Marking Boycott

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) began a marking boycott on 20th April, in a dispute over pay and working conditions. Staff are refusing to mark assessments and exams. Students have been affected to different extents, depending on their university, but many will not have their final...

Impact spoke to a member of staff at the University of Nottingham (UoN) about the marking boycott that has just been suspended. The member of staff wished to remain anonymous but was happy to talk to Impact about the boycott and its effects on students. Did you support the marking boycott?...

A marking boycott by lecturers that would have seen University of Nottingham (UoN) students’ work go unmarked has been delayed. Releasing a joint statement, the University and College Union (UCU) and Universities UK stated that they have arranged further talks, scheduled for 15 January, and the boycott will be...

The results of the two SU referenda on ‘no support for marking boycotts’ and sustainable energy were announced today, but neither received enough votes to become policy. In the marking boycott referendum, 1199 students voted yes, 600 students voted no and there were 685 abstentions. 2014 students voted to...

A referendum on the ‘No support for marking boycotts’ motion, further to the Union Council held on 7th April 2014, is due to take place in the week commencing 20th October. The motion proposed in the last academic year, read: “As some students believe that marking boycotts have a detrimental...

Direct Democracy is often held up as the pinnacle of representative decision-making. If we live in a society where everybody’s voice counts, then we’re meant to have it truly made. The University of Nottingham’s Student Union (UoN SU) seems to have taken this on board, holding referendums on issues...