The University of Hertfordshire (UH) has decided to drop the 100 per cent pay deduction lecturers in the union were set to face for taking part in a marking boycott.  

On Thursday, April 20, University and College Union (UCU) members from UH started a marking and assessment boycott, and as a result the UH Vice Chancellor announced the university intends to deduct 100 per cent of pay from those who participated. 

This week, the university has decided to drop the pay deduction following a meeting with UHUCU. 

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UHUCU President, Keith Seed, said: "We are pleased to inform members that after a meeting between UHUCU joint vice president, Ed Blissett, and the deputy vice chancellor of UH, Julie Newlan, UH management will not be deducting 100 per cent of UHUCU members’ wages for taking part in the marking and assessment boycott." 

UH management also decided it would not be suspending members for taking part in the marking and assessment boycott or asking them to do their other duties voluntarily. 

                                                                                                         

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Instead, they will now meet and devise a school by school formula to make wage deductions from those taking part in the boycott that reflects the amount of contractual time they would have spent marking. 

UHUCU commemorated the news on Twitter and said: "This agreement is a major achievement by our branch executive officers."