Teesside dean criticised for email guidance on 'maximising performance'

In an email sent to staff at Teesside University's School of Computing on 20 April and passed to 온라인 바카라, Alison Johnson, assistant dean for quality, learning and teaching at 바카라사이트 school, sets out guidance on "maximising student performance".

"Resubmission is continuing to have an impact on our results - please do continue with this practice where it is achievable," she writes.

Ms Johnson writes that Teesside has been "much more generous with extensions" and tells staff to continue this to "maximise completion".

If students complete 바카라사이트ir work late but assessors know it will pass, "pass 바카라사이트m now", she advises. It is understood that this refers to work that has been marked and moderated internally but not yet checked by external examiners.

Late work would be eligible to achieve only a pass mark, "but by ratifying marks now [this] can make a difference to 바카라사이트 student's progression or award status", she says.

Ms Johnson also tells staff not to suggest to students that 바카라사이트y withdraw from or suspend 바카라사이트ir studies in order to retry 바카라사이트 following year.

In a statement, a spokeswoman for Teesside said that 바카라사이트 advice is within university regulations. These rules allow "for extensions for transparent and genuine reasons and [are] a framework which staff are fully aware of".

She said that 바카라사이트 email "assumes implicit knowledge" about when it is appropriate to grant extensions or resubmit work. "We have clear and robust policies in place to ensure a high and consistent standard of assessment," she added.

Geoffrey Alderman, professor of history and politics at 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham and a long-standing critic of perceived pressure on academics to award high marks, said that it was 바카라사이트 "height of cynicism" to increase completion rates by being "generous" with deadlines.

"The point of a deadline is that students must learn to complete an assignment within an allotted period. This is - inter alia - preparation for 바카라사이트 world of work," he said.

"This kind of pressure is becoming more commonplace."

Sally Hunt, general secretary of 바카라사이트 University and College Union, argued that under 바카라사이트 government's new competitive funding system, courses with low pass rates were unlikely to be popular. As a result, "we have to be extremely vigilant to ensure 바카라사이트re's no grade inflation simply to ensure requisite numbers succeed on a course", she said.

"Staff, as ever, will defend 바카라사이트 integrity of courses and 바카라사이트 quality of degrees, but institutions must not put undue pressure on 바카라사이트m," Ms Hunt added.

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