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Edinburgh Live
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Lee Dalgetty

Edinburgh University student protests during own graduation over 'empty degrees'

A student at the University of Edinburgh attended her own graduation in protest after her peers were left with "empty degrees" due to a marking and assessment boycott from staff.

Thousands of students graduated from the university this year without marks, as staff campaign for better pay and pensions. Maggie Ashmole, who was part of the History, Classics and Archaeology graduate group, said the universities handling of the issue has been "appalling".

Speaking to Edinburgh Live, Maggie said: "There's been a lot of graduations over the past week and almost all of them had had a little bit of a protest at them.

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