It's the first day of strike action that involves Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and teachers.
Students Jo Flower and Pahaghiota Hole handed out mince pies and support to their lecturers
Deena Webster, who chairs the Harper Adams branch of the University and College Union , said:"Harper Adams is traditionally not a picketing campus, we have had low numbers before. But within the last few years we have grown stronger and the turn out today shows the strength of feeling. Ms Webster agreed that there is a sense of solidarity among her members as other unions, on the railways and Royal Mail, and nurses were striking over essentially the same issues.
Lucy Crockford, senior lecturer in soil and water management, said:"We are striking for our students."
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