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Several people have told me that they did not receive the file attachment sent with the message below. I am therefore trying again. This time I have saved the file as a Word 6.0 file <marx98il.doc>. Hugo Radice ****************************************** I seem to have mislaid the original mailing about this subject, but in case it's relevant you may be interested to know that we have run a course here at Leeds since 1994. In modern modulespeak it is a one-semester 10-credit level 2 course (where the year as a whole is 120 credits), and it's basically a Capital vol.1 reading course. The course outline etc. is attached as a Word file <marx98im.doc>. We are still trying to find the best way of organising the course so as to maintain the students' interest and participation. The present format has 2 teams preparing presentations (which we have dubbed '5-a-side Marx') and it works pretty well. Both teams write up an A4 page of notes in advance, which are circulated in the class. The 2 teams take turns to present sections, each of which amounts on average to 5-6 pages in length (well, roughly a fifth of the weekly helping); I act as scribe, writing up notes on the whiteboard from the presentation; the team not presenting then adds comments and criticisms, and then there is general discussion. The system works well in that the students feel they can cope with a brief presentation. However, attendance still falls off as the semester goes on. Of the present 36 students taking the course, there's a core of 20-25 regulars, and the rest are more intermittent. Comments welcome! Hugo Radice Hugo Radice Division of Industrial and Labour Studies, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. tel: 44-113-233-4507; fax 44-113-233-2640 email: [log in to unmask]