Academics and students have criticised the “basic feedback” given by assessors brought in by a UK university to grade papers while staff are on a marking boycott.
One-word responses such as “excellent” and “perfect” have been given to those taking assessments at Queen Mary University of London, and staff have also claimed that grades had been “somewhat inflated”.
Lecturers have refused to mark assignments since early May as part of a long-running dispute over pay and pensions and in response to the university’s threat to dock 100 per cent of the wages of those taking part.
