PLANS to axe 112 jobs and close an entire campus at a south London college left staff with no other option but to walk out, their union said yesterday.

Tutors at the Lewisham Southwark College (Lesoco) were set to take to the picket lines this morning at the college’s four campuses in Lewisham, Deptford, Waterloo and Camberwell, which is earmarked for closure.

Three quarters of Lesoco members of lecturers’ union UCU voted in favour of industrial action after negotiations with management fell through.

“By working together, we can find a way out of this crisis and avoid these devastating job losses and the closure of a key community asset that has given many locals a chance to get back into education,” said UCU regional official Una O’Brien.

“We want the college governors and managers to meet with us and explore alternative ways forward to this knee-jerk reaction, which will see so many job losses.”