Lecturers at UWS to be balloted on strike action

Lecturers and support staff at the University of West of Scotland (UWS) are balloting for potential strike action.

Both the EIS and Unison opened their indicative ballots on Thursday after a dispute was lodged with university officials in March.

The unions had asked for a no compulsory redundancy guarantee amid the university's organisational change project.

UWS said that it was dealing with a "challenging financial environment" along with the rest of higher education.