other causes both locally and globally.
National Rates – national rates go towards ensuring that UCU can operate as a cohesive whole. They pay for representatives to work on campaigns and administration and everything that happens at a national level within UCU.
Political Fund – UCU operates a political fund which expressly does not contribute to any political party, but is used for campaigning and lobbying to promote the interests of UCU members. The contribution level is one percent of the national subscription rate. Members may opt in to the fund.
Membership Rates
1 Sept 2023 to 31 Aug 2024
| ANNUAL EARNINGS | LOCAL RATES (per month)* | NATIONAL RATE | TOTAL RATE | NATIONAL RATE | TOTAL RATE |
| Including political fund (per month) | Excluding political fund (per month) | ||||
| £60,000 & above | £5.00 | £29.45 | £34.45 | £29.15 | £34.15 |
| £40,000 – £59,999 | £4.00 | £25.56 | £29.56 | £25.30 | £29.30 |
| £30,000 – £39,999 | £3.00 | £22.16 | £25.16 | £21.93 | £24.93 |
| £22,000 – £29,999 | £1.50 | £17.59 | £19.09 | £17.41 | £18.91 |
| £15,000-21,999 | £0.00 | £10.59 | £10.59 | £10.49 | £10.49 |
| £5,000 – £14,999 | £0.00 | £4.61 | £4.61 | £4.57 | £4.57 |
| Below £5,000 | £0.00 | £1.00 | £1.00 | £0.99 | £0.99 |
*As agreed at Branch AGM 2024.
Rates for retired and/or attached members:
The rate for 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024 for retired and/or attached members is £3.02 per month (£2.98 excluding the political fund). Attached unemployed members seeking employment pay nothing for one year from date of becoming an attached member. There are no local subscription rates for this group. For a full list of joint memberships and subscription amounts, please visit the UCU Subscriptions webpage.