Edinburgh: Heriot-Watt University staff strike on 17–18 June 2026
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University staff at Heriot-Watt in Edinburgh will strike on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 June 2026. The action, part of a dispute over job cuts and compulsory redundancies in LINCS and the Scholar programme, will affect teaching and assessment; earlier planned strike days that week were suspended after a revised offer, but these two days will proceed.
This alert was originally created on 15 June 2026.
Public Impact
Schools
Effective Dates
Updates
Jun 29, 2026
✅ Completed
All effective dates have passed
Organizers
- University
- College Union (UCU)
Affected Locations
- Edinburgh
Sources
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