{"id":65211,"date":"2025-05-02T09:10:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=65211"},"modified":"2025-05-02T09:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:35:41","slug":"university-staff-prepare-for-nine-day-walkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/university-staff-prepare-for-nine-day-walkout\/","title":{"rendered":"University staff prepare for nine day walkout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Staff at the University of Sheffield are prepared to continue striking over the next two weeks, following the launch of industrial action on Wednesday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official nine-day walkout begins on Tuesday 6 May, as members of the Sheffield University and College Union (UCU) protest plans by The University of Sheffield to impose 50 compulsory redundancies, part of a strategy to reduce staffing costs by \u00a323 million over the next two years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wednesday 30 April Strike\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3yCJOic2awA?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DGxwWspMwVX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by University and College Union (@ucunion)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Oli Johnson, a member of the 301 Academic skills team at The University of Sheffield, joined the strike on Wednesday. He said: \u201cNone of us want to strike, I would absolutely rather be at work today, but we have to do this to show how serious we are.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will be on strike every day of those nine days if I need to. It\u2019s a last resort, but we don\u2019t feel like we\u2019re being listened to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0113-min-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Oli Johnson at the strike holding a Stop the Cuts to higher education sign\" class=\"wp-image-65212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0113-min-980x653.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0113-min-480x320.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oli Johnson at the Strike on Wednesday. Credit: Kate Nicholls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff voted to take strike action in April. The UCU believes that the university does not need to make any compulsory redundancies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Hayes, senior lecturer in the School of Law, said that the staff should be \u2018prepared to strike\u2019 for as long as necessary. \u201cThe pressure really needs to be put on University management to meet with us, we\u2019re striking to try and make things better so that we can deliver a better education to our students going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur message is that you don&#8217;t have to take the destructive and risk averse approach that you\u2019re taking at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0057-min-1024x820.jpeg\" alt=\"David Hayes at the Strike on Wednesday holding a sign saying on strike today. UCU and proud \" class=\"wp-image-65214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0057-min-980x784.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0057-min-480x384.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Hayes at the Strike on Wednesday. Credit: Kate Nicholls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The office for students has stated that the students may be entitled to claim compensation for missed teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Mary Vincent, Vice-President for Education at the University of Sheffield, said: \u201cWe understand that students may be concerned. We expect that the vast majority of our students will be unaffected, but where there is disruption, we will do everything we can to support them and minimise the impact on their education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0107-min-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Pink Sign over someone's back saying On strike today. UCU and proud \" class=\"wp-image-65218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0107-min-980x653.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0107-min-480x320.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: Kate Nicholls <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the distribution, many students are supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/ucu.group.shef.ac.uk\/\">strike.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isabelle Heap, secretary of the Young Greens Society, said: \u201cI fully support the reasons why staff have voted to strike, I\u2019d much rather staff have job security and fair compensation for their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt makes me angry at the university for making decisions that have forced the staff to strike.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images 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