Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Staff at Kingston University have launched a boycott of all duties related to marking and assessments.
They say it’s part of ongoing industrial action over four issues including excessive workloads and insecure temporary contracts.
Staff will stop all activity related to grading and assessing students’ work including exam papers.
They warn this may affect the release of final grades.
A Kingston University spokesperson said:
‘It is disappointing that the Kingston UCU branch have
decided to promote an assessment boycott at a time when 86% of university
branches have rejected this form of action.
Students have shown remarkable resilience and determination
to continue their studies through the pandemic, and the university is committed
to ensuring that they are not impacted by this action, which we believe will be
undertaken by fewer than 10% of staff.
Our assessment process will continue, and we do not
anticipate much, if any impact on students. The university remains committed to
national pay bargaining and continues to negotiate with the UCU at a local
level on other issues.’
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 2:06 pm
