Several universities in the UK have gone on strike due to a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. The strikes were organized by the University and College Union (UCU) and took place in September 2023. The number of UCU members at each affected institution varied, so the effect differed according to where students studied. The following universities were affected by the strikes:

• Birbeck, University of London
• Bournemouth University
• Brighton, University of
• Brunel University
• Buckinghamshire New University
• Dundee, University of
• Durham, University of
• Edge Hill University
• Edinburgh, University of
• Glasgow, University of
• Gloucester University
• Greenwich, University of
• Harper Adams University
• Heriot-Watt University
• Keele University
• Kingston University
• Leeds University
• Liverpool John Moores University
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• Liverpool, University of
• London Metropolitan University
• Manchester, University of
• Open University
• Oxford Brookes University
• Oxford, University of
• Plymouth Marjon University
• Plymouth, University of
• Queen Mary, University of London
• Royal Academy of Music
• Royal Holloway, University of London
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Southampton Solent University
• St Georges, University of London
• Staffordshire University
• Strathclyde, University of
• University of West England
• Westminster University
• York St John University

It is important to note that some universities withdrew from co-ordinated strike action after constructive talks with their individual universities where they agreed to stop pay deductions during the marking boycott that took place this year.