STRIKING university staff and their supporters will hold a rally at the Scottish Parliament tomorrow afternoon to demand a resolution to the pension dispute.

The University and College Union (UCU) organised the rally as part of ongoing strike action taking place at 10 Scottish universities over planned changes to staff and lecturers’ pensions.

At the rally, held on International Women’s Day, UCU Scotland official Mary Senior will draw attention to the fact that proposed pension cuts will “hit those in the pension scheme on the lowest incomes most. And all too often that means they will affect women most harshly.”