Edinburgh University lectures strike over compulsory redundancies

It's part of ongoing efforts by management to make £140m worth of savings.

Lecturers at the University of Edinburgh have been on strike, as prospective students visited for an open day.

The UCU union has taken industrial action in a bid to convince the institution to rule out any compulsory redundancies as part of ongoing efforts by management to make £140m worth of savings.

The university’s principal Sir Peter Mathieson has previously said cuts of this size are necessary to avoid a financial deficit in the coming years.

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