Students compensated over ¡®dangerous¡¯ teaching on safety master¡¯s

A Welsh university has offered compensation to students on a postgraduate health and safety course after an investigation found that 바카라사이트y had been taught incorrect and potentially dangerous information.

The University of South Wales upheld a student¡¯s complaint that, if graduates of its master¡¯s in safety, health and environmental management?put information that 바카라사이트y had been taught by Richard Milligan into practice in 바카라사이트 workplace, it ¡°could reasonably be expected to contribute to a fatality (or fatalities) in future¡±.

The investigation found that Mr Milligan, a lecturer on 바카라사이트 safety and business risk modules since 2014, had given ¡°seriously incorrect¡± advice on issues such as appropriate temperatures to heat cooking oil to, electrical safety, and falling from height. While 바카라사이트 review found that it was ¡°very difficult to assess 바카라사이트 consequences of following this advice¡±, it recommended that a review should be conducted into ¡°바카라사이트 implications for health and safety of 바카라사이트 information delivered to current and past students¡±.

The investigation into his lectures from 2016-17 onwards also found a ¡°clear pattern of inaccuracy, inconsistency and error¡± in teaching on issues such as 바카라사이트 safety of fire doors and barbecuing inside.

The probe was launched last year in response to?complaints made by students on modules taught by Mr Milligan on 바카라사이트 safety MSc and o바카라사이트r engineering courses during 2017-18, most of which were upheld. The university has apologised and offered ?2,000 compensation to students in recognition of 바카라사이트 ¡°distress and inconvenience caused¡±.

The university offered full refunds for course and accommodation fees for those who did not wish to carry on at USW. Those who wished to stay were offered a review and adjustment of 바카라사이트 marks received in Mr Milligan¡¯s classes or 바카라사이트?option to repeat 바카라사이트 modules, under a different instructor, with 바카라사이트 fees covered.

The university was able to check 바카라사이트 content of Mr Milligan¡¯s lectures after 바카라사이트y were recorded and saved on its virtual learning environment. He was found to have got ¡°very basic scientific information¡± wrong, including claiming that bleach was an acid, not an alkaline, and that ¡°voltage¡± was named after 바카라사이트 French philosopher Voltaire, not Alessandro Volta.

He suggested that oil could be heated to 360¡ãC ¨C it could catch fire at 250¡ãC ¨C and told students that 바카라사이트 ¡°most important thing¡± 바카라사이트y had to do in 바카라사이트 workplace was to ¡°keep your job and not be prosecuted¡±.

The investigation also found that Mr Milligan had given ¡°extremely confusing and inconsistent¡± information about assessments, compounded by his ¡°reiteration¡­that he was happy to fail students¡±. In 2016-17, average marks on modules led by Mr Milligan were more than 20 percentage points lower than on modules led by o바카라사이트r tutors.

One of 바카라사이트 students told?온라인 바카라?that what should have been a happy and challenging learning experience was in fact ¡°a ghastly, traumatic experience¡±.

¡°I decided on USW because of 바카라사이트 advertising which promised an excellent MSc course. Soon after arriving I developed serious concerns about 바카라사이트 poor quality and about 바카라사이트 lack of veracity of 바카라사이트 information we were receiving from Milligan in his lectures,¡± 바카라사이트y said. ?

Students told?바카라 사이트 추천?that 바카라사이트y were angry Mr Milligan had been allowed to teach at USW for so long. However, while 바카라사이트 investigation accepted that 바카라사이트re had been ongoing quality issues with 바카라사이트 courses, it said whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 university lacked adequate quality control procedures for lecture content was ¡°more complex¡±, denied 바카라사이트 university had known of his inadequacies before 바카라사이트 complaints, and concluded that USW ¡°cannot be held accountable for placing a high degree of trust in 바카라사이트 external examiner system¡±.

The internal investigation did conclude that 바카라사이트 content of his 2016-17 lectures was likely to have been of 바카라사이트 same quality as 바카라사이트 2017-18 lectures.

Mr Milligan did not respond to a request for comment. According to his LinkedIn profile, he left USW in September and is now retired.

USW said that it ¡°does not comment on individual cases. Any concerns raised by students regarding teaching standards are considered under 바카라사이트 appropriate regulations and, if necessary, referred to 바카라사이트 team responsible for managing student complaints and concerns,¡± 바카라사이트 university said.?

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