Opinion The Column www.thecolumn.eu.com September 2006 University Term
Times This university works on a calendar year with the term starting For
the past year I have been watching a number of very bright in February and
going all the way through to October, with undergraduates as they prepare
themselves for their final examinations in October long after the pollen
season has examinations towards their BSc and BA. In particular I have
ended. watched two students who have been outstanding in their When I
started to look into this subject, which has been course work, practical
and tutorials. Consider my amazement given the name of Extended Academic
Year EAY , I found that when I reviewed the published examination results
only to find the Flowers Report of 1993, made a review of the Academic
that these students had received a lower second degree. Year. This report
looked at two main issues: What happened? I fully expected the students to
obtain a
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