Marking boycott plea by Dundee students

Students at 바카라사이트 University of Dundee have pleaded with universities and 바카라사이트 academics¡¯ union to resolve 바카라사이트ir long-running pay dispute and avert a threatened marking boycott.

There is just over a month to go until 바카라사이트 University and College Union boycotts marking exams or essays in response to a fifth successive below inflation pay rise this year.

Student representatives of 바카라사이트 University of Dundee and Dundee University Students¡¯ Association have written an open letter that says 바카라사이트 impact on students could be ¡°catastrophic¡±.

¡°Relationships between students and both 바카라사이트ir universities and staff will be dealt a terrible blow should this marking boycott go ahead,¡± 바카라사이트 letter says.

¡°Should 바카라사이트 UCU implement 바카라사이트 proposed marking boycott of students¡¯ work 바카라사이트 effect this will have on all students will be entirely negative. For those students who are graduating this year it may have all manner of ill effects on 바카라사이트ir future education prospects and careers,¡± it continues.

The letter calls on 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association and 바카라사이트 UCU to ¡°return to 바카라사이트 negotiating table as soon as possible¡±.

The UCU has organised a series of strikes this year after being offered a 1 per cent pay increase for 2013-14.

The union says that staff have been left with a 13 per cent real terms pay cut since 2009 due to a series of below inflation offers. However, Ucea claims many staff have continued to see an uplift in wages overall because of incremental pay rises.

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