I left the course because it made no sense to me. We were given a reading list with anywhere upto three books that were not available on the Universities own online library. The first time this happened a colleague & myself went on a wild goose chase, shocked that if an academic textbook goes missing in 2014 they don't replace it. I went to all 3 central libraries and upto Penarth even. Another colleague tried central and upto Barry. The online library belonging to the Uni was so difficult to use we needed a 4 hour lesson...it was a course in itself, we did things real time as they said click this, do that and it just did not work. The live webinar might as well been a promo ad, look at all these (features that do not work. They were upfront about adding books to reading lists (that were too expensive for university to buy in e book format. The reading list felt like a co-ercive control tactic, I am the lecturer and I am giving you the best material (oh but it's impossible to source). My first assignments were set by different professors with the same title. I was so mixed up because lecturers don't speak to each other. I did my best to keep the notes separate but inevitable with a vague title things were due to overlap as the topic was discussed. One lecturer had no e mail manners, and was sticking urgent even on non urgent e mails. I discussed this with my study co-ordinator and her manager and they could not fathom the seriousness of what felt like a trial of your intelligence, damned if you think & then damned if you don't. We had a sample e mail of what a professional e mail from an annoyed lecturer would look like. The professional language was still reprimanding, it felt very strange as if for brief moments we were being told off, and this is what a sample essay looks like. The same lecturer who made the students feel his reading list should be stuck to with missing books and it was our fault we were so nervous we could not track them down or were far too expensive to buy. It was a normal thing for them to add books to reading list & then say 'oh it's not available too bad'. 2 of the 3 lecturers were nice about being flexible with the reading list and the other was regimental (yes we had to use our discernment, suppose this is training for the real world). The lectures were gorgeous cartoon slides & simplified diagrams, but somehow some things the textbooks we used were off topic -(despite abstract diagrams) & the moderators knew everything on the syllabus, but we were misguided after lessons and note taking and class discussions). When it came to marking there was full unison. The I.T team made the same errors & that's why most people called up & they fixed their own error by helping you on the phone. By then I knew I.T were not students they were a privilaged lot who contributed to the Uni's spending budget & the Uni would pay forever for the same glitches. Essay writing workshops were only held in Swansea not any Cardiff Campus. The University had it's way of prioritising spends. Like the building by Museum place was something from a story book deserted with 2 classes running at once others 1 class and perhaps none it felt. The Careers Service was abysmal. If it could be considered that. The common room had no sugar and cereal stuck in a lump in a dispenser but it was loaded with sanitry towells & something else found in a chemist I rather not mention. I knew this was a prelude to life for students waiting to graduate. One of my colleagues was so passionate, driven, but she had ADHD burnout 2/3 into the course. I just wanted to cry because if she mentioned the real reason her ADHD, she would have been given the Mental Health Helpline. During that that I saw random ads outside university in shopping areas that 79 percent Uni students in U.K are depressed. Is that why they prefer foreign labour? A country that betrays its skilled professionals so badly pretending they have raised a nation of sheep with no acumen, that we can't even raise care workers (while recruiting them from countries that have no care homes). This is just an example of how depressed & incompetent we are. And how we write detailed essay plans and share them with lecturers and study co coordinators and draft and re draft them to the point of having heart failure. The study co coordinators have 0 SEN training.
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