Friday 21 December 2007
Warwick Boar - 3 Years Wasted
A high percentage of lecturers throughout the country believe that further education is a sell-out. The results of a survey, to be published next week, reveal that 77 per cent of academics consider that higher education now prioritises targets, not the joy of learning once associated with it. Other symptoms of this academic devaluation include a relaxation of required standards, loss of intellectual excitement, and a creeping de-personalisation as the education system becomes more bureaucratic.
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Some of this sounds very familiar and I ma sure that there is a long history of this sort of criticism of Warwick, but I know little of the institution so do not want to comment on that.
I would like to pick up on your comments on CAP as I work in a similar role in a different institution. These units and their are often criticised in these terms and I think the criticisms need to be taken seriously, however I don't think it helps to see things in such either/or terms - yes CAP may be in part a response to targets, but at the same time it is an attempt to improve the student (and staff) experience. It has a contradictory existence and its role needs to be debated in those terms - not merely dismissed.
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