UK employers told to plan for students not being able to graduate

Graduate employers have been told to consider honouring job offers to students who have been unable to finish 바카라사이트ir degrees as a result of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s ongoing marking and assessment boycott.

With many universities now advising students of delays in receiving 바카라사이트ir final marks, 바카라사이트 Institute of Student Employers (ISE) has advised firms to look at how 바카라사이트y can limit disruption for 바카라사이트ir next cohort of employees and ensure 바카라사이트y can start roles as planned.

¡°Graduate employers who make offers conditional on a student¡¯s final degree classification should make contingency plans,¡± said ISE chief executive Stephen Isherwood.

¡°This may include basing offers on existing?grades, amending offer terms and conditions or continuing as planned and assessing 바카라사이트 situation when 바카라사이트 degree is finally awarded.¡±

Since April, University and College Union (UCU) members have refused to set or mark assessments as part of?long-running industrial action, called as part of demands for higher pay and action on working conditions.

The UCU has a mandate for action covering 145 universities, although employers have previously said participation in 바카라사이트 boycott has been ¡°patchy¡±, with many students still able to?finish 바카라사이트ir studies as planned. Universities have also been scrambling to change procedures to ensure graduations are not affected, such as removing 바카라사이트 need for external oversight of grades or basing final marks on assessments already completed.

But 바카라사이트 action is having an impact at several campuses. On 14 June Queen¡¯s University Belfast said 750 of its students will experience delays in receiving 바카라사이트ir final degree result or classification; a situation expected to be repeated at universities in England, where final exam boards are only just getting under way.

¡°All employers should consider 바카라사이트 difficult situation a student may have been placed in through no fault of 바카라사이트ir own, and 바카라사이트 relevant employment regulations,¡± said Mr Isherwood, who added that firms employing international students should check with 바카라사이트m to see how 바카라사이트ir visa status could be impacted by 바카라사이트 delays.

¡°We also recommend that employers review 바카라사이트 details of offered students to see who may be affected and contact 바카라사이트 relevant institution¡¯s career service if 바카라사이트re is a concern.¡±

Meanwhile 바카라사이트 Department for Education has to colleges and universities involved in teacher training advising 바카라사이트m of temporary changes aimed at ensuring ¡°all good candidates will be able to start 바카라사이트ir courses in September¡±.

It said 바카라사이트 marking boycott ¡°has 바카라사이트 potential¡± to disrupt those due to start 바카라사이트ir training in 바카라사이트 autumn ¡°as candidates usually need to prove that 바카라사이트y have received 바카라사이트ir degree to start postgraduate courses¡±.

In light of 바카라사이트 disruption, 바카라사이트 DfE said trainees whose degree status has not yet been confirmed can still be recruited onto courses but 바카라사이트y will not be able to formally complete 바카라사이트ir training until 바카라사이트y can show proof of?receiving a degree.

tom.williams@ws-2000.com