The struggle to keep up student numbers seems to have entered a new
dimension: I received a phone call from a very nervous applicant who
had put down Aston as his first choice for Single Honours German. He
went to another university - he was hesitant to name the institution
- for an Open Day where applicants were treated to an assessment of
competing German departments. The applicant was told among other
things that in Aston students of German would be taught within a
narrow curriculum with single emphasis on translation studies. I
don't need to underline that this is simply untrue and that I
consider this sort of assessment as slander. Am I being naive in
assuming that this is not common practise but an unprecedented low?
Gertrud
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Dr Gertrud Reershemius
Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics
Director of German Studies
School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University
GB - Birmingham B4 7ET
Tel: 0044-121-2043787
FAX: 0044-121- 2043766
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