UCEA meaning in Academic & Science ?

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

UCEA also provides advice to members (higher education institutions) on strategic and operational employment issues and undertakes research into human resource planning, pay, pensions, recruitment and retention of staff, and other employment related issues of interest.

UCEA was established as new employers’ body on 1 April 1994 with subscriptions invited from 1 August of that year. UCEA's membership includes all UK universities and higher education colleges.

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

The chief executive is Raj Jethwa (since 2020), and the Chair of the Board is Professor Mark E. Smith, Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton (since October 2015) [1]