Industrial action

The College and Goldsmiths University and College Union (GUCU) have reached a shared agreement over the current dispute over the Transformation Programme, ending the Marking and Assessment Boycott and halting strike action in September.     

The agreement came after both parties made a set of commitments following dispute resolution talks over the summer which were facilitated by ACAS.   

What this means for marks which are still to be released

The College is now considering what this means for students who are still to receive marks withheld under the boycott, and we will share information when we are able to.  

The College will work with GUCU to ensure marks can be released as soon as possible while acknowledging the workload this will place on colleagues across the organisation and the additional time that will be required to complete moderation and exam board processes.   

We understand that students will now be keen to know when confirmed marks can be released. We will confirm a date for the publication of confirmed results when we have worked out a schedule for the marking of the work, and the processes which follow the marking in order to ensure that the correct decisions are made by exam boards.

This planning is already underway and we will let students know the publication date as soon as we can.

Commitments 

The commitments made by the College are:   

• A guarantee of no compulsory redundancies for staff who remain at risk of redundancy  
• Holding the Associate Lecturer budget for academic year 2024/25 at the level of academic year 2023-24   
• A guarantee of no compulsory redundancies in academic year 2024/25 for all staff   
• To work with GUCU on delivering mutually-agreed equality and diversity issues  

In return, GUCU has committed to:     

• Halt its marking and assessment boycott with immediate effect  
• Halt its planned industrial action including that during Welcome   
• Closing the current dispute