Branches building for action

With the employers not showing any signs of entering serious negotiations on the future of USS, branches are building up their preparations for strike action beginning in less than two weeks.

UCU members pose with banners at a Nottingham UCU strike meeting

Very well attended member strike meetings are taking place and local strike committees are poised to receive strike materials from head office.

Meanwhile hundreds of students have also been emailing their vice-chancellors asking that they put pressure in Universities UK to return to talks.