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A group of International AIB students has started a petition. The goal of the petition is to get AIB to revoke the new assignment submission date legislation which robs those of us in North/Central/South America and the Caribbean of approximately 17 hours concerning the assignment due date. The comment, made by AIB, that we get our information earlier implies that our time is not respected as much as our classmate counterparts in Australia. Yes, we may receive the email notifying us that we have access to our material, but we receive this information while either prepping or writing our exam from the previous course. So while our Australian friends get to focus and complete their exams, rest and receive their information for the new class upon waking the next day. Those of us east of your time zone need to juggle (in some cases) a full-time job, Family, last minute studying before the exam, Writing the Exam AND now prepping for the next course. Please advise on the person that we should be addressing our petition to. Kindest regards, A Canadian Student.
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January 24, 2017
The administration continues to ignore our messages while claiming we have no disadvantage. We are currently drafting a formal letter to the Dean detailing the exact impact of this policy on our schedules. Please email your representative today to let them know that an unfair deadline is an academic barrier.
January 24, 2017
The momentum on this petition confirms that we are not alone in demanding fair treatment from AIB. Send a screenshot of this page to your student representative today and follow up with a direct email to the administration office.
18 Comments
AIB are changing their guidelines and rules in more frequency which is detrimental to many students and is increasingly alienating foreign students. Without proper communications and fairness towards this segment of its student base I suspect that international students will elect to go to other institutions.
I agree that the assignment due-dates should be left in the time-zone that students are registered in. Just because we have access to the materials, doesn't mean we wouldn't be otherwise studying for the final exam, making that a moot argument.
I also totally agree that International students should not be penalized on assignment submissions. AIB should be able to work within the context of the Global MBA program. We already face some time challenges when posting or sending questions that we accept. I see this as a technical IT solution for AIB and the cost of doing international business. This should not impact assignment assessments as these already take up to 3 - 4 weeks to mark.
I fully support this petition as I feel that not only has robbed me of 16hrs of preparation time but has also failed on numerous occasions to remain overall accountable to the student population. I am becoming more inclined to believe that AIB is run as a corporation rather than an educational institution. Assignment and Exam results are constantly delayed due to lack of academic resources. Simply put the argument that AIB must streamline the arrival of all assignments to ensure timely marking doesn't bode well with me; what is 16 hours to AIB when typically the results are delayed more then 5 days past their claimed 3 week turn around time.
I am signing this petition because I just started my MBA and that 16 hours of loss regardless of how anyone can paint the picture is a bit unfair and I am with you all that feel that we should have the same advantage in the end of things as the Australian students do.
Saint Lucia
The time should be adjusted to favour everyone
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
A group of International AIB students has started a petition. The goal of the petition is to get AIB to revoke the new assignment submission date legislation which robs those of us in North/Central/South America and the Caribbean of approximately 17 hours concerning the assignment due date. The comment, made by AIB, that we get our information earlier implies that our time is not respected as much as our classmate counterparts in Australia. Yes, we may receive the email notifying us that we have access to our material, but we receive this information while either prepping or writing our exam from the previous course. So while our Australian friends get to focus and complete their exams, rest and receive their information for the new class upon waking the next day. Those of us east of your time zone need to juggle (in some cases) a full-time job, Family, last minute studying before the exam, Writing the Exam AND now prepping for the next course. Please advise on the person that we should be addressing our petition to. Kindest regards, A Canadian Student.
Updates
January 24, 2017
The administration continues to ignore our messages while claiming we have no disadvantage. We are currently drafting a formal letter to the Dean detailing the exact impact of this policy on our schedules. Please email your representative today to let them know that an unfair deadline is an academic barrier.
January 24, 2017
The momentum on this petition confirms that we are not alone in demanding fair treatment from AIB. Send a screenshot of this page to your student representative today and follow up with a direct email to the administration office.
18 Comments
We start the course a day later than Australian students. It is unfair that AIB has reduced one day for us for assignment submission. With a full time job and family, I have been struggling to complete my assignment on time. Also on occasions I was not able to submit my assignment on time due to priority work commitments for which I was penalized with mark deductions. A reduction of another day will affect me seriously. I believe all internal friends must be facing similar situations. I sincerely urge AIB to reconsider their decision in this to allow us to submit our assignment according to our own time zone.
AIB are changing their guidelines and rules in more frequency which is detrimental to many students and is increasingly alienating foreign students. Without proper communications and fairness towards this segment of its student base I suspect that international students will elect to go to other institutions.
I agree that the assignment due-dates should be left in the time-zone that students are registered in. Just because we have access to the materials, doesn't mean we wouldn't be otherwise studying for the final exam, making that a moot argument.
I also totally agree that International students should not be penalized on assignment submissions. AIB should be able to work within the context of the Global MBA program. We already face some time challenges when posting or sending questions that we accept. I see this as a technical IT solution for AIB and the cost of doing international business. This should not impact assignment assessments as these already take up to 3 - 4 weeks to mark.
I fully support this petition as I feel that not only has robbed me of 16hrs of preparation time but has also failed on numerous occasions to remain overall accountable to the student population. I am becoming more inclined to believe that AIB is run as a corporation rather than an educational institution. Assignment and Exam results are constantly delayed due to lack of academic resources. Simply put the argument that AIB must streamline the arrival of all assignments to ensure timely marking doesn't bode well with me; what is 16 hours to AIB when typically the results are delayed more then 5 days past their claimed 3 week turn around time.
I am signing this petition because I just started my MBA and that 16 hours of loss regardless of how anyone can paint the picture is a bit unfair and I am with you all that feel that we should have the same advantage in the end of things as the Australian students do.
Saint Lucia
The time should be adjusted to favour everyone
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We start the course a day later than Australian students. It is unfair that AIB has reduced one day for us for assignment submission. With a full time job and family, I have been struggling to complete my assignment on time. Also on occasions I was not able to submit my assignment on time due to priority work commitments for which I was penalized with mark deductions. A reduction of another day will affect me seriously. I believe all internal friends must be facing similar situations. I sincerely urge AIB to reconsider their decision in this to allow us to submit our assignment according to our own time zone.