A group of parents have called on Goldsmiths, University of London to resolve a dispute with its staff and allow their children to finish their studies as strike action stretches into its 10th week.
The University and College Union (UCU) is taking indefinite industrial action at the under-pressure institution, which is looking to cut £22 million from its budget in its third major restructure since 2019.
Staff have been on strike since the beginning of June and are participating in a marking and assessment boycott that has caused delays to end-of-year assessments.
With some students facing the prospect of being unable to graduate in September, parents of those affected have written to Goldsmiths’ executive board and the chair of its council asking for an urgent meeting to discuss their concerns.
Calling themselves Parents United for Goldsmiths, they have warned that if a settlement can’t be reached, not only is the future of their children at stake “but the future of Goldsmiths itself”.
