part two of oia pathway consultation

http://www.oiahe.org.uk/downloads/oia_pathway_consultation_2nd_round.pdf

in line with recomendation 11 of the pathway report 2010 universities have already been asked to send this information to the ois for 2010 calendar year (as opposed to academic year i guess); the decision about publication will be made by the ind adj without review or appeal but complainant and unviersity can comment on the draft; the board will conitnue to have the option of drawing public attention to the university non complaint 339 fast track decisions complaints have risen 30 % in 2010; other ombudsman type schemes in the uk publish summaries or full reports of compalints by name of institution complained agagisnt; transparency is developing in these schemes rather than diminishing; complainints were overwhelmingly in favour of publication 79% and so were the nus and student unions help address student perceptions of the independence of the oia from universities; university opinion was divided though a amjority were in favour of the status quo and against the publication by name for fear of the reputational damage it may do .paras 11.25-11.31, p.103-4

incentivise further the desire of institutions to amend procedures where appropriate; lead to more clairty on why there are currently more not justified than justified decisions they appear to justify moving on from the status quo

unfortunately david willetts is talking nonsense again: http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/cheltenham/Gloucestershire-students-speak-tuition-fees/article-2291477-detail/article.html

but in any case, perhaps there is nothing to be gained by getting exercised over this.

i just read one of the best books i have read. it is called the paradox of choice by barry schwarz. everyone should read this. i am so surprised that this book is not famous. fuck 'the secret', read this instead.

One of the universities that participated in the pilot scheme complained that it would be "providing a three-year syllabus in return for two years' tuition fees", the HEA review notes.[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=411145&c=1]

this is master yu yong nian on his 90th birthday.

here is really great news about university complaints: now the office of the independent adjudicator has more

teeth: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=410355&c=1

now the annual number of complaints has to be recorded by institution. this means more power for students, because universities will have much more to lose by not dealing properly with complaints. this is all so different from the way things were when i left university more than ten years ago. then, students had almost no rights whatsoever. the only complaints procedure was the Visitor system, and that was a joke.