How to stop students dropping out

Article Abstract:

The way students are taught in higher education establishments, in the UK, needs to be changed to stop many leaving university before they have completed their courses. Students should be encouraged to participate fully in all learning activities, such as tutorials. Lectures should only be arranged if they fit into the curriculum. Students must be told what work is necessary for them to complete their studies and to ensure they are studying the right courses. More academics in teaching will help lessen the workload and enable tutors to give their students more time for personal contact.

Human resource management, Universities and colleges, Schools, College students, College dropouts

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The marriage of teaching and research

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Research into higher education currently appears to be at a disadvantage in research assessment exercises (RAEs) in that it is either placed within the broader education unit of assessment or under the relevant subject discipline's area of assessment. The creation of a specific unit of assessment devoted to higher education in future RAEs would give research into higher education a status comparable to that of other academic disciplines. Such a move would highlight the importance of subjecting the purposes and practices of higher education to critical examination.

Research, Evaluation, Education, Higher, Higher education

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The law of averages produces poor results

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The disparity observed in the higher number of engineering and physical sciences students obtaining first-class honors as compared to law students is a result of differences in assessment methodology than in students' ability levels. The honors classification methodology is not consistent in the higher education system since its rules and regulations are devised by autonomous institutions to suit their specific criteria, thus leading to different student results across the system.

Students, Comparative analysis, Academic achievement, Student evaluation

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