vikingTON Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 The guys who walked out were all postgraduate students. They are full adults who have paid a lot of money to be back at uni. Looking at my attendance sheets, there are a handful who have never attended. At the end of semester we'll see how well they do in their exams. As ‘full adults’ they also have the right to not show up to your classes if they don’t want to. Perhaps as postgraduate students they’ve compared your sessions with their past experiences and have concluded that they’re a complete waste of time. You clearly prefer bossing people around to serve your own ego though so I’d suggest switching to primary education. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 9 hours ago, scottsdad said: The guys who walked out were all postgraduate students. They are full adults who have paid a lot of money to be back at uni. Looking at my attendance sheets, there are a handful who have never attended. At the end of semester we'll see how well they do in their exams. Over the past year where I work we (and specifically me) have been monitoring absence levels much more closely. Shockingly there was a correlation between absences and those who failed a year. 9 hours ago, DrewDon said: Do you not have a rule that the students must attend - and complete - a certain percentage of 'compulsory' classes before being allowed to sit the final exam(s)? I thought this was standard practice. It's definitely the case for the course I am one of the (many) administrators on. Students can be debarred from sitting the end of year exams if they have had too many absences. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Not gonna lie, I walked out of two lectures last year during my postgrad but they were a massive, steaming pile of shite. Clearly had course hours to fill and someone magiced some lectures out of their arse. Waste of everyone's time. Would have felt bad were it not so awful and the fact that it was a 4-5 one so wasn't worth getting stuck in traffic coming home for 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Don’t know how it works other places, but at Stirling the lectures are not mandatory and no attendances are taken. Lecture audio and slides must be recorded and uploaded online, so you don’t miss out if you don’t physically attend.You need to attend at least 2/3rds of seminar classes, otherwise your grade is capped at 40%. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) Are folk really saying they cant be arsed to sit through up to 4 (four) hours of lectures a week? Edited October 19, 2018 by Melanius Mullarkey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Not sure if anyone on here is considering applying to uni. If they are, I can tell you that they'll almost be guaranteed a place somewhere. This year we are in a "demographic dip". In other words, there are fewer 18 year olds than normal. As such applications to universities are down by between 5 and 20%, depending on the uni. Published entry requirements are out the window. The UCAS deadline means nothing. You can still apply. One English uni I know of has made students unconditional offers based on predicted A level grades alone. So, folk with middling GCSE results who are predicted BBB are getting unconditional offers. I mean, if they take these offers they literally could quit school and lie in bed till September, and rock up on campus with their GCSEs and get started. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 On 10/19/2018 at 07:23, Melanius Mullarkey said: Are folk really saying they cant be arsed to sit through up to 4 (four) hours of lectures a week? In the last year I had 3 hrs a week (9-12 Wednesday) and even that felt like torture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 On 10/19/2018 at 07:23, Melanius Mullarkey said: Are folk really saying they cant be arsed to sit through up to 4 (four) hours of lectures a week? I'm only in 4 hours a week. My old man calls me "a fucking part-timer" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: In the last year I had 3 hrs a week (9-12 Wednesday) and even that felt like torture. I skipped straight into 2nd year (College HND) over the three years I did in terms of Lectures and Labs but excluding tutorials, I had: 2nd year: 19 hours/week 3rd year: 27 hours/week 4th year: 21 hours/week Engineering was fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 15 minutes ago, renton said: I skipped straight into 2nd year (College HND) over the three years I did in terms of Lectures and Labs but excluding tutorials, I had: 2nd year: 19 hours/week 3rd year: 27 hours/week 4th year: 21 hours/week Engineering was fun. Yes, felt sorry for my sciencey friends. The idea with history was to spend all the free time reading rather than cultivating a string of addictions! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 I notice this thread has reached Page 420: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 5 hours ago, scottsdad said: Not sure if anyone on here is considering applying to uni. If they are, I can tell you that they'll almost be guaranteed a place somewhere. This year we are in a "demographic dip". In other words, there are fewer 18 year olds than normal. As such applications to universities are down by between 5 and 20%, depending on the uni. Published entry requirements are out the window. The UCAS deadline means nothing. You can still apply. One English uni I know of has made students unconditional offers based on predicted A level grades alone. So, folk with middling GCSE results who are predicted BBB are getting unconditional offers. I mean, if they take these offers they literally could quit school and lie in bed till September, and rock up on campus with their GCSEs and get started. University of the West of Scotland also gives unconditionals on projected grades. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 At this rate you could matriculate in the morning, have a pie and a pint for lunch, and graduate before teatime. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryHill Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 On 20/03/2019 at 19:14, mathematics said: University of the West of Scotland also gives unconditionals on projected grades. UWS gives unconditionals on birth certificates. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Got an offer for Sports Business Management at Stirling. Will be 23 when I start and after 5 years of working full time it will be strange, I cant wait though! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Giving unconditionals on predicted grades isn't all that uncommon. Take an English student - if they had straight A's at GCSE and straight A's at AS level, and predicted straight A's at A level, most places would make an unconditional offer based on both predicted grades and prior performance. This English uni offered unconditional places to applicants with predicted grades of BBB - applicants who had sat no AS levels and their GCSE grades were not very good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Got an offer for Sports Business Management at Stirling. Will be 23 when I start and after 5 years of working full time it will be strange, I cant wait though!It’s a great uni, enjoy! Will be sad to be leaving this summer.Btw, with all the talk of how long you’re in uni for, with my dissertation happening this year I have a grand total of one hour of classes a week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Did my undergraduate and 2 years of my PhD at Stirling - fantastic uni. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Jacobsen Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) Stirling is a good university and the campus is good if you fancy a wander. My only criticism when I was there was that the admin staff for my undergraduate seemed to be perpetually unorganised. Edited March 26, 2019 by Allan Jacobsen is, not was 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 This was also present in the toilets at Stirling, so clearly the P&B presence is high here. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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