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Over 70,000 lecturers at 150 universities to launch ‘unprecedented programme of escalating strike action’
People take part in a rally outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, as members of the University and College Union (UCU) take part 24-hour stoppage among university staff in an ongoing dispute over pay, pensions and conditions, in November 2022

MORE than 70,000 lecturers at 150 UK universities are to launch “an unprecedented programme of escalating strike action” over pay, conditions and employers’ attacks on their pensions.

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will strike for 18 days in February and March and are to reballot for a further mandate for action for most of 2023.

They also plan to boycott marking and assessments from April.

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