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Marking boycott may run past September, university union leader tells Tom Swarbrick
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University union warns it could run the marking boycott past the summer and into the September term if employers 'don't budge'. DrJoGrady | TomSwarbrick1

after backlash from students as the union boycotts marking in retaliation to a failed pay dispute.

With students calling in to share their upset at the boycott, Tom asked: "How long could this marking boycott go on for?" "So if the employers are not going to budge, you know this union will keep this boycott on to affect the summer," Ms Grady began. "Our ballot, as it stands, runs until September. If we decide to as a union we could choose to continue that ballot and take action until the September term."Listen and subscribe to Unprecedented: Inside Downing Street on Global PlayerThis marking boycott means students with dissertations ready to be marked have been left unsure of when they will get their grades and ultimately their degree qualification.

The union leader stressed the importance of the pay dispute stating that some lecturers are "struggling to pay rent".

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