This week, almost three fifths (59%, 84) of the HE institutions in New JNCHES provided updated feedback on the impact of the marking and assessment boycott (MAB) on students at their institutions.
Two thirds (67%) of the responding HE institutions said that none of their students were unable to graduate this summer due to the MAB. A further 12% stated that less than 2% of their students were unable to graduate. The combined figure of 79% is an improvement on results from the same survey in June where 71% of HE institutions said that ‘less than 2% of students’ would be unable to graduate this summer because of the MAB*.
In the latest polling, this left 7% responding that they were still 'unsure' of the number. It was disheartening that 4% of HEIs said that between 2% and 9% of their students were unable to graduate while 8% acknowledged that more than 10% were unable to graduate**. The remaining 2% of responding HEIs were not in negotiations and therefore were not affected by the MAB.
The poll also reconfirmed that over 80% of the HE institutions had ‘less than 10%’ of academic staff partaking in MAB. 8% had no staff participating and almost a third (32%) had between 0% and 2%. Academic staff make up around half of staff in HE institutions.
