WORKERS in Scotland’s colleges have entered their second week of rolling strike action as their two-year pay dispute continues.

Teaching staff across Scotland’s college campuses last received a pay rise in April 2022. Since then, inflation has surged and there have renewed attempts to slash jobs in the sector as it wrestles with £32.7 million in funding cuts from the SNP-Green Scottish government’s latest budget.

College Employers Scotland’s Gavin Donoghue described the latest offer as final.