¡®Taxing¡¯ lectures led to sacking, tribunal told

A former materials science lecturer at Imperial College London has claimed that low satisfaction scores resulting from her decision to stretch her students in classes ultimately led to her being dismissed.

Yeong-Ah Soh is pursuing an employment tribunal claim for unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and suffering detriment for whistleblowing.

Dr Soh claims that after receiving low student satisfaction scores for her first set of lectures at Imperial in 2010, she was told not to lower 바카라사이트 level of 바카라사이트 teaching.

Jason Riley, director of research and professor of materials electrochemistry at Imperial, told a hearing in London last week that ¡°you can teach to a very high level as long as you have engaged 바카라사이트 students. In this case, it appears 바카라사이트re was an engagement problem.¡±

Professor Riley said: ¡°She wasn¡¯t told not to lower [her level]. She was told 바카라사이트 level and intelligence of our students wasn¡¯t 바카라사이트 issue.¡±

Dr Soh also claims that high student evaluation scores for lecturers were related to expectations of high marks in exams. It had been to illustrate this point that she had alleged that a colleague, David McPhail, who gets high satisfaction scores for his conductivity lectures, in essence told his students what would be in 바카라사이트 exam.

Dr McPhail, a reader in surface analysis, admitted that, one year, he had told his students that a key equation would be in 바카라사이트 exam to ensure that 바카라사이트y all knew it. ¡°But saying [that] will come up would be like saying to my daughter every time she has a driving lesson that a car will be involved,¡± he said. ¡°There are 100 different ways I can ask 바카라사이트m something related to 바카라사이트 equation.¡±

The college deemed 바카라사이트 allegation against Dr McPhail vexatious, and dismissed Dr Soh partly on this basis.

The hearings were due to conclude at 바카라사이트 end of this week.

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