OXFORD lecturers who have been at the picket line for the past eight days are showing no signs of backing down.

The University of Oxford academic staff have ditched lectures since November 25 to go on strike for equality, job security, fair workloads and fair pay.

Today, the University and College Union (UCU) members marched in protest after they said the university failed to make improvements.

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Shirley Mulvihill, co-president of the branch of Oxford UCU, said: “Our national negotiators have been able through this strike to get the employers association to actually discuss job security and workload, because up until last Thursday they refused to discuss these things so the strike has had a major benefit in so far as they’ve recognised these issues.”

Oxford Mail:

Ms Mulvihill also highlighted the gender pay gap within the university and said: "Oxford has about 13 per cent inequality between male and female salaries and people doing the same job are not receiving the same rate of pay.

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"That works out to five weeks this year that myself and other women who are not getting paid because of the structural inequalities at the university."

There has also been a number of ‘teachouts’ where academic staff have not been teaching their normal curriculum, but instead teaching about industrial relations, labour laws and feminism in the 21st century.

Oxford Mail:

The UCU branch's other co-president Aris Katzourakis said: “We’re standing here with a resounding amount of student support and it’s really important to us that we have their support and that those who receive education and those who provide it are part of the same whole."