Polled students support SU opposition of boycott
A poll carried out by Nouse has revealed that, despite the fact that most students support the lecturers’ pay demands, the overwhelming majority disagree with the assessment boycott as a means of protest.
While 59% of those asked said they supported lecturers’ demands for better pay, 81% said they opposed the assessment boycott.
The poll also showed that the student body by and large support YUSU’s decision to stand against the NUS in openly denouncing the boycott. 89% of students asked said they backed this move.
Vanbrugh resident Adam Foster said of the move by YUSU: “It’s good to see they’ve got a bit of back-bone about something for a change.”
A Goodricke student, who cannot be named, said: “The SU have definitely done the right thing here. What the lecturers are doing is appalling, and it’s the job of our Students’ Union to defend us against this kind of abuse.”
Despite this widespread disapproval of the assessment boycott, students showed considerable sympathy towards lecturers’ demands for higher pay.
One Derwent student commented: “The University should cough up and pay them properly. They’re the guilty party.”
