September 25, 2007

Little work needed for a Degree

There are some serious questions being asked about the hours studying needed in order to gain a good Degree. These questions have come about as a result of a study commissioned by the Higher Education Policy Institute.

The study hours vary in different universities. Such as an undergraduate studying law at Sussex University, could get a first or upper second by only studying the subject for around twenty hours per week. While in other universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham, and Bristol the study hours is closer to forty per week, how can this be?

This puts some serious doubts into the value of UK qualifications these days, there has to be some sort of unified system where the qualifications can be given some value and not some sort of tiered system.

Source [Telegraph]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/25/nstudy125.xml

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