We believe the Computer Systems Architecture Lab and Lab report should not count towards our final module grade for the following reasons:

- the lab had no relation to the course material

- the lab script was unclear and did not improve understanding of the lab or course material

- instructions were missing from the lab scripts which meant that students could not progress without having it individually corrected by the two demonstrators

- too few demonstrators meant that not all the class had the opportunity to complete the lab due to unclear instructions

- an extra lab was only put on during the busiest coursework week

- additional lectures to support the lab were too late

- computers were repeatedly set up incorrectly, causing students delays over an hour

- studentsdidn'tunderstand the lab therefore cannot write about it in a report

- lab report was set after the end of the lab series so students couldn’t prepare during the labs