The National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) was the British trade union and professional association for people working with those above statutory school age, and primarily concerned with providing education, training or research. In the higher education sector it was mainly concentrated in the Post 16 sector. In 2004 NATFHE celebrated 100 years since the London-based Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions (ATTI) was formed. ATTI grew and became NATFHE on 1 January 1976 following amalgamation with the Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education (ATCDE). As of 2005 it had 67,000 members. On 2 December 2005 the results of a membership ballot on a merger of AUT and NATFHE were announced. The merger was supported by 79.2% of AUT and 95.7% of NATFHE members who voted. The two unions amalgamated on 1 June 2006, and then entered a transitional year until full operational unity was achieved in June 2007. The new union is called the University and College Union (UCU). Until the merger, AUT and NATFHE members in higher education were involved in ongoing 'action short of a strike' - including boycotting setting and marking exams and other coursework in universities and this action continued under the UCU banner. AUT and NATFHE rejected an offer of 12.6% over three years which was made on 8 May, and a further offer of 13.12% over three years made on 30 May. Concerns grew that students might not be able to graduate in 2006 until the industrial action was suspended at midnight on 7 June while members were balloted on a new offer. On the last day of its final conference NATFHE passed motion 198C, a call to boycott Israeli academics who did not vocally speak out against their government. This was met with criticism from the Anti-Defamation League, a representative of the British Government, Nobel laureates and even the AUT. General Secretaries 1904: John Wilson 1908: Percy Abbott 192x: J. Wickham Murray 1941?: William Evans 195x: A. E. Evans 1955: Ernest Arthur Seeley 1960: Edward Britton 1969: Tom Driver 1977: Stan Broadbridge 1979: Peter Dawson 1989: Geoff Woolf 1994: John Akker 1997: Paul Mackney Footnotes External links Catalogue of the ATTI archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Catalogue of the NATFHE archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom Further education colleges