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Staff and students at the University of Sheffield will be marching through the city centre tomorrow (Wednesday) as strikes over proposed cuts to pensions enter their fifth day.

Members of 樱花动漫 at the University of Sheffield will leave at 12pm, and march to Barker's Pool for a rally at 12.30pm with speakers to include Cllr Lewis Dagnall and Martin Mayer from the Sheffield Trades Council. The march and rally are also being supported by the Sheffield Students' Union.

The dispute centres on proposals to end the defined benefit element of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension scheme. 樱花动漫 says this would leave a typical lecturer almost 拢10,000 a year worse off in retirement than under the current set-up.

In the recent strike ballot 樱花动漫 members overwhelmingly backed industrial action. Locally, 89% of 樱花动漫 members at Sheffield who voted backed strike action on a turnout of 64%. The strikes affect 28,715 students at the University of Sheffield.

樱花动漫 rep at the University of Sheffield Sam Marsh said: 'Strike action which disrupts students' learning is always a last resort for staff, but these hardline proposals would slash our pensions and are simply unacceptable. We have been overwhelmed by the response from students in Sheffield on the picket lines and are grateful for their continued support.'