Dr Andrea Coulson, Department of Accounting and Finance, has been working with the Scottish Living Wage Accreditation Initiative and Poverty Alliance to bring the launch event for this year's Living Wage rate to the University.
The event will take place in the TIC on Monday, October 31 with Mr Jamie Hepburn MSP, Minister for Employability and Training speaking to an audience of established and potential Living Wage Accredited Employers including the University (accredited in October 2016).
The event will be chaired by Rachel McEwan, Director of Sustainability SSE and Dr Coulson will chair a break out session on the role of credit unions in supporting a Living Wage.
Tandem launches will be taking place across the UK, coordinated by the UK Living Wage Foundation.