Students are demanding the University of New South Wales abandon its move to three academic terms per year, saying the new regime had left them stressed, overworked and out of sync with other universities.
More than 1000 students have said they will attend a protest later this month. Critics accuse the university of trying to save money by rushing students through and running courses all year."It's about getting more people in and out more quickly, which I don't think is a good thing," student Hersha Kodkol said. "Terms are much shorter than semesters, but there is a necessity to cover the same amount of content. It's a very stressful thing.
"If they reduce course workload to ease student stress, there is a possibility that students will graduate without the quality of educational experience they need to do well in the workforce," she said. However, there were teething problems, such as some students being given too much work. "We are looking to see whether we haven't been a bit enthusiastic about giving students more material and more assessments," he said.
Oh no! Uni is stressful! Drink a bag of concrete and harden the fuk up millennials.
You mean they are only going to get 4 months holiday per year? How stressful.
Welcome to the real world kids.
Stressful? No kids, these guys had a stressful experience. 🙄
Trimesters were introduced because ianjacobs is 3 raccoons in a trench-coat and he wanted to draw attention away from it
It should be ok if it is optional. I would have loved to finish my degree quicker and start making money
I will be so glad when it is no longer fashionable and ‘woke’ to wallow in so-called ‘stress’ and perpetual victimhood. Suck it up, snowflakes.
This isn't an uncommon format. Other top universities have mixed semester/trimester formats to allow for different exam periods and subjects to be taught effectively. Some even teach 7week subjects for postgraduate!
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