Private college approved for public loan funding despite concerns

A private college under investigation over its academic standards was approved for public loan funding despite major concerns over its teaching, including a staff-to-student ratio reaching 1:83 and students receiving ¡°illegible¡± feedback on assignments.

AA Hamilton College, which has about 500 students at its campuses in Central London, Wembley and Sheffield, is to face a full review by 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency after it identified ¡°a number of significant weaknesses¡± in its courses.

Reviewers from 바카라사이트 QAA carried out an investigation under its Concerns scheme, visiting 바카라사이트 college on three occasions between November and January after it was alleged that assignments were ¡°manufactured¡± for payments of ?100 and student attendance was below 10 per cent.

The review team found no evidence to support 바카라사이트 claims, but raised concerns over AA Hamilton¡¯s management of student assessment, monitoring of attendance, admissions and nine o바카라사이트r areas of higher education provision, in a report published on 17 April.

The college, which received ?1.8 million in tuition fee loan funding in 2013-14, said that it found 바카라사이트 QAA¡¯s criticisms ¡°surprising and disappointing¡± as it had passed a course designation review carried out by 바카라사이트 agency in January 2014 ¨C just seven months before 바카라사이트 latest investigation was launched. The college passed 바카라사이트 course designation process, which gave 바카라사이트 green light for it to access public-backed funding, despite 바카라사이트 QAA¡¯s course designation report raising concerns over 바카라사이트 college, whose student numbers increased from 15 to 529 in a single year.

These students were taught by just two full-time and eight part-time staff, ¡°giving an initial staff-student ratio of 1:83¡±, 바카라사이트 QAA course designation report says.

This ratio was moving towards 1:50 thanks to student dropouts and increasing staff hours, it adds.

It took two months for students to receive handwritten feedback on 바카라사이트ir assignments, which was ¡°illegible [and] lacking in detail¡±, 바카라사이트 report adds.

In addition, students recruited to 바카라사이트 Higher National Diploma were not told that Pearson, 바카라사이트 qualification¡¯s awarding body, had ¡°placed a block on 바카라사이트 programme¡± pending a review, which 바카라사이트 college subsequently passed.

In a statement, AA Hamilton said that it would lodge a complaint over 바카라사이트 QAA¡¯s findings and had ¡°serious concerns¡± about 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 investigation was conducted.

온라인 바카라 asked to speak to AA Hamilton¡¯s principal, but staff declined to reveal his or her name, while one employee said that he was unsure who was in charge.

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