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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Young

Queen’s University and academics’ union agree deal to end marking boycott

Queen’s University in Belfast has struck an agreement with an academics’ trade union to end a marking boycott that had left hundreds of students without a degree classification.

The settlement between Queen’s and the University and College Union (UCU) to end its marking and assessment boycott is the first local agreement in the ongoing UK-wide industrial dispute involving academics.

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