members of the university and college union are walking out in protest at planned changes to their pension retirement. our correspondent tomos morgan has this report from cardiff — where hundreds of university staff are taking action. know ifs, no buts, no pension cuts. picket lines, protests, the scene at universities across the country. staff walking out in a dispute over pensions. institutions say there's a £6.1 billion deficit in the current scheme, which is unsustainable. they say changes must be made. but after 35 meetings over the past year, the university and college union says the strikes were inevitable is the proposed new scheme would be far less generous. we are saying changes to the scheme should be fair. we are in the scheme which the staff and employers are committed to. they employers are committed to. they employers have now junked employers are committed to. they employers have nowjunked that approach and are going for something where the staff are being shoved aside. with lectures being affected by the strikes there a danger that student degrees will be impacted. there a

universities uk calls the action disappointing, and says it's working to minimise disruption. disruption for students as lecturers in leeds take to the picket lines. union members belonging to the union collegesnd universities union will be marching to the town hall in the next hour. we will have the latest from the picket line. scientists say they've settled one of medicine's biggest debates. a huge study concludes that anti—depressants do work, afterfinding common anti—depressants were all more effective at reducing symptoms of depression than dummy pills. and at the winter olympics: russian curler aleksander krushelnitski is stripped of his bronze medal after admitting to doping. good morning. it is thursday, 22nd of february, i am rachel schofield. welcome to bbc newsroom life. theresa may is due to host a lengthy meeting with senior ministers today to try and hammer out the cabinet's position on future relations with the eu. the meeting will take place at chequers, the prime ministers‘ country retreat. one of the main issues on the table is how closely the uk should follow eu rules after it leaves. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. norman. thank you very much

unions, so do you not think it is a slightly forced extinction?” think we have got to remember, and what the universities and colleges would like us got to remember, rers are still giving lectures, and i think some students unions such as cambridge to be telling students at all lecturers support the strike, and that all stu d e nts support the strike, and that all students should get behind this site are forgetting that there are many lecturers who want to continue to teach, and i think we should let them continue and not make it difficult for them. if you thought every effort was being made to avoid sites, would you then think that was acceptable? i think we would need to have a much more balanced possessing coming out from the universities and colleges. we need them to not make the disproportionate threats of strike action, and we need to see more negotiation happening, not threatening to cancel final exams. an awards of the universities minister, we need sides to get back around the negotiating table so that people can get back to learning and teaching as as soon as possible. good to talk to you. thank you for joining us today. and stay with us

and i'll have more for you in the next hour. you are watching bbc news, it is exactly 138 pm. let's get more now on the strike action by university lecturers. members of the university and college unionsay will leave them an average of £10,000 a year worse off in retirement. the employers' group universities uk says the changes are needed because the scheme has a forecast deficit of six billion pounds. our correspondent phil bodmer gave us this update from outside leeds university. i think there is a mood of defiance hear it leeds today among lecturers, and there seems to be some support amongst students who are having their lecturers disrupted. 33,000 stu d e nts their lecturers disrupted. 33,000 students likely to be affected. this isafair students likely to be affected. this is a fair sized picket line that has been underway since eight o'clock this morning. people are forming up, ready to take place in a march, which will follow the line of protesters and pickets down to the city centre, where they will rally in front of the town hall. this is the first of ii; in front of the town hall. this is the first of 11; days of escalating strikes over a four—week period. as you mentioned,

university and couege not affordable. university and college unionve changed, the students say, we want some of our tuition fees back, is that different north of the border because they don't pay tuition fees in terms of how they are supporting this action? it's an interesting question but it is hard to say whether the fact that scottish diddums don't pay tuition fees affects this. they still have to find considerable living costs of course. we spoke to dozens of students today. we found a great deal of support for lecturers, although it wasn't universal and there was ambivalence and some students were definitely worried about the impact on their studies. sally, thank you very much. and jenin. to see more on any of those stories, access them via the bbc i play. we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 430 here on afternoon live. new research shows anti—depressa nts are effective and that many more people could benefit from taking them. the study, in the medicaljournal, the lancet, found 21 common anti—depressants were more effective than placebos

universities, that's about half, have been affected by this month—long series of strikes that began last week. lecturers and other members of the university and couege members of the university and college unioned will cost the average college lecturer about 10,000 fansa the average college lecturer about 10,000 fans a year in retirement. the employer is‘ group universities uk say there has to be reforms because the pension scheme is about £6 billion in the red, and the reforms have to be presented to the pensions regulator by the end of june. so the two sides are really deadlocked but the mood music today is pretty good. the universities uk spokesman described the talks as positive with both sides showing a willingness to work together. the union said it was pleased the umpires had agreed to more talks and have been oppressed by the ideas put forward by many university vice chancellors. but it has rejected calls to stop the strikes while the talks continue so why so that means that for some students, they are still going to be disruption to their studies? yes, they are caught in the middle and while there seems to be something of a split among stu d e nts to be something of a split among stu

the university and college union says lecturers, on average, will lose up to £10,000 a year from their universities will be affected. universities uk, which represents vice chancellors, says changes to the pension are essential due to a deficit of £6 billion. if the dispute isn't resolved by the summer, exams could be cancelled. more than 70,000 students have signed a petition calling for fees to be be reimbursed for lost teaching hours. it's extremely worrying in terms of the impact that it's going to have on students' education. but myself and a lot of other students are very clear that we unequivocally support our lecturers in this dispute. it's quite scary to think about how much time we're leaving, and especially with how much money we're paying every year, i don't know whether we'll get that time back, especially with exams coming up and everything. 1a days of action are planned but it could go on longer. a dispute which could have a significant impact on the retirement of thousands of lecturers on the careers of millions of students. elaine dunkley, bbc news. how much time do yo

the university and couege good morning. the university and college unioniew needs to be radical and needs to explore genuine alternatives to become system, not just system, notjust tinkering around the edges. what can we expect from this review, in your opinion? well, what we know as it will not lead to the scrapping of the tuition fees system. the government has said that as sacrosanct and it will say. we also know that the government to not wa nt also know that the government to not want taxpayers to have to foot the bill furniture hinges. so the range of options becomes somewhat more limited. —— foot the bill for any changes. all the signs are the government is not looking to force universities to lower fees. instead, this to be looking at encouraging universities to offer a broader range of fees. 0n the way they hope to do that is basically by giving stu d e nts to do that is basically by giving students more information about the value they get from courses. which courses have good job prospects, which pay higher salaries, and which do not. the thinki

member of the graduate assistance united union when i was in graduate school and i attended the university of florida. they are the lowest wrung on the ladder in colleges and universities but are lynch pins to the success of educating college students. having a union to fight for our wages was a key to being treated fairly by our university. public sector unions have also played a vital role in providing economic opportunity for women and people of color. given that all workers covered by a contract gain the benefits of union negotiations, it's been standard practice all workers governed by the contract contribute through union dues paid by union members and by fair share fees. they don't pay for any political activities, just the collective bargaining activities that directly benefit everyone. we need to make sure we continue to stand up for workers and for the middle class and i am hopeful that the supreme court will not side with the plaintiffs in this case. thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. mast, for ive minutes. mr. mast: mr. speaker, i rise today to recogn

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teacher and call it a college or university, they will forever believe themselves to be in a social hierarchy where they are by definition second-class. if they're second-class, soon will be unionized and so they will be organizing against you. that is the way it works. resources. we acquire our resources not from the lord and master of the state government but the state government invest what they can. acquired resources are through partnerships and engagement in the market and engagement in a message -- advancing our ideas and activity. university itself is not accessible to the broadest cross-section of society and i called itself a public university and it has not been successful. body isent representative of the entire socioeconomic university of our , it took our regions pluggers of changes to be up to get there and we have been there for years at that about diversity. unbelievable changes and then finally, quality. do it.ot quality, don't close it, shut it, limited. change it, change the leaders, do whatever is necessary. here's the results. governor ducey knows that in all states including arizona we are interested in having more stem graduate. we decided to limit all their

if you call it a college or university, they'll believe themselves to be in a social hierarchy. if they're second class, soon they'll be unionized and organizing against you. that's the way it works. resources. we acquire resources not from the lord and master of the state government. the state government invests what they can. our other resources are acquired through partnerships and engagement in the market and engagement in the ideas and activities. access. at the university itself it's not accessible to the broadest cross section of society and it calls itself a public university, then it has not been successful. our student body is representative of the entire socio-economic diversity of our state and our region. it took 12 years of changes to be able to get there and we've been there for four years at that level of diversity. unbelievable changes. and then finally quality. if it's not quality, don't do it. close it. shut it. eliminate it. change it. change the leaders. do whatever is necessary if it's not quality. here's the results. two examples. in all states including arizona we're interesting in having more stem graduates.

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