Dan GoodmanMay 22, 2023

To UK academics (students and staff).

⚠ If you're offered work marking in the next months, please say no!

It's likely an attempt to break our marking and assessment boycott, our most effective industrial action to avoid threatened pay cuts.

Please boost if you have UK followers.

#ucu #ucurising #academicchatter

Show threadLeonardo Ferreira Fontenelle
@neuralreckoning English as a second language: what is "marking" in this context?
May 22, 2023 at 2:51pmWeb
Show threadKate Nyhan is changing serversMay 22, 2023
@lffontenelle @neuralreckoning
UK "marking" = US "grading"
https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2015.1024607
Show threadPorquerias | 1312 🏴🌵May 23, 2023
@kdnyhan @lffontenelle @neuralreckoning thank you for translating
Show threadDan GoodmanMay 22, 2023
@lffontenelle What we're doing is refusing to grade exams and projects. This is one of the few things that is immediately damaging to the university because (on accredited courses at least), they are not able to issue degrees to students that haven't been given grades in line with agreed processes. It's a huge threat to the universities and as a consequence several (including Cambridge) have already called on the employers association to go back to the negotiating table. If this boycott holds fast there is every reason to think that a negotiated settlement is possible in time for students to get their degrees without significant delays. This is what we all want because we have absolutely no wish to hurt our students (which is why we take this action only in extreme circumstances).