Students and lectures man picket lines and hold a rally on the steps of SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) at UCL. Students and staff at UCL man picket lines as and estimated 40,000 University and College Union (UCU) lecturers and academics across the UK strike over changes to their pensions. The strike is the first in a planned series of 14 days of walkouts. UCL, London, February 22 2018.