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Iestyn At Leicester University a statement about term-time and vacation employment is included in the Regulations and states: '...Paid employment is not however disallowed, provided that the total number of hours worked does not exceed 15 hours per week, and that course requirements are met in full. Students who undertake part-time work in term-time should note that this will not be accepted a a mitigating circumstance which excuses absence from classes, the late submission of work, or examination failure. Students are also expected to study during vacations, either in preparation for forthcoming modules, to revise, or to complete prescribed assignments. Students engaging in paid vacation employment are expected to have reagrd to the need to fulfil these academic obligations.' Julia Mann University of Leicester > -----Original Message----- > From: HENSON I.G. [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 10:45 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Negative Marking theory and Guidelines on Student Employment > > Trying to save time, I have two enquiries. Feel free to answer > either/both. > > 1. Negative Marking. The few departments at Swansea which use multiple > choice assessment do so with so-called negative marking e.g. where a > choice of 4 answers is given, 1 mark is awarded for a correct answer > and 0.25 is deducted for a wrong answer to counterbalance the effect of > guesswork. The Students' Union have complained that this is unfair, but > academics insist that there is substantial research/theory to back up > their position. Problem is that they can't actually give me a reference > for this theory. The maths of this negative marking seems right to me - > but does anyone out there know where I might find further details of the > theory? > > 2. Employment. Swansea would be grateful for details of any > advice/guidelines that colleagues issue with respect to student > employment (principally full-time undergrads). As 'working through > college' becomes more common, we'd like to issue some advice and > guidelines ourselves: any information about practice elsewhere would be > appreciated. > > Many thanks, in advance > Iestyn > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------- > Iestyn G Henson > Administrative Assistant > University of Wales Swansea > Singleton Park Tel: 01792 295875 > SWANSEA Fax: 01792 295157 > SA2 8PP Email: > [log in to unmask] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------ > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%