UIST Anonymous - Scandal UIST

Dear Sirs,

Recently someone leaked the documents which contained some 'opinions' from a group of students about the three sacked professors at UIST (Prof. Schneider, Prof. Ager and Prof. Musgrave).

We would like to let you know that:

1. The survey was not official. The student organization members only contacted a few students and they contacted them using Facebook and/or Skype.

2. The things said about the professors are NOT TRUE at all.

About Professor Schneider, he never missed any lectures or labs. There aren't any problems with his written or spoken English. The students that are complaining about his English should check their knowledge of the English language before blaming others. Most of the students understood and communicated with him frequently, it is not possible for one group to understand him and one group not to understand his English.

Moreover, he was the only professor in the university who wanted to bring people from the IT Sector and give us presentations. He managed to bring a Software Engineer who works at the medical department of Siemens in Germany (of course the costs were covered by the university, but Professor Schneider took the initiative to do things like these).

He was the one responsible for getting few robots for the Machine Intelligence and Robotics faculty.

About his grading, most of the students that failed his courses were the ones who were caught cheating during the exams. The grading bounds are clearly stated on the beginning of every course. If the professor thinks a student deserves 0.3 points, he will give them those points, if not, he won't. That is his right.

About Professor Ager, he is quite good in Maths. Some of the students do not understand the difference between a lecture and tutorial/lab sessions. Even though he has the right to continue with the lecture if he gets interrupted (consultations are mainly for questions), he always stopped and explained the concept (again and again) if someone from the students asked him to do so. He always accepted criticism (good or bad) and he always tried to improve.

About his drinking that was mentioned in the letter, that is his private life and his business. As long as his contract does not say "You cannot drink alcohol." he can do whatever he wants and as long as he is not drunk in classes, that does not concern anyone.

The same thing about attending lectures/lab sessions applies to him also. He always attended the classes and lectures.

Professor Clyde, on the other hand, apart from the teaching job, organized a club for entrepreneurs and always offered support to students who needed help. Also, it is very unclear how is it possible that he had a diploma when he was hired, but suddenly, someone says that he does not have it. That also sounds very suspicious.

3. After we saw those letters, we contacted the President of the student organization, Dejan Stefanoski, who said that there was pressure on him by Jordan Shikoski to sign those documents.

We hope that after you finish your investigations on these matters you will do the right thing.

Yours Sincerely,

Group of Worried UIST Students

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