Friday, May 7, 2010

Lecturers walk out in UK

Implications due to funding cuts in UK Educational system have started showing up.
Thousands of students in colleges and universities were affected by 'widespread disruption' today as planned protests took place over cuts and possible job losses

This has been the biggest outbreak of industrial action in more than two years .
Union members at 11 further education colleges and two universities in London, plus Sussex University, are taking part in the action, which will include a march and rally in Westminster this afternoon.These are the protests against funding cuts for higher education which the UCU says are nearing £1bn , on top of the £340m savings furtherwhich  education must make in the next academic year.
The London universities taking part are Westminster University and King's College London, which is seeing its second action this year.
The FE colleges are Barnet College; City and Islington College; College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London; College of North West London; Greenwich Community College; Hackney Community College; Lambeth College; Lewisham College; Richmond upon Thames College; Tower Hamlets College and Westminster Kingsway College.

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