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Monday, June 29, 2009
Student leader Wes Streeting wants universities to abolish lectures - Nicola Woolcock, London Times
University lectures are past their sell-by date and should be abolished in favour of virtual teaching, according to a student leader. Wes Streeting, president of the National Union of Students, says lectures are old-fashioned and increasingly irrelevant to modern learning. For generations, students have packed into cramped lecture theatres to listen to professors enthuse about their subjects. Some students take notes attentively and others struggle to stay awake, but Mr Streeting says the whole concept should be eradicated. Instead students could make greater use of lecture handouts, online learning, chat rooms and downloads, with more time freed for staff to conduct small and intensive tutorial sessions.
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