More university strike days planned for September

University strikes are acceptable to proceed successful September aft negotiations with employers broke down, the University and College Union (UCU) has said.

The national announced much onslaught days and a continuation of its marking boycott, connected Monday afternoon.

It besides said it was preparing a caller ballot for onslaught enactment to proceed into the caller world year.

The national said the fig of onslaught days and erstwhile they volition beryllium would beryllium confirmed astatine a aboriginal date.

The marking boycott, which began successful April astatine 145 universities, has caused disruption to graduations and near immoderate students without their grades.

The UCU said the boycott would impact tens of thousands of students implicit the summer, but universities said they had been moving to minimise its impact.

Now the national has said determination volition beryllium much disruption successful September if negotiations with the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) bash not restart.

It is besides readying to nonstop retired a caller ballot to members to renew its six-month mandate for concern action, which volition expire astatine the opening of October.

If members ballot successful favour, strikes could proceed good into 2024.

UCU wide caput Jo Grady said: "The UK higher acquisition assemblage presents itself arsenic a satellite leader, but it is riddled with casualisation, insecurity and debased wage - our members person nary prime but to basal up for themselves."

Responding to the government's missive connected Sunday, the UCEA's main executive, Raj Jethwa, said employers were continuing to conscionable with the national to question "urgent resolution" to the dispute.

He besides referenced a caller UCEA survey of universities suggesting astir had been unaffected by the marking boycott - but said that was "little comfort" to students.

"This signifier of concern action, which is peculiarly damaging to students astatine this clip of year, has been precise disappointing," helium added.