DD doesn't have a uni Term 3

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Just that really.

She chose modules this year, her first year, that all completed in terms 1 & 2.

She has no lectures and no assignments, nothing, until October 2025.

£9250 academic fees, plus 39 week let fees.

Surely this can't be considered ok?!

Yes I can see universities are making lots of these cuts and the burden on staff is increasing, that’s what I describe as “managed decline”. The current product is being made cheaper and cheaper (although the price is held constant), but this can’t go on for ever - at some point there’s no product of any value.

What I think is required is a radical new product. Or maybe it’s a variety of new products.

As part of a cheaper product, there could be standardised assessments marked by AI. AQA exam board is planning on fully digital AI marked assessments in English by 2030 I believe. It would be even easier in science to have standardised assessments.marked by AI.

Just cut out the middle man, the student should just pay some money, get AI to write all their assignments, and then AI can mark them, and finally they can graduate in a month, but be totally useless to employers.

I'll do research with students who actually want to learn. Result!

I know we've said this before but university isn't school ...

We are using AI in lots of different ways, including supporting assessment but I don't think fully automating university assessments is a direction that we want to go in. I can't see how that benefits the students.

Prioritising non British students is one way Unis are trying to make more

Exeter Uni are not giving any Uni accommodation to Postgrad British Students. They will only allocate it to International students !

So despite their own own Equality policy they chose to discriminate against British students.

What an absolute disgrace our Universities have become.

What an absolute disgrace Exeter University is !

There won’t be any lectures and it’s not a case of choosing accommodation when the minimum let periods are set.

Prioritising non British students is one way Unis are trying to make more

Please do not tar all universities with the same brush.
My university absolutely does not do this.

So you want to take one of the best HE systems in.the.world and turn it into a set of school assessments?

Your post shows how little you know about what university is for. And how little you care for knowledge, discovery, and your DC's generation.

People who argue this kind of cheapening of an excellent education system deserve to have their jobs, and their children's jobs, migrate to China.

The Chinese are investing multi-millions in education of their best & brightest in the UK (and the USA & Australia) because they recognise the values of our HE system: its emphasis on critical thinking, creativity, research, and resilience.

Same at a lot of decent unis. DDs course at Manchester is top 5 worldwide, so easy to fill. On average I’ve been told it’s 80% international students. Obviously they may be the best applicants but it makes you wonder.

Same at a lot of decent unis. DDs course at Manchester is top 5 worldwide, so easy to fill. On average I’ve been told it’s 80% international students. Obviously they may be the best applicants but it makes you wonder.

There are plenty of places at UK universities.
International students are not taking places from home students.

I'm ancient, but aren't they semesters, rather than terms, so there are only two?

@MightAsWellBeGretel It varies. Some have semesters, some still have terms.

Interesting article on the value of a degree not being what it once was. ://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2019/08/the-great-university-con-how-the-british-degree-lost-its-value

Very interesting! More an essay than an article in length. There is lots there in the history of universities I wasn't aware of. What a shit show we have now though. (No fault of the lecturers)

Scottish universities have 2 semesters, Sept - Dec then Jan - May , exams in May and that’s them till Sept again, except I’m paying halls of residence till end of June. It’s just the way it is!

Just asked about 2 of my DC who are still in Uni - both have 2 long semesters. 3rd semester is for postgrads and it ends in late Aug apparently.

If you’re paying, can they stay until the end of June?

@Coldilocks yes they can stay till the day the keys are due back if they want to, but the place is empty as everyone has gone home!