Day 6 of strike action and we are joined by the Student Progressive Society

Today is the first day of the joint strike for both the USS Pension Dispute and the 4-Fights over Pay, Workload, Equality, and Casualisation.

We were delighted to be joined by so many students once again.

Students are in poverty, staff are in crisis, our fights to fix the education system is connected in more ways than we understand. Staff and Student power together is the only solution to the growing crisis. Divided we can not win, only together with solidarity can we stand to win. Students should support the UCU strikes, the UCU should support the NUS strikes. Until we do, the Universities will continue their snowball of cuts to pay, benefits, learning conditions all while raising prices on students. Cameron Fields, President of the Society of Progressive Students at Heriot-Watt

Industrial action will continue tomorrow at the main entrance we will have two more presidents visiting our picket line: Vicky Blake, UCU President and Lena Wanggren, UCU Scotland President. Please turn up and give them a big welcome.

There will then be a joint UCU/NUS Rally for Education outside the Scottish Parliament. Assemble at 12.30pm for the rally at 1.00pm.