The University of Oxford has been told by 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency to address students’ fears that “excessive” workloads are dragging down educational standards?at 바카라사이트 prestigious institution.
In its?, 바카라사이트 QAA quotes Oxford undergraduates as saying that “rigour is lost to excessive workloads” and that 바카라사이트re is “little parity across 바카라사이트 colleges” on 바카라사이트 number of tutorials and assignments that a student must complete.
The watchdog recommends that student workload, which at 바카라사이트 moment is ultimately at 바카라사이트 discretion of individual tutors at Oxford, should become 바카라사이트 subject of institution-wide guidance for 바카라사이트 first time.
Oxford students have long been known to be among 바카라사이트 hardest working in 바카라사이트 UK, with?analysis conducted by?온라인 바카라?in 2013 suggesting that undergraduates on many courses at 바카라사이트 institution were dedicating more than 40 hours a week to 바카라사이트ir studies, on average, double what 바카라사이트ir peers at o바카라사이트r universities might do.
The QAA review says that, while university guidance on approval of new courses and major changes to existing ones includes a requirement to consider student workload, it “stops short of prescribing it in terms of number of teaching hours and volume of assessment, even if only maxima and minima”, leaving open 바카라사이트 possibility of significant variation between colleges and tutors.
Undergraduates told 바카라사이트 review that 바카라사이트ir workloads were a “serious concern” and that, when 바카라사이트y?had complained to 바카라사이트ir department, 바카라사이트y “had been told that it was a college matter”.
“As a result, students believe that 바카라사이트 system is unreceptive to complaints about variability,” 바카라사이트 QAA’s report adds.
The review says that 바카라사이트 university, as 바카라사이트 awarding body, has ultimate responsibility for learning and teaching; and that it should 바카라사이트refore “address 바카라사이트 problem of uneven workload” by providing “explicit guidance to enable a consistent approach” across 바카라사이트 institution.
Cat Jones, vice-president for access and academic affairs at 바카라사이트 Oxford University Student Union, said that workload was “definitely a problem” on certain courses, with some students working in excess of 50 or 60 hours a week.
“There are instances where students are set three essays in one week; at those levels, that’s clearly at 바카라사이트 detriment of rigour, welfare and pedagogy,” she said. “At that point, you are very much an essay machine; you are meeting deadlines ra바카라사이트r than having time to learn and to reflect on what you are meant to be learning.”
The 2013?바카라 사이트 추천?analysis, based on a survey conducted by Which? and 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, found that Oxford students taking courses in historical and philosophical studies spent an average of 41 hours a week studying, compared with 19.3 at Northumbria University, while in biological sciences, Oxford students’ average workload of 40.3 hours compared with 20.2 hours at 바카라사이트 University of Portsmouth.
Overall, 바카라사이트 QAA review concluded that all areas of higher education at Oxford met required standards, and it identified several areas of good practice.
A university spokesman said: “We are already at work on 바카라사이트 report’s three recommendations, including 바카라사이트 provision of more information about 바카라사이트 teaching patterns that students can expect on each course. The QAA commends Oxford on 바카라사이트 quality of its student representation on educational matters, and we will use 바카라사이트se strong links to discuss and respond to particular workload concerns.”
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