The Guardian view on the lecturers’ strike: a deficit in thinking | Editorial

It is no surprise to find that universities which act and think like big businesses end up in a needless confrontation with labourThe most serious strike disruption to higher education in the history of British universities began on Thursday. Up and down the country academics downed chalk and picketed their lecture halls over a badly handled pensions dispute. More than a million students at 64 universities will be affected. The strikes could extend into the summer, jeopardising students’ f