Teacher trainers have been told they can withhold bursaries of up to £27,000 while waiting for a trainee’s graduate status to be confirmed amid the university marking boycott, Schools Week has learned.
Government guidance was updated last week to ensure that prospective trainees whose undergraduate degrees are delayed can start courses in September.
University and College Union (UCU) members are taking action short of a strike in a dispute over pay, affecting 145 institutions and including a marking and assessment boycott.
Providers were given flexibility to “exercise discretion and review other relevant evidence that would demonstrate confidence” from the university to ensure that graduates could start courses in September.
