Graduating students - Nothing will be marked?

[Askil]

Can anyone clarify what's happening? Are all graduates this yr not going to have their coursework and final dissertations marked? I also heard universities will determine their degree based on current work i.e yr 1 and yr 2?

OR is that there will be a delay in marking these pieces of work and they will get their classifications a bit later than usual?

OR
That will just graduate will no final yr marks?

Also, is a blanket policy across ALL universities?

I am also devastated for final year students.

I am not sure whether you are saying striking staff are unreasonable, and I am honestly not sure what I think. I do know that many, many people are at breaking point. Many employees across the UK are underpaid, but not many people had lost 25% of their living standard before the COL crisis, from an already low base, together with the loss of substantial benefits and a greatly increased workload. Teachers and the NHS come to mind and we all know what has been happening in those sectors.

Before fees, universities were less glam - more European in vibe than American. But the results spoke for themselves and the reputations of the good ones were already well established. Many others were doing what they did very well even if they were not ‘world leading’. Now only the latter will do, on paper at least.

The new metrics and the more consumerist attitude have spurred a transition to routine use of strong and innovative teaching practices. That’s great. But it would be better in the context of the academic values practised before we all started competing for student fees, and the support that was available before money started getting diverted to (a) sexy projects and (b) new layers of administrators. (I am by no means against administrators, even highly compensated ones, as a whole. We need the good ones.)

I find the reluctance of management to talk the most shocking aspect of the MAB crisis. I am not sure what the direct role of government would be at present, but I agree ministers could impose themselves constructively if they were minded to do so.

@poetryandwine I am saying the complete opposite, sorry if that was not clear. I am saying we can't blame the teachers!
There seems to be layers of complex issues behind the scenes that have been going on for over a decade that the average person (or maybe just me) hasn't been aware off. Infact some of the things I've read on this thread is making my head spin.