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University strikes – where do we go from here?
Lecturers' strikes brought universities to a halt for most of the last month. But what started as a last resort turned into a movement for the Free University.
Biggest student protest in 5 years: hundreds occupy universities over staff pension strike
“Our staff deserve dignity and fair treatment, not poverty in retirement", say student protestors.
University leaders are saying one thing to the public – and something different to lecturers
Higher education bosses are playing games with the public, as well as the lecturers losing out.
Student solidarity: over 60% of students support striking university staff
And just 2% think university staff are to blame for the industrial action, a YouGov poll found this morning.
It’s no wonder lecturers are striking – university leaders barely acknowledge they exist
University heads are failing to even admit the pension strikes are happening. It's no wonder people talk of a crisis of leadership in our university sector.
While university bosses get a pay rise, lecturers’ pensions are being slashed
The divide in higher education is getting starker. Huge strikes are on the cards unless something is done about it - and soon, writes UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt.