HUNDREDS of disgruntled college lecturers are to walk out as students sit down to do their A-level exams.

The Daily Post can reveal an estimated 300 lecturers from Liverpool Community College will tomorrow stage a day-long strike due to on-going row over pay.

The strike has been organised by officials within the University and College Union over changes to existing wage structures at the college.

The protest means college managers face having to supervise students taking A-level exams themselves.

The union say the strike could be followed up with refusals to work overtime or answer phones during breaks, but any other industrial action will be timed outside exam season to minimise disruption.

UCU claim the proposals would effectively mean all new lecturers joining the college would be subject to a wage cap barring them from earning more than £29,000 a year – around £3,000 less than at present – unless they take on additional administration or managerial responsibilities.

And the union say those taking lecturer posts under the plans would also face working unsociable shifts such as evenings and weekends.

Today Ian Slater, a lecturer at the college for 29 years and its UCU liaison committee secretary, said during negotiations, the college had “moved in the right direction but not far enough.”

The college has agreed a union request to review the capping within three years.