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Leeds University lecturers vote for one-day strikes
Leeds University lecturers are to stage three days of strike action against job cuts.
Strikes will take place on February 25, March 2 and 4 by members of the University and College Union (UCU), which has around 1,800 members at the university.
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Up to 60 jobs are under threat initially in the University's Biological Sciences Department. The university is seeking savings of 35m from next year.
The union fears they could affect 700 posts.
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Vice-chancellor Professor Michael Arthur says a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies sought by the union is "impossible."
The strike decision was taken at a meeting of lecturers on Wednesday.
A University of Leeds spokesman said: "We have been talking to the UCU, with Acas, since January 11. Those talks are resuming on Monday, and we hope they will clear the way for the UCU to work with us to mitigate the effects of public sector spending cuts on our students, staff and research. Industrial action will not resolve the funding crisis facing higher education."
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