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Lecturers at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen have gone on strike over redundancies.
RGU announced in November that more redundancies could be made after 130 staff left through a voluntary severance scheme last year. It hopes there will be fewer than 60 further redundancies.
Teaching union the EIS said its members had been left with “no other option” but to take strike action, vowing more strikes in May and September.
The university’s principal said decisions were “difficult but necessary” as the sector faces extreme challenges.
It comes amid industrial action at the University of Dundee over hundreds of planned job cuts, while there is also a ballot under way among staff at the University of Edinburgh.
Further strikes are planned on 1 May and 7 May, with additional action planned for the week of 8-12 September.
The EIS is urging the university to commit to finding alternatives to compulsory redundancies.
Professor Steve Olivier, principal and vice-chancellor, said RGU had to ensure the institution was in a position to be long-term financially sustainable.
The university will continue to make every effort to mitigate compulsory redundancies which will always remain a last resort.
Industrial action is already under way in Dundee.
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