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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Matthew Weaver

University marking boycott: government urges both sides to negotiate

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Members of the University and College Union protesting in London. Photograph: James Manning/PA

Both sides in a university pay row that has left tens of thousands of students without their degree results have been urged by the government to enter negotiations to settle the dispute.

The education minister, Robert Halfon, has written to university employers and the union behind the marking and assessment boycott to say how “deeply concerned” he was about the impact of the row on students.

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