In solidarity with striking staff, students of the University of Sussex are demanding that university management implement a 'no detriment' policy to protect the academic progress of all students submitting assignments in semester two assessment period 2022.
This term has been unprecedentedly awful for both students and staff. The staff at this university are suffering from pension cuts, real-term pay cuts, unsustainable workloads, casualisation and pay inequalities, severely hindering their capacity to provide proper learning conditions for students.
Despite staff efforts, millions of students across the UK have faced an alarming loss of education due to universities management's failure to meet the UCUs reasonable demands. Cancellation of lectures and seminars has put students at risk of failing to meet the learning outcomes for their degrees, not to mention detrimental effects to our academic progress and financial situation.
2019/20 saw a no detriment policy implemented due to the insurmountable loss of teaching in the face of Covid -19. The policy was a success for students, offering them a safety net which allowed for a reduction in panic while protecting academic standards. Considering the amount of teaching lost in 2021/22 is greater than that of 2019/20 there is absolute precedent for the implementation of a ‘no detriment’ policy. There is adequate time between now and the Summer Exam Boards to put such a policy in place.
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Reached 1,000 supporters
April 29, 2022
Reached 100 supporters
March 29, 2022
March 28, 2022
WE ARE BLAZING A TRAIL TOWARD 100 SIGNATURES AND NEED TO CRUSH THIS MILESTONE RIGHT NOW!! HIT THE BUTTON AND BLAST THIS OUT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM EXPLODING!!
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The strikes have caused immense stress for me, and even though we didn’t get any teaching or support we’re still asked to do essay questions on the topics that we missed.
Those with disabilities, complex needs and in need of extra help due to this were faced with extra hurdles and incomparably affected compared to those without, on top of the issues alone as it stands in absence of this.
I have been at Susse. 4yrs now and whilst I fully support the teachers right to strike having one in my last term of final year where I am unable to get in contact with any of my professors or diss advisors is not the support I was promised as a student
I'm an international student and it's so unfair that we are the ones who got the most financial damage in the strikes. I want to be refunded.
This year has been tough enough with lasting pandemic effects as well as trying to readjust to a normal learning environment, the fact that the university hasn't taken any action to either reduce or eliminate strikes has been of a huge detriment to those of us trying to get our education back on track after a course full of struggle. We deserve to have that accounted for.
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In solidarity with striking staff, students of the University of Sussex are demanding that university management implement a 'no detriment' policy to protect the academic progress of all students submitting assignments in semester two assessment period 2022.
This term has been unprecedentedly awful for both students and staff. The staff at this university are suffering from pension cuts, real-term pay cuts, unsustainable workloads, casualisation and pay inequalities, severely hindering their capacity to provide proper learning conditions for students.
Despite staff efforts, millions of students across the UK have faced an alarming loss of education due to universities management's failure to meet the UCUs reasonable demands. Cancellation of lectures and seminars has put students at risk of failing to meet the learning outcomes for their degrees, not to mention detrimental effects to our academic progress and financial situation.
2019/20 saw a no detriment policy implemented due to the insurmountable loss of teaching in the face of Covid -19. The policy was a success for students, offering them a safety net which allowed for a reduction in panic while protecting academic standards. Considering the amount of teaching lost in 2021/22 is greater than that of 2019/20 there is absolute precedent for the implementation of a ‘no detriment’ policy. There is adequate time between now and the Summer Exam Boards to put such a policy in place.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 29, 2022
Reached 100 supporters
March 29, 2022
March 28, 2022
WE ARE BLAZING A TRAIL TOWARD 100 SIGNATURES AND NEED TO CRUSH THIS MILESTONE RIGHT NOW!! HIT THE BUTTON AND BLAST THIS OUT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM EXPLODING!!
43 Comments
We have not be given enough resources or been taught enough to be graded against people from previous years who received everything they should have
The strikes have caused immense stress for me, and even though we didn’t get any teaching or support we’re still asked to do essay questions on the topics that we missed.
Those with disabilities, complex needs and in need of extra help due to this were faced with extra hurdles and incomparably affected compared to those without, on top of the issues alone as it stands in absence of this.
I have been at Susse. 4yrs now and whilst I fully support the teachers right to strike having one in my last term of final year where I am unable to get in contact with any of my professors or diss advisors is not the support I was promised as a student
I'm an international student and it's so unfair that we are the ones who got the most financial damage in the strikes. I want to be refunded.
This year has been tough enough with lasting pandemic effects as well as trying to readjust to a normal learning environment, the fact that the university hasn't taken any action to either reduce or eliminate strikes has been of a huge detriment to those of us trying to get our education back on track after a course full of struggle. We deserve to have that accounted for.
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We have not be given enough resources or been taught enough to be graded against people from previous years who received everything they should have