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Work-life balance as important as pay, says university staff union

Six days into strike action, Jo Grady, UCU general secretary, demands end to ‘draining’ campus conditions

The Guardian - UK

Students stand with university staff ‘forced’ into strike action

A University and College Union Scotland rally took place on Friday on Buchanan Street steps in Glasgow.

The Independent UK

Why University of Manchester students are protesting and barricading buildings with furniture

Students have barricaded themselves into buildings until their demands have been met by university bosses

Manchester Evening News

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University strikes dates: When UCU strikes are planned in February and March 2023

Over 2.5 million students will be affected by the UCU strikes, as university staff join nurses, ambulance workers and train workers in disputes over pay, terms and conditions

The Independent UK

University staff continue 48-hour strike despite move for fresh talks

UCU and four other higher education unions – EIS, GMB, Unison and Unite – will meet employer representatives for talks next week

Evening Standard

Welsh students hit by Covid and now 18 days of lecturer strikes fear for final grades

Members of the University College Union at all eight universities in Wales are joining colleagues at 150 universities across the UK in striking again today - Thursday, February 9 - in a row over pay, conditions and pensions

Wales Online

University staff and NHS physiotherapists to go on strike

Industrial unrest continues to sweep the country in bitter disputes over pay, staffing and conditions

Wales Online

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Glasgow strikes happening this February - full list and everything you need to know

People are taking to the streets in their thousands not just across Scotland but the UK as a whole, with many people such as NHS staff and teachers fighting for the likes of a better pay as the cost of living soars and their workload increases.

Glasgow Live

‘We feel for lecturers — but we want our fees back’: what students really think about the university strikes

Lecturers, librarians and administrative staff are among the 70,000 university workers set to strike for 17 days this term — so is Generation Covid right in asking for compensation? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Ellie Gomersall: Solidarity between workers and students gives hope for fairer future

Students from across Scotland took to rally outside the Scottish Parliament in demand of urgent action from the Scottish Government on strikes.

The National (Scotland)

'Enough is enough': Walkout Wednesday is ‘only the beginning’

THE coordinated strike action taken by members of various trade unions across the nations of Britain on Wednesday, February 1 was the biggest…

The National (Scotland)

1,000 University jobs at risk in Wales as more strikes planned

Universities Wales said 1,000 jobs could be cut as a result of lost EU funding

Wales Online

All strike dates you need to know about in February

Hundreds of thousands of workers from the UK's biggest industries will strike this month

Liverpool Echo

The Leader podcast: London gripped by decade’s biggest strikes

Plus, the devastating impact on Gen Covid’s education

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

‘Exploitation is the dirty secret of higher education’: London’s university staff on why they’re striking

More than 70,000 lecturers, librarians, cleaners and other university administrators are set to walk out for 18 days between now and April. Katie Strick hears three of their stories

The Guardian - UK

Strikers unite across England: ‘Our disputes may be separate but we have one aim’

Voices from picket lines and protests in Bristol, Birmingham and London on a day of mass industrial action

Daily Record

Paisley lecturers begin 18-day strike action over pay and working conditions

On various dates over the course of the next two months, lecturers will refuse to work in an ongoing struggle for improved pay and working conditions.

Wales Online

'Universities should refund students because of the lecturer strike'

More than 70,00 staff at 150 universities, including all in Wales, will walk out on February first

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The Independent UK

University lecturer says strikes ‘for the students’ in face of ‘breaking system’

Anita Naoko Pilgrim, 59, said she tells her daughter ‘don’t become an academic’.

Daily Mirror

Full list of every strike happening this week - check if you're affected

Teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers and security guards from seven trade unions will walk out on Wednesday in what will be the biggest day of industrial action in over a decade

Wales Online

Teachers, train drivers, university lecturers and civil servants to join mass day of discontent strike this week

Teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers and security guards from several trade unions are set to walk out on Wednesday, February 1

Liverpool Echo

Lecturer earned as little as £5k a year on 'open ended' contracts

Roughly 70,000 UCU members at 150 universities are going on an 18-day strike from February 1

The Guardian - UK

‘Huge win’ for trade union as Durham University raises PhD students’ pay

University had paid some postgraduate researchers less than minimum wage

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland university students face more disruption as staff set to strike

If the action goes ahead, it will be the biggest series of strikes ever to hit UK university campuses

Wales Online

University strike dates over seven weeks in February and March confirmed by union

It will be the biggest series of strikes to ever hit British universities - if they go ahead

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