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University of Liverpool staff announce 10 days' strike action over cuts

STAFF at the University of Liverpool will strike from Wednesday over cuts to the faculty of health and life sciences.

The University and College Union (UCU) said that management had “squandered a golden opportunity” to resolve the long-running dispute.

Work on processing A-level results, which will be publicly released on August 10, is due to begin Wednesday, meaning that the university’s confirmation and clearing processes will be disrupted.

In a ballot earlier this year, 84 per cent of UCU members who voted backed strike action to fight the university’s plans to slash 47 teaching and research jobs in the faculty.

That proposal has now fallen to two compulsory redundancies after sustained industrial action from the UCU and late-stage talks with management.

Liverpool UCU met today and an overwhelming 97 per cent of attendees voted to continue with the planned strike action to support the two colleagues still facing the threat of compulsory redundancy.

Staff are set to strike from Wednesday to Saturday, and again from Monday August 9 to the following Saturday.

The University of Liverpool was approached for comment.

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