'Students need a reality check – university is not school'
Students must take responsibility for their own learning, irrespective of how many 'contact hours' they have, argues lecturer Joanna Williams
7:00AM BST 02 Jul 2014
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With an average price tag just shy of £27,000, a degree from an English university doesn’t come cheap nowadays. Increases in tuition fees have triggered hand-wringing over the value of higher education.
Debates continue as to whether the value of a degree should be measured in potential future earnings or the immediacy of the student experience. Meanwhile, there is a growing consensus that students do not think they are getting value for money.
The results of a survey conducted last month by the Higher Education Policy Institute and the Higher Education Academy suggest one-third of students feel they are receiving poor, or very poor, value for money.
Which?, the consumer rights group familiar to many a confused shopper, finds students even more dissatisfied. Their recently published report claims nearly half of all students do not think their degree is worth the money.
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