Queen's University: 759 students will not have degrees confirmed

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The situation is due to industrial action by some staff which includes a boycott of marking and assessment.long-running industrial actionThat has included a number of strikes by some staff at universities across the UK, including in Northern Ireland. But QUB has now confirmed that 759 students set to graduate - around one-in-five in all - will be affected.The Pro-Vice Chancellor at QUB, Prof Stuart Elborn, said that the university had already spoken to some.

"Currently we're working very hard to ensure that all of our students who possibly can graduate will graduate. The affected students will have their final degree titles and classifications confirmed by QUB when their marks can be finalised. "Staff are desperate for a solution and horrified by the damage being done by university management to the students progression and the value of their degrees."

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