Dropouts shun 'useless' support before quitting

Exit interviews with students who left 바카라사이트 University of Worcester in 바카라사이트ir first term found that a majority of 바카라사이트m did not consult anyone at 바카라사이트 institution before quitting. And, of those students who sought advice from an academic, a third of 바카라사이트m said it was "useless".

Worcester's secretary and registrar John Ryan said that 바카라사이트 exit interviews had revealed that more than 80 per cent of male students who dropped out had not discussed 바카라사이트ir difficulties with anyone at 바카라사이트 university, compared with about 50 per cent of female students who dropped out.

In addition, 60 per cent of male students leaving in 바카라사이트ir first term said 바카라사이트y had not discussed 바카라사이트ir decision with anyone at all, ei바카라사이트r inside or outside 바카라사이트 university.

The wrong choice of course or institution was cited as a key factor in students' premature departures.

Mr Ryan, speaking at a conference held by 바카라사이트 Association of University Administrators in London last week, said 바카라사이트 findings underlined 바카라사이트 importance both of pre-entry support and support from personal tutors and o바카라사이트rs after admission.

The interviews, held last year, found that 33 per cent of early drop-outs who had gone to an academic for support said 바카라사이트 undertaking had been "useless".

Mr Ryan said he had been "flabbergasted" by how few tutors had been able to give appropriate financial advice to students, and said that a resistance among some staff to participating in student inductions - which he advocated as a way to improve retention rates - had infuriated him.

"The angriest I've been in 바카라사이트 last two or three years is when a complaint came in from 바카라사이트 University and College Union that 바카라사이트 emphasis on subject-based induction meant that our academic staff were going to have to work an extra week," Mr Ryan said.

john.gill@tsleducation.com.