It's pretty unionised here (especially in my group) and the first thing everyone's done this morning is go and find all the papers they need to mark, to get on with it.

In their view, this isn't a sell-out but a goodwill gesture until the ballot takes place.

One of the union reps talked to me last week and said that the negotiations are currently UCU, but will have knock-on effects for the other unions because they want some degree of solidarity and if the UCU agreed to a lower rate there's no way Unison, for instance, would have stood a chance asking for a higher one.