University of Leeds staff go on strike over row about pensions Thousands of university students in Leeds may miss out on lectures and opportunities to conduct research over the next four weeks as lecturers are taking strike action .
Lecturers, who are members of University and College Union (UCU), are walking out to protest proposed changes to their pensions , which they say will leave them £10,000 a year worse off.
The union says more than one million students at 64 universities across the country will be affected, as 575,000 teaching hours will be lost when academic staff take part in […]
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