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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

Third of UK final-year students face grades delay due to marking boycott

University graduates wearing mortar boards and gowns stand in lines
Many students who contacted the Guardian supported the UCU industrial action, with most blaming university leaders for failing to resolve the dispute. Photograph: Andrew Fox/Alamy

Tens of thousands of university students are being left in limbo without their final degree results this summer, including some who could attend graduation ceremonies only to be told later that they have failed.

About a third of the UK’s 500,000 final-year undergraduates are thought to have been affected by the marking and assessment boycott at 145 universities, part of the pay dispute between the University and College Union (UCU) and employers that has strained relations between staff, students and management.

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