Britain's brightest students are in limbo over their graduation as lecturers refuse to hand out grades.
Thousands of undergraduates from the country’s top institutions have been struck by a marking boycott, meaning their final exams won’t be graded on time.
They include students at Cambridge, who have been warned they will not get their final grades until the next academic year.
Students at Edinburgh University have also been told the results of their dissertations may be delayed as a result of the action by the University and College Union.
Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham, said it was ‘irresponsible’ of academics not to let students move on with their careers.
