Staff at University of Nottingham will strike for three months from 5 October to 11 December, the University and College Union (UCU) has announced. Members will also take industrial action on 30 September and 1 October, with the strikes linked to the university's Future Nottingham restructuring plans.
The action will include strikes as well as action short of a strike, such as working only to contract and not covering for absent colleagues.
Student concerns over disruption
Zoe Monroe, a third year student studying English literature with creative writing, told the BBC the strikes were not what students had signed up for. The 20-year-old said the action would be "highly disruptive" and that she felt shortchanged by her three years at the university.
"It's not what we've paid and signed up for. It's awful because I don't know what else we can do about it other than just raise awareness," Monroe said.
Monroe fears the strikes could damage the university's reputation and affect her prospects of securing a job after graduation. "I'm going to learn less, and the reputation of the university is going to most likely go downhill after this," she said.
Mixed views among students
Isaac Wood, a third year politics and international relations student, said he supported the strikes but had concerns about their length. "I support them and I wish them all the best but it is starting to be quite a long period of time," he said.
University and union positions
The University of Nottingham said it was "disappointed" by the timing of the industrial action, adding that many students would be "unaffected" by the strikes.
The university said previously that the Future Nottingham proposals could involve programme closures and academic restructure. It added that it had reviewed all union counterproposals, which would now go to the University Council for a decision.
The first two days of strike action have been planned to coincide with the university's council meeting at which the final business case for cuts will be considered.
Union members from UCU, Unison and Unite voted in July in favour of a motion of no confidence in the vice-chancellor and other senior leaders after a "complete breakdown of trust".
The university had previously suspended music and language courses and announced plans for hundreds of job cuts to address "significant financial challenges".
