We've had an email
saying they have contingency plans in place and that it should all hopefully be ok. So I'm gonna wait and see what happens before phoning Cambridge, I'm fairly hopeful it'll all be ok actually. I'm pretty sure they'll give me an extention if they have to, obviously it's circumstances beyond my control and if needs be they can have my provisional marks for the year. But that's not the point - and I'm sure there's more than one person out there who won't have such an understanding company/uni waiting for marks and even if ultimately there is no disruption they've caused a lot of already stressed out students a lot more unnecessary hassle and worry.
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 12:50, 2 replies)

Ring 'em anyway.
They'll be perfectly understanding - if they've offered you the gig, it's because they want you to have it. However, you owe it to them to let them know what's happening.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 13:48, closed)

Having phoned them
it seems I'll be ok - as I'm a UK student they're flexible with deadlines and actually aren't too bothered.

Still though, there's a hell of a lot of people due to get results next week who may not have this luxury and it's them I feel sorry for. Stupid management and stupid unions.

Thanks for the support guys :)
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:07, closed)

They won't do it.
(disclaimer - your uni may employ at a higher cunt quotient) We'd never do anything actually harmful to a student. They'd just threaten it. Mind you, I don't do strikes regardless, so I'm probably not an unbiased source.

However, I'm confused. Are these wildcat strikes? cos non of the unions are on strike that I know of?

And Cambridge will be fine. Good UK Fud students are like rocking horse shit, despite the alleged recession. They'll bend over backwards to get you there.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:05, closed)

Not wildcat
They've even been announced on the local BBC news. It may be just our uni they're striking at though - last time around several unis all went on strike together but this time around I'd guess not.
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:09, closed)