Defiance

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Members of the University and College Union staged an eight-day strike last term

staff are 74 universities in the UK at the beginning of a 14-day strike over pensions and pay and working conditions.

The University and College Union to hold a strike between 20 February and 13. March and is estimated to be More Than a million pupils affected.

The latest strike follows Eight Days of strikes in November and December.

The Action was also held in February and March of last year, i.e., some of the students interruption for the third Time .

The universities do not say That strikes are promised the way forward and have to do what you can to minimize the impact of industrial action on students.

The UCU says the 50,000 members taking action over workload, pay a 15% gender pay gap, increased casualisation and changes in the pensions for the staff in the universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).

The Union is upset That the members are paying now for it to 9. To pay 6% in pension contributions (of 8% and wants the universities of the full increase.

in addition to The Strike , The Union members are among other industrial action, including work strictly according to the contract, not to move for absent colleagues, and refuse to, lectures lost during The Strikes .

Getty University lecturers

217,065 academic staff 2018/19

72,750, or 34% of the teachers were employed on short-term contracts

29,150 or 13% per hour

4,240 were paid on a zero-Hours contract

source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Secretary-General Jo Grady, said: "This unprecedented action shows how angry the employees are to negotiate in their universities' refusal to, right With Us . "

But the universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), says he urged The Union to further talks, and is "dismayed" by the "damaging strike".

University of Southampton, President and Vice-Chancellor Prof Mark Smith , said the chair of UCEA, said: "We are very sorry for the impact of work to study action on the students'.

says The club have increased the employer, your pension contributions from 18% to 21. 1% of the salary, pay an additional £250 per year.

the Oxford Brookes University vice-chancellor Professor Alistair Fitt, a member of the employers ' pensions Forum for Higher Education , said, could universities do what they could to reduce the impact on students, and many had open phone support numbers, special web pages and strike a help Desk.

A published by The Student room at the beginning of This Week , suggests That 47% of the students think, to suggest That it is the right one for lecturers.

And many of the students affected by The Strike of last term, teachers were not to act, not to miss even if you.

But many students are angry, you are losing out on lectures, exercises and tutorials in the run-up to the exams.

While Sarah and Emma understand why the lecturers are on strike, are you annoyed by the timing

Sarah Howlett, a final-year English student at the University of Exeter, told Bbc News That The Strike was "a bit of a setback", not least because her dissertation was in April.

"It is The Feeling That if I said a problem, or need feedback I can get - it would be nice to pop round to your office, or send an E-Mail, but I'm not going to be able to do it,".

"I can understand why they are striking, but it feels like you have done quite a few blows and it could be a less disruptive and more effective to get your desired result. "

'Critical Time '

your friend, Emma Crawford, a third-year geography student, said she was worried was because of your final year dissertation in March.

"I understand why they are striking, but the Time you do, it is a critical Time for me," She Said .

"I'm angry That we paid More Than £9,000 per year, and we miss lectures and contact with the Time - for me, it is a waste of money. "

students at A Number of universities, including York, Newcastle, and Sheffield Hallam, have started petitions to demand money back from their universities because of the loss of Hours .

Tom Barton has a petition for the money back-its University

Sheffield Hallam-petition has over 14,000 signatures and is asking for £863. 33 refund will be paid per student for 14 days disorder, based on the amount of the fees.

the third year student Tom Barton , the institution of the petition, told Bbc News That he felt frustrated by The Strikes in the last term.

"I've said a lot of tuition fees in a key Phase, and it influenced my grade, for some modules," he said.

"So, when we found out That he is doing a blow, That would be even more, we felt like we had to Do Something , to listen to our voices, because no one has ever listen in The Past . "

However, Tom said he was supportive of the teachers " action.

"We definitely support The Strike , this is something That I have tried to be as clear as possible about all this," he said.

"We stand with our lecturers. However, we should not be at a disadvantage. "

Francis Clarke of the University of Birmingham, said he and colleagues had not "enjoyed the prospect of further strikes", but the General mood was one of "resolve and resistance".

Francis Clarke says employees have no opportunity to strike

"Nobody takes strike easily, After All , it takes us away to do the jobs, to do which we are proud, and it means we are not paid for up to 14 days," he said.

"Unfortunately, although these problems for years, the construction, and despite The Best efforts of our local UCU branch, as well as national UCU negotiators, University employers consistently on addressing these serious concerns. "

He and his colleagues have disappointed the understanding of students, the concerns were "That we he added in this position".

What the official statistics do Show ?

from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) Show there were 217,065 non-professorial academic staff in the universities in 2018-19.

this:

universities are also 222,885 used in non-academic staff in 2018-19, such as managers, students, social workers, secretaries, caretaker and cleaning staff.

when is The Action ?

The UCU has affected 14 days of The Action over a period of four weeks:

The universities are?

a total of 47 universities-staff participation in measures on both pensions and pay and working conditions:

the staff at 22 universities are taking measures, the wages and conditions:

the staff at five institutions, the act on pensions Only :

students, universities

Source of news: bbc.com