Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Industrial action
What this means for you:
The university will be open and will continue to operate during the industrial action.
We will do everything we can to ensure we minimise disruption to students.
A marking and assessment boycott means that staff refuse to carry out marking and assessment duties as part of industrial action. In this case, it covers all marking and assessment processes that count towards you progressing to the next stage of your degree or to completion of your final degree.
Most students will not be affected by this latest phase of industrial action. Please be assured that we will continue to minimise disruption to your studies and that progress on your course will not be affected.
We will ensure that your graduation will not be affected by this strike action.
You should continue to work on the basis that any requirements for your course will continue to apply. Therefore, you should continue to submit assessments and adhere to all deadlines and complete any exams as planned.
Student fees cover a wide range of university services and activities, including teaching. We are doing everything we can to minimise disruption from industrial action and to ensure that no student experiences any academic disadvantage.
The university will remain open throughout the industrial action and libraries and learning support services will be available to enable students to continue their studies and independent learning.
If students are demonstrably affected by the industrial action, we will seek to address any individual concerns or issues raised. Please speak to your school administration team in the first instance.
UCU has notified the university that it is calling on its members to take industrial action, including action short of a strike related to disputes over pay and working conditions.
The main dispute is about pay. UCU has rejected national proposals to resolve the pay and working conditions dispute. Because LBU and the unions signed an agreement to take part in national collective bargaining this means this part of the dispute can’t be settled locally. The other parts of the dispute are about equity and working conditions which can be looked at locally. On pay gaps LBU is making good progress. Our race and disability pay gaps for academic staff are 0%. We still have a gender pay gap but it is better than the national and higher education sector average, and it is reducing. Casual contracts are another concern for the union. At LBU less than 5% of our full time-equivalent teaching is delivered through staff on casual contracts and no academic staff are on zero hour contracts.
