LECTURERS voted to strike today in response to a compulsory redundancy threat at Cardiff University.

UCU Cardiff University branch members have overwhelmingly voted for industrial action, with 83 per cent supporting strike and 86 per cent backing action short of a strike up to and including an assessment boycott.

More than 64 per cent of Cardiff UCU members voted in response to the university’s plans to cut departments and make 400 members of staff redundant, refusing to rule out compulsory redundancies.