Absolutely digusted to read today that lecturers have rejected a 12.6% payrise over 2 years and will continue an "assessment boycott" effectively meaning that some of my 3rd year exams scheduled for next week may be cancelled and my degree classified without taking them into account.

All in all that means that the time I've spent studying the affected module(s) this semester will have been a complete and utter waste of time. Lecturers are unfairly playing God with their students lives. If they have grievances over pay, fine, there are other ways to air these without punishing students who have no wish to be involved in this dispute, let alone the victims of it. Both Queen's SU and the NUS have condemned the current action.

A petition has just begun calling on both sides to "wise up" and "Stop Punishing Students". If you're a student: sign it. There will also be an "information session" tomorrow night at 6PM in the QUB PFC room G06 for students worried about the impact of the action. Both Paul Hudson of the AUT QUB Branch and Prof. Ken Bell (representing the University) will be there.

Unfortunately some of us do have to work and can't make it.