Lecturers and staff at Edinburgh University are beginning a further three days of strike action in a dispute over the institution's plans to make cuts of £140 million.

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will walk out on November 17, 18 and 19, with pickets planned at a number of university buildings from 9am to 12pm each day.

A rally is also due to be held outside the Scottish Parliament at 1pm on Wednesday, November 19, where the union will ask MSPs to join them in calling on the university to rule out compulsory redundancies.

The union is also calling on the university to enter into “meaningful talks” to resolve the dispute.

The latest round of walkouts follows a week-long strike in September and another in the summer lasting one day, while action short of a strike

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