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University staff are joined by politicians and students while on strike in 2018
STUDENTS in the Midlands have been warned that they will be punished if they refuse to cross picket lines ahead of the first day of strike action at universities across Britain on Thursday.
The University of Leicester reportedly told students that those standing in solidarity with members of the University and College Union (UCU) will be recorded as absent for all of the classes missed as a result.
A student at the university posted the message from the institution online, and it has since been shared widely.
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