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Compensation for the Uni Strikes

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Lucila Machado
8 years ago Featured

Students need guidance. If they can’t learn, what will the exams be about? Following protocol?

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Anonymous
8 years ago

This is just insane.

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Anonymous
8 years ago

This is our right.

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Anonymous
8 years ago

Scrap uni fees

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Anonymous
8 years ago Featured

I agree, I support the strikes but think that lecturers should make more of an effort to give our essays back and keep us informed at to what is going on and what will be in our exams

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Paul Hunt-Deol
8 years ago Featured

I agree the University should compensate the students for the failure to deliver teaching.

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Anonymous
8 years ago

I feel the petition is more about principal than profit as universities are already heavily marketised, bureaucratic institutions (I believe it is fantasy to think otherwise) and the point of receiving compensation is the acknowledgement of what these institutions have become. If they're demanding such high fees then the institution itself should be held accountable for compensating the students when its own bureaucracy interferes with learning. The grounds that compensation will not be given out due to the fact that graduation and examinations won't be affected is also missing the point - we're for an education, not to achieve a stamp of approval to show what we've done (getting a 1st or 2/1 would have a sour taste for me, knowing that I haven't even been taught a large portion of the course material). It is not about fighting lecturers in order to receive a payment but is about a mutual disagreement with the university institution and the way it is being run. Finally, once people are in a position where they have to pay and accrue a large amount of debt, yes, education does become a service.

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Tom Roberts
8 years ago

English student angry at no lectures whilst paying

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Aidan
8 years ago

Suddenly lectures matter yet all the undergrads miss them for a hangover

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Misguided effort
8 years ago

I hate the fact I've lost so many hours that I paid for but demanding money back is the wrong path http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-demanding-compensation-over-the-lecturers-strike_uk_5a8b618fe4b02f4fc98dbbd7

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CLEARLY NOT GETTING IT
8 years ago

Education is not a service!

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Sensible striker
8 years ago Featured

I don't want to be on strike, I don't want you to lose lessons that i have spent years crafting. But I also think calling for compensation is not great for the causes. Please help out on the picket to show your anger and discontent with senior management. Don't bring it back to the money

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TAKE IT DOWN
8 years ago

I totally get where you're coming from but I think this is the wrong way of going about things!!!!

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Please delete
8 years ago Featured

This is harming the strikes and putting profit over principles. The university will use the calls for compensation as justification that staff want to harm students

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NO TO MARKETISATION
8 years ago

Education does not boil down to the money you've lost. This helps the marketisation narrative!!! Cancel this petition!

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JOIN THE PICKET
8 years ago

If you're feeling lost, confused or frustrated contact your lecture with an email of support, join the picket or email senior management a complaint. There was a also an open letter for the principal that addressed several of the issues noted

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Supporter
8 years ago Featured

No one is 'ecstatic' about missing 14 days of lectures. This petition drives a wedge between students and staff!