University students have been told to swap seminars for cafe meet-ups as their lecturers go on strike.
Cambridge undergraduates have been urged to hold mini ‘reading groups’ to make up for teaching cancelled by striking academics.
Around 70,000 University and College Union (UCU) members at 150 universities walked out yesterday in a dispute over pay, working conditions and pensions.
It is the first of 18 days of strike action which critics say is ‘morally wrong’.
The dispute comes as the Universities and Colleges Employers Association, representing 144 employers said it has made a ‘full and final pay offer’ of between 5 per cent and 8 per cent.
