University of Westminster - Student Protest!

Westminster_Uni_Student

dmg24 wrote: »

WUS,

Could I suggest that the time you are spending on MSE would be better spent revising?

Perhaps you need to look up the word procrastination?

Perhaps you could also look up the words 'patronising'.

Westminster_Uni_Student

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Eleven pieces of coursework in 5/6 months! And then four weeks revision! You are joking?

We're not talking English Literature here - we're taking Physiology & Pharmacology. You can't waffle your way through that one.

purplehibiscus

I can understand why you're annoyed. How much notice did they give you they were changing the revision time? If you've expected two months more throughout the year then you're going to have a different plan of action.

However, 4 weeks should be ample. We only have two weeks between the end of lectures and tutorial work and the start of exams and (hopefully!) we have managed.

Westminster_Uni_Student

purplehibiscus wrote: »

I can understand why you're annoyed. How much notice did they give you they were changing the revision time? If you've expected two months more throughout the year then you're going to have a different plan of action.

However, 4 weeks should be ample. We only have two weeks between the end of lectures and tutorial work and the start of exams and (hopefully!) we have managed.

My Phys and Pharm friends have 2 weeks like you. Plus they're having to plan their 3rd year dissertations and prep for them now. The Politics lot have 4 weeks.

We weren't told about exam dates until our provisional timetables went up a month ago. We assumed we'd have until May/June just as in previous years.

dmg24

Westminster_Uni_Student wrote: »

We're not talking English Literature here - we're taking Physiology & Pharmacology. You can't waffle your way through that one.

Sounds like WUS thinks he is better than us ...

However WUS, there is one thing that you have missed whilst making your judgments ...

We already have degrees ... you do not.

Thank you please.

Westminster_Uni_Student

dmg24 wrote: »

Sounds like WUS thinks he is better than us ...

However WUS, there is one thing that you have missed whilst making your judgments ...

We already have degrees ... you do not.

Thank you please.

Actually, I think it's you with the superiority complex - that was why you felt the need to be patronising.

That's great that you have a degree. How long did you have to revise for your exams?

MrsManda

Westminster_Uni_Student wrote: »

We're not talking English Literature here - we're taking Physiology & Pharmacology. You can't waffle your way through that one.

I'm studying neuroscience, I realise it's difficult, but it's meant to be.
If you are seriously saying that your university has just told you now that your exams will start immediately after Easter then you have something to complain about. However if your university is anything like any of the universities I've had experience with, the exam block will have been given to you along with the rest of your timetable at the beginning of the year, and even if they didn't you should've worked it out from when your lectures finished.

If you've done enough work throughout the year, four weeks over easter plus the time between your exams (presumably you don't get back from Easter and have all your exams in those five days?) should be enough time to cram. In fact it should be enough time to catch up then revise. My last day was today, I have 7 exams to revise for which start in 4 weeks time. This weekend will be me relaxing and writing a timetable then from Monday it's a hard slog until it's all over and I have 4 months to recuperate before doing it all again (hopefully) in September.

Good Luck

Westminster_Uni_Student

MrsManda wrote: »

I'm studying neuroscience, I realise it's difficult, but it's meant to be.
If you are seriously saying that your university has just told you now that your exams will start immediately after Easter then you have something to complain about. However if your university is anything like any of the universities I've had experience with, the exam block will have been given to you along with the rest of your timetable at the beginning of the year, and even if they didn't you should've worked it out from when your lectures finished.

If you've done enough work throughout the year, four weeks over easter plus the time between your exams (presumably you don't get back from Easter and have all your exams in those five days?) should be enough time to cram. In fact it should be enough time to catch up then revise. My last day was today, I have 7 exams to revise for which start in 4 weeks time. This weekend will be me relaxing and writing a timetable then from Monday it's a hard slog until it's all over and I have 4 months to recuperate before doing it all again (hopefully) in September.

Good Luck

Hi, thanks. Well, We began university late October. We ended our lectures in late March and were informed in early March what our exam timetable would look like.

We begin our exams in late April and end in Mid-May.

When we paid our fees we were informed that university ran from October - late June. As we finish our exams in May, we're not quite sure what's going on. Did we pay for a course that suddenly became shorter? If there's no contact time between May and June - why can't we receive a refund for that portion of time or just be allocated a longer revision period as we would have had last year.

As a result of having 10 week semesters (we had 12 week ones last year) we have had no reading weeks. No time to consolidate information within each semester as we have had coursework thrown at us - some pieces of coursework only vaguely relate to work we will be examined on in April/May. We are not interested in merely 'passing' - we want to fulfill our academic potential and that requires time to learn.

Oldernotwiser

Westminster_Uni_Student wrote: »

Actually, I think it's you with the superiority complex - that was why you felt the need to be patronising.

That's great that you have a degree. How long did you have to revise for your exams?

Can't speak for DMG24 but my exams started the week after the last coursework deadline.

MrsManda

Westminster_Uni_Student wrote: »

Hi, thanks. Well, We began university late October. We ended our lectures in late March and were informed in early March what our exam timetable would look like.

We begin our exams in late April and end in Mid-May.

When we paid our fees we were informed that university ran from October - late June. As we finish our exams in May, we're not quite sure what's going on. Did we pay for a course that suddenly became shorter? If there's no contact time between May and June - why can't we receive a refund for that portion of time or just be allocated a longer revision period as we would have had last year.

As a result of having 10 week semesters (we had 12 week ones last year) we have had no reading weeks. No time to consolidate information within each semester as we have had coursework thrown at us - some pieces of coursework only vaguely relate to work we will be examined on in April/May. We are not interested in merely 'passing' - we want to fulfill our academic potential and that requires time to learn.

Sounds like your in the same position as me and every other student I know. Science students don't get reading weeks - they are for Arts students who have to read vast quantities of material prior to being able to study it. Science students need that time in lectures/labs as thats how they get information imparted to them. Surely you realised that all your lectures etc... ended in late March and thus it's logical to presume that the period after your Easter break is exam related? The end of term is longer than the exams so that 3rd years can get their results before they are officially no longer students and thus no longer get the benefits students get (council tax, loans etc...).