<p>Students gathered outside the entrance to a Sheffield University building on Friday, February 23, to show their support for strike action during the second day of a national strike announced by the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU).</p><p>Pickets and rallies took place across the country, with MPs</a> and other members of the public</a> commenting on the issue.</p><p>“As pressure on Universities UK grows, we make it 17 VCs so far to call for talks to end the dispute: Aberdeen, Strathclyde, Kent, Birkbeck, Goldsmiths, Bangor, Warwick, Loughborough, Newcastle, Glasgow, LSHTM, Sheffield, Essex, Lancaster, Durham, Keele & Surrey,” the UCU tweeted</a>. Fourteen days of industrial action were planned by the union. Credit: Justa Hopma via Storyful</p><br />
