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Students revolt as 150 are crammed into one tutorial
Source: Times >> Read full article and comment
Hundreds of engineering students at Manchester University have become the latest undergraduates to stage a revolt against the poor quality of teaching they receive.More than 200 have signed a petition against low standards on their course, which have included “tutorials” of more than 150 students taken by one academic and work returned after several months with no marking except one sentence and a tick.
At an angry meeting with senior academics, students have complained that some lecture notes were simply copied from textbooks.
The National Union of Students has approached David Willetts, the Conservative shadow universities secretary, to advise on the dispute.
Student “consumer militancy” over teaching quality — which has hit other leading universities including Bristol — is set to grow as universities implement Lord Mandelson’s budget cuts and sack staff. It will become more widespread if tuition fees rise as expected.
The “revolt” at Manchester comes as Willetts considers the establishment of a new universities inspectorate, one of whose jobs would be to police teaching standards… Continue reading
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