http://www.nouse.co.uk/2007/10/10/new-study-which-reveals-low-work-loads-in-british-universities-leaves-students-questioning-their-degrees/ Award-winning University of York Student Newspaper Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:27:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.nouse.co.uk/2007/10/10/new-study-which-reveals-low-work-loads-in-british-universities-leaves-students-questioning-their-degrees/#comment-51628 curious Mon, 19 May 2008 19:24:00 +0000 http://www.nouse.co.uk/2007/10/10/new-study-which-reveals-low-work-loads-in-british-universities-leaves-students-questioning-their-degrees/#comment-51628 Just out of interest, how are 'work hours' defined? Presumably these aren't contact hours (or your lowest figure wouldn't be 18.5), but if they're not then it's equally unlikely that they'll be the advertised workload from the department (since nearly all departments say that it should be 40 a week, the equivalent of a full-time job). I can only guess that the survey was taken from figures students had given themselves? If that's the case then it seems a little problematic to say the least.. Besides that, is there any attempt by the report to place these weekly figures in the context of the academic year? Most British universities, operating on a three term year, tend to be open quite a few weeks more than their European, semester-based equivalents. Just out of interest, how are ‘work hours’ defined? Presumably these aren’t contact hours (or your lowest figure wouldn’t be 18.5), but if they’re not then it’s equally unlikely that they’ll be the advertised workload from the department (since nearly all departments say that it should be 40 a week, the equivalent of a full-time job). I can only guess that the survey was taken from figures students had given themselves? If that’s the case then it seems a little problematic to say the least.. Besides that, is there any attempt by the report to place these weekly figures in the context of the academic year? Most British universities, operating on a three term year, tend to be open quite a few weeks more than their European, semester-based equivalents.

]]> http://www.nouse.co.uk/2007/10/10/new-study-which-reveals-low-work-loads-in-british-universities-leaves-students-questioning-their-degrees/#comment-51600 cutting... Mon, 19 May 2008 02:35:03 +0000 http://www.nouse.co.uk/2007/10/10/new-study-which-reveals-low-work-loads-in-british-universities-leaves-students-questioning-their-degrees/#comment-51600 low workloads? try doing physics mate low workloads? try doing physics mate

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