University of Edinburgh 28 September-30 October Five weeks' strike, covering the 2nd to 6th of the first semester. The school has issued a student guide indicating that every effort will be made to reduce the impact; Trade unions, for their part, attribute their actions to budget cuts and disputes between jobs and strong sanctioners.
Identified matters and remaining uncertain
- Strikes last five weeks, but do not mean that all courses are suspended on a daily basis.
- Students are asked to see the college, the curriculum and the teacher ' s notice; The cancellation of individual courses requires confirmation on a class-by-class basis.
- UCU states that the dispute involved Pound140 million in job reductions and a large number of job risks; This is a trade union estimate and proposition, which is not written in this paper as the number of laid-offs that have been completed.
Implications for Taiwanese students and families
Taiwan students who are already in school are required to maintain course announcements, attendance and work records, face cancellation, postponement or learning support needs, and use student counsellors, college offices and complaint channels published by the school. The preparatory applicants should also distinguish between “the whole strike” and “the practical impact of their own courses”, and it is not appropriate to assume directly that the entire semester is suspended or that the degree cannot be completed.
Date of verification: 5 October 2026 (Taiwan Time).
