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Originally Posted by helen
Not really sure about the assertion that top British universities aren't a million miles away from the worst...
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Maybe I am wrong here then.
I was under the impression that pretty much all UK places provided a reasonable third level experience, access to reasonably competent academics.
That is certainly the case in Ireland. There are standards set out by the National Uni. of Ireland (NUI) which must be and are adhered to. There is another set of standards that the regional ITs adhere to.
In the US you have these amazing places, and you have places with lecturers who are little more than warm bodies exhibiting reflex pupil dilation. There is no universal standard, each uni just grades how it feels like grading. If that is grading to a curve, so be it.