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University of Dundee lecturers strike over threatened redundancies

By Drooid · Sep 21, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC · How we work

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University of Dundee lecturers have begun a five-week strike over threatened compulsory redundancies.
UCU members will not hold lectures, seminars or tutorials until after 23 October.
The university says most classes should run normally from Monday and will try to minimise student impact.
The strike follows a £30 million deficit that led to 675 voluntary redundancies.

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University of Dundee lecturers have begun a five-week strike over threatened compulsory redundancies.
UCU members will not hold lectures, seminars or tutorials until after 23 October.
The university says most classes should run normally from Monday and will try to minimise student impact.
The strike follows a £30 million deficit that led to 675 voluntary redundancies.