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Carr Saunders Halls, LSE
London School of Economics
London
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A Dispute about LSE's teaching quality

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Reply 40
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drs1357
nah just my mates were all sitting those exams, im on gap :wink:
Carr Saunders Halls, LSE
London School of Economics
London
Regarding Erik Ringmar, his views about LSE seem to have generally widespread support on campus from people I've spoke to, plus he gave me a 74 in an exam last year so as far as I'm concerned he can do no wrong!
Reply 42
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shanika
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I think, from my student experience at School (LSE), the greater majority of students are comfortable with the teaching arrangements that are in place. It brings forth an independent student, and finally a graduate who can depend on himself, and I believe that this sets forth a blossoming of an academic or researcher in the future. If a student is to grow from a fresher to an academic, or researcher, he has to grow on his own. He will receive the foundation and guidance, but choosing the path that he should follow, as well as how and what to do, are decisions he has to take to take on his own. This has set forth orginal thinking, as it does not involve framing research strictly according to the research interests or perspectives of the department. Senior faculty are there for us when we need them, but they will not 'spoon feed' us. The calibre of students at LSE can cope with this hands-off learning approach, and generally have few problems, if none at all.
This is the atmosphere at LSE, and we all loved it... and we still do. We are forever grateful to the influence of the School on our lives , both academically and professionally.
It is indeed an atmosphere of Rerum Cognoscere Causas. Viva La LSE!
Thought i'd bump this thread, it may be useful for other people, as it has been for me.
Just so that people know, most schools in the world have this sort of arrangement where graduate students guide you in tutorials. Your lecturers will rarely be graduate students (in some lower tier unis in my home country, you will find this more often). Indeed, my sister, as an undergraduate at a lower ranked, yet unnamed university in my country was leading a tutorial of freshers.

At LSE, though, your teaching will vary from department to department. Some departments rely more heavily on postgraduate students for teaching than others. Some departments even teach MSc students with PhD students. I learned this in a most awkward fashion when I made some potentially inappropriate jests to one girl in our dorm which is solely inhabited by postgraduates. When she left, my other friend told me that she was his teacher. Awkward....

I'm not sure the latter practice is acceptable but I don't care much since it is not done in my department. As for PhD students teaching postgrads, well, it's inevitable so one had best get used to it. I've had some postgrad tutorial leaders who were better than the Professor and some whom I could easily outwit and weren't worth whatever stipend they were getting paid.


Now, in terms of what the liberal hack from Sweden views as an infringement on his civil liberties, he should respect the fact that he simply cannot disseminate slanderous and disengenuous accusations without reprimand. Why he has opted to react in such a childish manner I can't put my finger on. Probably the activism that's seemingly innate in all of these self-righteous leftists (sorry, I should really address them by the title they've appropriated for themselves: intellectuals).
hilarious.
theres no dispute, undergrad teaching here is %%%%%%%%e, but at least i don't go to UCL like the chump who started this topic.
Reply 47
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Wez
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Knogle
Well the important question is this. At which universities, other than Oxbridge, is the "real teaching not done by PhD students"?

Durham!:biggrin:

Seriously though, I don't think that postgrads teaching undergrads is as common as it is in LSE, Warwick etc.. In my 6 modules all lecturers are obviously not postgrads, but even out of my tutorials (6 in total), I only have 1 postgrad. I think different universities just have different strengths. Durham will never be as research intensive as LSE, but then again it seems unlikely that LSE can dedicate as many hours to undergrad teaching as Durham can if it wants to maintain its status in research.
Reply 48
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Overmars
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The teaching is utter ****.
XZY
theres no dispute, undergrad teaching here is %%%%%%%%e, but at least i don't go to UCL like the chump who started this topic.


What's that supposed to mean?
ahmed.pilot
What's that supposed to mean?


was meant to say ****e (it automatically censored it), because undergrad teaching (for BSc Econ and similar courses) is utter %%%%%%%%. The difficulty of the degree and its reputation are amazing, though, and that's the important thing to me.

or if ur on about the "chump" comment, said UCL chump who started this topic has like some kind of personal vendetta/inferiority complex concerning LSE, cos he's said a lot of similar crap in the past, when nobody here cares about or values his opinion. :biggrin:
ahmed.pilot
What's that supposed to mean?

din mamma

oh yeah, lse teaching sucks. but then all british undergrad teaching outside of oxbridge sucks.
Reply 52
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Wez
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Really?
Wez
Really?

that's a rather large generalisation i've made there. lse's law students, for example, appear very satisfied with the quality of their teaching (those i know, anyway). i'm sure such is the case with select other courses at other select other institutions.

but my generalisation still stands.

save your energy, for 180 ucas points you can apply to read a ba in spa management with hospitality instead.

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