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sneekygirl
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 Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject: Lecturers go on strike ! |
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More than 200,000 students will not have their exams marked this summer as a result of a boycott by university lecturers, the first independent survey on the impact of the dispute has revealed.
The study, by the graduate recruitment service Milkround, showed two out of three students indicated that their papers would not be marked while the row continues.
If mirrored across the country, it would leave about 230,000 students without final degree marks, leaving many unable to graduate or with difficulties pursuing the jobs they want.
The survey came as talks at Acas, the conciliation and arbitration service, between the university employers and unions broke up in acrimony yesterday without agreement. Both sides acknowledge the dispute needs to be settled by next week for any damage to students to be repaired.
The study of 715 students from universities around the UK showed exams for 65 per cent of them were not being marked.
One percent said all their exams had been cancelled, while 4 per cent (about 14,000 nationally) had some cancelled. Less than one in three was unaffected.
Asked about the impact of the dispute on their future, 17 per cent of those affected said they would be given a degree pass based on their work during the first two years of their course.
Nearly eight out of 10 said they would get their qualification when the dispute was settled, possibly in September. Six per cent said they would sit their exams once the dispute was over, and then receive their degrees. More than half admitted to being worried that the dispute could put them at a disadvantage in the hunt for jobs.
The University of Birmingham, which believes it has recruited enough extra markers to cover for most lecturers taking industrial action, is among several universities that have told students affected it will give them a pass based on their prior work.
This will be reassessed when the dispute is over and the exam papers marked but, while those who achieve better-than-expected marks will be upgraded, no one will be marked down.
Some employers have queried whether such a move would cheapen the quality of the degrees.
The survey also shows many lecturers are not following the more militant line adopted by the Association of University Teachers in refusing to set exams. Instead, they are backing the approach by NATFHE, the university and college lecturers' union, which has instructed its members not to mark the exams.
Only 13 per cent of those surveyed backed the lecturers' action, with 46 per cent expressing sympathy but saying they should not have targeted exams. A little more than one in 10 opposed the action, saying they were adequately paid. The blame for the situation was split between the universities and lecturers.
Meanwhile, the employers' side is reconvening a meeting with all seven unions representing staff early next week, saying "a deal satisfactory to all parties is within reach".
However, the 67,000-strong NATFHE, whose membership is strongest in the new universities, said it was "shocked" by the fact that no new pay offer had been tabled in the intensive discussions at Acas lasting into yesterday morning.
Roger Kline, head of the union's universities department, said: "We are astonished the employers have failed to make a final offer despite no prior indication they would fail to do so.
"This is irresponsible and incompetent and most importantly it prolongs the difficulties for students.
"At a time when both unions had meetings prepared to consider an offer, a final offer could have triggered ballots if union reps felt this was worth consulting on. This delay will harden attitudes and ensure the industrial action continues."
The last offer tabled by employers was worth 12.6 per cent over three years, but the unions refused to put it out to ballot. They are seeking 23 per cent. |
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Shezz
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:17 am Post subject: |
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I thoguth they called off the strike ?
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Yes, did a search and got -
University lecturers have ended their marking boycott after their union agreed a three-year pay deal.
Students feared they would not be allowed to graduate
Representatives from the University and College Union (UCU) which represents academics, and the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association (UCEA) made the breakthrough late this evening.
The industrial action had disrupted exams and coursework at universities across the UK since March.
Vice-chancellors had been forced to warn students that their graduation may not go ahead as planned this summer.
The UCU, which was formed last week by the merger of the AUT and NATFHE, immediately announced that the national boycott of assessment would be suspended from midnight tonight, with the pay deal put to a ballot of members.
The deal is worth 13.1 per cent over three years, but is worth 15.5 per cent for cleaners, porters, security staff and other non-academic university workers.
Dennis Hayes and Dr Steve Wharton, the UCU's joint presidents, said: "The industrial action is being stood down with immediate effect and UCU members will be balloted on the new offer. |
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Lorna
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:21 am Post subject: |
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| Its old news they had been on strike for several months but have negotiated a paydeal and no longer on strike. |
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Sugarbabe
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| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:48 am Post subject: |
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Now us students need to strike !!!
Its too hard being a student these days ! |
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