5 May 2023
UCU Marking Assessment Boycott

Dear Sir Gerry McCormac and University of Stirling management,

We are writing to you to implore you to meet the demands of the UCU and urge you to rethink your plans to make punitive deductions.

As students, staff, family, and graduating students, we find it astounding that the University has managed to let this issue get to the point where students feel uncertain about their/our graduation status. Students come to this university to learn about a subject which they are passionate about and instead have lost out on learning due to your continued refusal to provide staff with fair working conditions.

It is deplorable that graduating students may not graduate at their promised time as a result of your unwillingness to give staff fair working conditions. Furthermore, not providing them with a statement about the status of graduating students and how this may affect their ceremony is both disrespectful to students and their families.

University staff are the backbone of our university who dedicate their working lives to supporting students, to ensure that we can get the best out of our studies. Staff have already endured over a decade of falling wages, with pay falling behind inflation by at least 25% since 2009, and 90,000 staff are employed on temporary or insecure contracts. If the working conditions provided to our staff continue at this rate, then the quality of learning for future students will continually decrease.

The UCU demands need to be met in order for students to graduate fairly, thus, we are urging you to focus on producing a fair offer that will resolve the pay and working conditions dispute, and allow university staff to get back to doing their jobs and students to graduate.

Yours Sincerely,

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  1. Justine Pedussel, student, university of stirling, stirling
  2. Eliot Wooding, student, university of stirling, stirling
  3. Alaric Smith, Student, UoS, Stirling
  4. Alicia Poole Fuste, student, University of Stirling, Stirling
  5. Eden Grainger, Student, University of Stirling, Stirling
  6. Ruth Grainger, Personalised Care Managwr, London
  7. Bethany Scott, Doctor, NHS, Glasgow
  8. Imogen Robertson, Student, Vegan and Rights for Animals Society, Stirling
  9. Niamh Hickey, Student, University of Stirling, Stirling
  10. Hannah Staffler, Manager, The Angel, Skipton
  11. Hannah Scott, Restaurant Manager, Hetton
  12. Karin Bakardjian, Student, University of Stirling, Stirling
  13. Anna Freuer, Student, University of Stirling, Stirling
  14. Pauline Pralle, student, University of Stirling, Stirling
  15. Jens Pralle, Engineer, Family member of a graduate student, St. Gallen
  16. Chiara Busini, Student, University of Stirling, Stirling
  17. Anna Martin, Student, UofS, Stirling
  18. Hovagim Bakardjian, Data Scientist, Paris
  19. Francesca Mirandola, Student, University of Stirling, Stirling
  20. Ronja Pralle, University administration, Fulda
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  2. Lauren McKissock, Student Teacher, University of Stirling, Stirling
  3. Charlotte McMillan, Student Teacher, University of Stirling, Glasgow
  4. Rose Ewins, Student, University of Stirling
  5. Janice McKissock, Retired Charge Nurse, Grandparent and benefactor to this student., Livingston
  6. Hilda Cairns
  7. Lewis Mollon, IT Analyst, BSkyb, Livingston
  8. Archie Cairns, Retired Laser Printer Engineer, Grandparent and benefactor to this student., Livingston
  9. Brenda McKissock, Police Staff, Police Scotland, Bathgate
  10. Amna Ahmed, Student, University of Stirling, Stirling
  11. Stuart McKissock, Livingston
  12. Pauline Currie, Senior Construction Planner, PFP, Livingston
  13. Nicole Shields, Teacher, Graeme high school, Livingston
  14. Leila B Smith, Student, University of Stirling, Perth
  15. Karena, Recent Graduate, University of Stirling, Glasgow
  16. Jennifer Alexander, Student, Glenrothes
  17. Cerys Tandy, Student, University of Stirling
  18. Hazel Paterson, Operations Manager, DPD, Livingston
  19. Claire McGrath, Teacher, West Lothian Council, LIVINGSTON
  20. Chloe Soutar, Learning & Development Facilitator, NatWest, Livingston
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