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Students and lecturers at an East End university joined forces as they swapped their classrooms for the picket line.

The one-day stint of industrial action at the University of East London was staged by members of the University and College Union (UCU) in a protest against proposals that, if implemented, would see their workload increase in the form of more teaching hours, marking and assessments.

Lecturers at the University of East London (UEL) will scrap their timetables tomorrow in a protest against plans to increase staff workloads.

The one-day period of industrial action, to be taken by Members of the University and College Union (UCU), is in response to a claimed "untenable and unjust" policy by (UEL).

Two of UEL's elite scholarship athletes and Team GB hopefuls for London 2012 got an early taste of medal success at the British Closed Judo Championships in Sheffield.

Sophie Cox, who represented Great Britain at the 2004 Olympics, won gold in the under 52kg category, while Gemma Gibbons claimed silver in the under 70kg category.

A ground-breaking £33million education concept was launched in Stratford today as two local universities joined forces to provide "an alternative model of higher education".

Birkbeck, University of London and University of East London are collaborating to create University Square, Stratford, beside the Theatre Royal, which will offer flexible part-time and full-time courses.

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