Monthly Archives: November 2012

Module Evaluation Questionnaires are not an effective form of feedback; in fact they are harming the quality of an education at this university. My advice to students asked to fill them in is that they put strongly agree for all … Continue reading →

All staff and students should get involved by attending the organising meeting at 5pm this Thursday in the Guild Council Chambers or by taking action on Saturday the 24th. On Friday I was invited to attend a meeting of Nursing … Continue reading →

Staff numbers and staff stress are major issues that go a long way to explaining the quality of teaching on our courses. This post demonstrates that the situation that we find ourselves in currently with regard to staff numbers and … Continue reading →

According to the University of Birmingham, the fact that Sociology Students will no longer be able to study modules on ethnicity in their third year, is ‘Marginal and anticipated’. After a growing number of concerns raised by sociology students around the … Continue reading →

These three events are hugely important for the student movement and for safeguarding the quality of an education at Birmingham. We are looking for people to get involved not just in attending them but also in Building them. There is … Continue reading →