‘I’m a lecturer living in poverty because I’ve refused to mark just three dissertations’

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“This is my meal for tonight because all I can afford is donated potatoes and a tin of beans since' A lecturer claims the University of Brighton docked 100% of his wages for taking part in a marking boycott, throwing him into 'temporary poverty'

he has been forced into joining colleagues on indefinite strike at the University of Brighton and claims he has lost his income after he failed to mark three dissertations.and staff claim will “decimate” certain subjects.that may mean thousands of students will not graduate this summer amid a bitter dispute between lecturers and universities over pay and pensions.

Dr Pickles, a senior lecturer in criminology, says the redundancies at University of Brighton will harm students’On Twitter, Dr Pickles said: “This is my meal for tonight because all I can afford is donated potatoes and a tin of beans since @uniofbrighton stole 100% of my wages for not marking 3 dissertations. This is how lecturers are treated here, which @ucu @BrightonUCU are trying to change.”: “Some universities are docking 10 per cent or 15 per cent or 50 per cent.

“I’ve not been able to plan for my salary to drop and I’ve been forced into temporary poverty. I’ll be going to my local food bank on Monday. Thankfully, family and friends have donated food. I haven’t been told what’s going to happen to my pay over the summer break. “I fully support any students asking for their tuition fees back. The redundancies will mean their education will suffer and existing staff will have extra workload. We have little time to prepare for these changes.”

 

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