‘Poorer students will suffer if Institutes of Technology merger goes ahead’

Students from poorer backgrounds will suffer if the Government follows through on its commitment to merge institutes of technology.

Around 4,000 lecturers and researchers will begin industrial action next week in opposition to the plans which will see IoTs merge to create technological universities.

Delegates at the TUI annual conference expressed anger at the plans and, in a national ballot, voted by a margin of 85% to 15% in favour of industrial action.