...believe it is time that research supervision had an overhaul

Article Abstract:

Pressures from funding agencies and postgraduates have transformed the environment in which research supervision operates and it is no longer possible for academics to argue that if the current system was good enough for them when they were postgraduates, then it is good enough for the current batch of postgraduates. Issues that have been identified since the Higher Education Funding Council for England consultation on research supervision include the need for mandatory training for all new supervisors, working in supervisory teams, a formal "training-needs analysis" for every student, a limit on the supervisory load, plus mandatory generic-skills training of every student for greater employability.

Analysis, Universities and colleges, College graduates, Study and teaching, Graduate study

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We need degree change, not change in degrees

Article Abstract:

The systems that universities in the UK use to record and classify student achievement fail to reveal the skills and competencies that students will have attained by taking their course and therefore these systems need to be completely overhauled. Possible replacements for the existing system include the model used for masters programmes, where pass, fail or distinctions are awarded, or a system that offers no differentiated grade but which provides a transcript of the student's performance as the central source of information.

Academic achievement

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...think introducing SATs for university applicants in Britain is a waste of time

Article Abstract:

An analysis of plans in the United Kingdom to try and improve the university admissions system by introducing US-style Scholastic Aptitude Tests. It is argued that previous attempts to do this have proven that A-levels are much better indicators of university performance than intellectual aptitude tests.

Students, College, College admissions, College students

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