More than 70,000 university staff will begin 18 days of strike action next month it has been confirmed. Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will stage their first walkout on Wednesday, February 1.
A further 17 days of action are also planned across February and March with the precise dates for those to be announced next week.
The union is in dispute with 150 universities across the country regarding pay, pensions and working conditions. They say they are demanding 'a meaningful pay rise to deal with the cost-of-living crisis.'
