Lecturers at 64 UK universities go on strike in bitter row over pensions

Thousands of students have joined their lecturers for the first in a planned series of strikes over proposed changes to university pensions.Walkouts affected 64 universities across the UK, with lecturers and other workers protesting against potential alterations to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).According to the University and College Union (UCU), the changes would leave a typical lecturer almost £10,000 a year worse off in retirement.