[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by Solanum

Presumably he is the guy who blew the whistle on full fee paying students being unable to fail at Wollongong? Well, being a bit careful about what I say, the er... impression... I have received is that it isn't much better at universities with a higher reputation than Wollongong even amongst non-foreign students. That is what happens when you make the income a university gets reliant on how many students pass it's courses. Idiotic.

No, you're barking up the wrong tree. Colin is fond of telling students how easy it is to pass - they just have to do the work. Attend lectures, take notes, hand in assignments, study for exams, that sort of thing.

I can't think of the person to whom you refer. We had one 'whistleblower' a few years ago who was totally in the wrong. He should have been sued for slander. I could go on about the malaise in universities but I don't want to hijack the thread.