The presentations by the heads of the university's main academic departments, known as colleges, to the university’s deputy president and registrar Pól Ó Dochartaigh, are part of an investigation initiated after data published two months ago found significant grade inflation at universities across the country, including at Galway.
The level of grade inflation exposed in the HEA data caused great concern throughout the sector, with one senior college source telling RTÉ News there was"consternation". As deputy-president and registrar Prof Ó Dochartaigh has overarching responsibility for academic strategy, academic promotions, and academic quality at the university.
Responding to the publication of the HEA data in September, the university said that trends and changes in the overall distribution of grades were monitored routinely by its colleges and programme boards, and were annually reviewed at university level. It said its first class awards at honours degree level, at about 30%, were in line with a national average.
But ‘better teaching practices’ but ‘different forms of assessment’ but ‘the national average’ said university spokesperson Bob Loblaw
From reading this one member of staff seemed to want to give high grades to avoid worsening a ‘mental health emergency.’ How is that going to help develop students’ resilience for the workplace? Setting them up to have an even bigger crisis with fewer coping strategies.
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