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The strike by British universities seriously affected 170,000 Chinese students

Starting on the 22nd of this week, more than 40,000 faculty members from more than 60 colleges and universities in the UK held rounds of protests to protest the university's pension reform. In the coming four weeks, colleges and universities intermittently strike each week on a strike that will take up to 14 days in total strike days.

The British "Times" reported that 15 British university presidents have called for peace talks with faculty members and hoped to end this unprecedented strike as soon as possible.

In a recent interview with the BBC, Damian Heinz, the education minister, said the affected students had the right to claim compensation from the school and asked for part of their tuition fees.

UK university unions and the school disagreement on the pension reform, the original pension deficit in colleges and universities as high as 17.5 billion pounds, the reform of the university staff pension may make each lose 200,000 pounds, the money in Scotland can Buy a single-family home and buy a bedroom in the suburbs of London.

In England and England, local student universities have tuition fees of around £ 9,000 a year, and tuition fees paid by overseas students are much higher than this figure.

The strike will seriously affect 170,000 Chinese students living in Britain. A Chinese student studying at the University of Manchester told the reporter that strikes occurred at university faculties. These strikes will be more intensive and accumulate Absence up to one third of a semester course, during the strike "can only self-study, high tuition equivalent to a hit." For Chinese students, the corresponding tuition loss up to 3000 pounds.

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