Today, well over half (58%) of the HE institutions in New JNCHES* provided updated feedback on the impact of the marking and assessment boycott on students at their institutions. A half of HE institutions said that ‘less than 10% of students’ will be affected by the marking and assessment boycott.
Understandably, a further 38% said that they remained ‘unsure’ of the impact, mainly because of UCU’s campaign urging members not to inform HE institutions of their intention to take part in the marking and assessment boycott. UCU’s campaign is timed to try and damage students as much as possible.
The poll also confirmed that half of the HE institutions had ‘less than 5%’ of academic staff partaking in MAB. A fifth (22%) reported that between 5% and 10% of academics would be partaking.
