UCA Farnham lecturer Dr James Trafford explains why university staff are striking
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A striking lecturer at the University for Creative Arts in Farnham has said those working in the university sector have suffered a 25 per cent real-terms pay cut since 2009.
UCA lecturers formed a picket line outside the university entrance on Friday, November 25 – joined by staff from across all UCA departments and some students.
The university walkout over pay and working conditions was part of wider industrial action at 150 universities across the country which will affect an estimated 2.5 million students.
Dr James Trafford, a reader in philosophy and design, said one of the primary reasons for the strikes “is that pay across the sector has gone down in real terms around 25 per cent since 2009”
UCA lecturers formed a picket line outside the university entrance on Friday, November 25 – joined by staff from across all UCA departments and some students.
The university walkout over pay and working conditions was part of wider industrial action at 150 universities across the country which will affect an estimated 2.5 million students.
Dr James Trafford, a reader in philosophy and design, said one of the primary reasons for the strikes “is that pay across the sector has gone down in real terms around 25 per cent since 2009”