for everyone who has university exams coming up:
As you may know, the Association of University Teachers (the trade union) is in dispute with the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association. Some AUT members are taking part in ‘Action Short of a Strike’ amounting to a boycott of assessments and examinations. Approximately 28% of academics and related staff are members of the AUT. The trade unions representing manual, clerical and technical grade staff are not taking part in the industrial action.
The University is taking steps to ensure that exams that are part of the examination diet beginning on 24 April 2006 will take place as planned. You should therefore prepare for your exams as normal and turn up at the times and venues stated in the examination timetable, which will be updated continuously with any late changes. The University will endeavour to inform students in advance if an exam is unable to take place as a result of the industrial action. This information will be available online via the examination timetable.
The University is concerned to ensure that no student is disadvantaged as a result of the AUT’s action, and to this end is putting contingencies in place to enable students, wherever possible, to progress to the next stage of their course on the basis of all available marks. For students expecting to graduate in June/July 2006, the University will also be putting in place procedures to enable students to be awarded degrees on the basis of available information, wherever possible.
The University will issue further information on the industrial action and/or the dispute as and when it is available; but for the time being you should assume that exams and assessments will take place as normal and that you should therefore continue with your studies and preparation .
NOTE: this information is specifically for the university of dundee (where i go) butthe AUT is nation wide, so guys, keep an eye out on your university websites.
and for those who dont get it, its basically means, revise, go back the 200 frigging miles to frigging university, but hey, we might not have arsed ourselves to write an exam for you. and if we have, we might not mark it.
This strike has been going on since christmas, none of my assignments from this semester have been marked at all. So glad i pay tuition...
As you may know, the Association of University Teachers (the trade union) is in dispute with the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association. Some AUT members are taking part in ‘Action Short of a Strike’ amounting to a boycott of assessments and examinations. Approximately 28% of academics and related staff are members of the AUT. The trade unions representing manual, clerical and technical grade staff are not taking part in the industrial action.
The University is taking steps to ensure that exams that are part of the examination diet beginning on 24 April 2006 will take place as planned. You should therefore prepare for your exams as normal and turn up at the times and venues stated in the examination timetable, which will be updated continuously with any late changes. The University will endeavour to inform students in advance if an exam is unable to take place as a result of the industrial action. This information will be available online via the examination timetable.
The University is concerned to ensure that no student is disadvantaged as a result of the AUT’s action, and to this end is putting contingencies in place to enable students, wherever possible, to progress to the next stage of their course on the basis of all available marks. For students expecting to graduate in June/July 2006, the University will also be putting in place procedures to enable students to be awarded degrees on the basis of available information, wherever possible.
The University will issue further information on the industrial action and/or the dispute as and when it is available; but for the time being you should assume that exams and assessments will take place as normal and that you should therefore continue with your studies and preparation .
NOTE: this information is specifically for the university of dundee (where i go) butthe AUT is nation wide, so guys, keep an eye out on your university websites.
and for those who dont get it, its basically means, revise, go back the 200 frigging miles to frigging university, but hey, we might not have arsed ourselves to write an exam for you. and if we have, we might not mark it.
This strike has been going on since christmas, none of my assignments from this semester have been marked at all. So glad i pay tuition...
