The government will launch a consultation on minimum service levels in universities, the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan announced today.
Students and universities will be encouraged to share their views on the impact of strike action.
The consultation will focus on stronger protections for final year students, key cohorts or those studying specialist subjects. If introduced, the minimum service level could ensure students get the education they pay for, protecting them from strike action, for example looking at how to guarantee continued services such as teaching contact hours and marking their work during walkouts.
Previous strike action has resulted in lost learning at critical times during students’ education.
