Staff from Newcastle and Durham University, who are part of the University and College Union (UCU), have embarked on 10 days of strike action from today over pensions and pay.
UCU members formed picket lines outside the two universities as they joined the nationwide strike over cuts to pensions and deteriorating pay and working conditions.
Members of the union said they've seen a "slide into corporate-mania" over recent years and that the choices made by university management have left them "at breaking point".
