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What issues might a Course Rep face?
It's impossible to pre-empt all the possible situations you may find yourself in, as the answer to the above question is really 'any issue a student raises'. However, here are some of the more common ones.
- Course Deadlines
- lecturers changing a deadline without consulting students, then penalising them if they don't meet it
- deadlines too close to exams
- Lecture rooms
- size, seating, temperature and acoustics issues
- overcrowding
- accessibility
- Reading lists
- text availability
- inadequate provision
- Hidden course costs
- such as students being charged for course handouts or needing to order books from abroad
- Return of coursework
- assignments not marked and returned before the following assignment is handed in to enable them to make use of the tutor's comments
- inadequate feedback
- Assessments & Examinations
- unclear methods
- availability of past exam papers
- Discriminatory practices
- inequality of opportunity
- Extra help
- availability, e.g. for students who are not computer literate
- Referencing
- lack of provision of a style guide
- no information about plagiarism and how to avoid it
- Consistently cancelled or late running lectures
- Limited access to lab equipment or computers
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