Lecturers threaten marking boycott in ongoing pay row

UK student graduations may be at risk after lecturers’ leaders backed plans for a marking boycott as part of an escalating row over pay, writes Graeme Paton for The Telegraph.

Academics will refuse to grade students’ coursework and exams throughout the summer term unless universities offer a more generous salary deal, it was revealed. The University and College Union said the action would be launched within the next two months if the bitter dispute were not resolved.

The action threatens to leave students without the final marks they need to gain their degree, ruining their chances of graduating this summer. It represents a dramatic escalation in the row between university leaders and rank-and-file lecturers amid claims the existing offer of a 1% pay rise represents a real terms cut in wages.
Full report on The Telegraph site