We, second year students of the Economics and Business with East European Studies course, want to bring to the attention of the Director of SSEES - Dr Robin Aizlewood and Teaching Administration, the hardships we face with the following modules: SESS2010: Applied Econometrics, SESS2001: Emerging Market Economies in Russia and Eastern Europe and SESS2005: Topics in Microeconomics.
We have already highlighted the unsatisfactory teaching standards of Dr. Márton Csillag and Filip Tarlea to the Teaching Administration. Although
reading materials are important, lecturers have an irreplaceable and
invaluable part in the learning process enabling students to fully
comprehend their chosen subjects.
Furthermore, considering the fact that the exams for both of these modules are set on consecutive days and being surrounded by other core modules which account to 100% of the final mark, it is even harder for us to score a satisfactory mark of at least 40%.
It should be remarked that our future depends on the marks we get as they affect job placements and future studies, such as Masters Programme and other similar degrees.
Given that teaching has finished and an adjustment of the examination timetable is not possible at this stage, we would like to request the following alternative solutions as we believe to be in the SSEES Department’s power and authority to do so:
- provide us with model answers to past papers for the aforementioned modules to be made available via moodle;
- set a date for revision lecture with discussion of the exam topics for the aforementioned modules;
- make Applied Econometrics an open-book exam.
Updates
April 1, 2012
I have been in contact with the administration regarding our request for model exam papers and additional guidance. While we await a formal response, these signatures continue to serve as a vital indicator of the academic pressures we are facing as a collective.
April 1, 2012
The administration has taken note of this significant momentum regarding our examination concerns. This level of engagement confirms that these academic challenges are shared by many across our cohort.
3 Comments
The teaching this year has been a joke. I have been teaching myself everything from the textbook because the lectures are useless. Give us the model answers at least.
PLEASE listen to us. back to back exams for these modules is cruel and we are just trying to pass at this point.
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We, second year students of the Economics and Business with East European Studies course, want to bring to the attention of the Director of SSEES - Dr Robin Aizlewood and Teaching Administration, the hardships we face with the following modules: SESS2010: Applied Econometrics, SESS2001: Emerging Market Economies in Russia and Eastern Europe and SESS2005: Topics in Microeconomics.
We have already highlighted the unsatisfactory teaching standards of Dr. Márton Csillag and Filip Tarlea to the Teaching Administration. Although
reading materials are important, lecturers have an irreplaceable and
invaluable part in the learning process enabling students to fully
comprehend their chosen subjects.
Furthermore, considering the fact that the exams for both of these modules are set on consecutive days and being surrounded by other core modules which account to 100% of the final mark, it is even harder for us to score a satisfactory mark of at least 40%.
It should be remarked that our future depends on the marks we get as they affect job placements and future studies, such as Masters Programme and other similar degrees.
Given that teaching has finished and an adjustment of the examination timetable is not possible at this stage, we would like to request the following alternative solutions as we believe to be in the SSEES Department’s power and authority to do so:
- provide us with model answers to past papers for the aforementioned modules to be made available via moodle;
- set a date for revision lecture with discussion of the exam topics for the aforementioned modules;
- make Applied Econometrics an open-book exam.
Updates
April 1, 2012
I have been in contact with the administration regarding our request for model exam papers and additional guidance. While we await a formal response, these signatures continue to serve as a vital indicator of the academic pressures we are facing as a collective.
April 1, 2012
The administration has taken note of this significant momentum regarding our examination concerns. This level of engagement confirms that these academic challenges are shared by many across our cohort.
3 Comments
These exams are literally impossible with the way the schedule is set up. We are drowning here and just need some proper guidance before the finals.
The teaching this year has been a joke. I have been teaching myself everything from the textbook because the lectures are useless. Give us the model answers at least.
PLEASE listen to us. back to back exams for these modules is cruel and we are just trying to pass at this point.
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These exams are literally impossible with the way the schedule is set up. We are drowning here and just need some proper guidance before the finals.