This video was made to highlight the negative experiences of the students attending ARU to strenghthen my case against ARU. If this sounds like something you want to get behind then post me a reply...
This video was made to highlight the negative experiences of the students attending ARU to strenghthen my case against ARU. If this sounds like something you want to get behind then post me a reply!
Article written in the Cambridge News March.10th monday
ANGRY students have blasted Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) claiming a string of blunders were made on a prestigious postgraduate course.
Naomi Sugai, who represents students on the £4,725-per-year MA in Management, says classes have been cancelled without warning, and students have been given a limited choice of the advertised modules.
She slammed the university as "slow and inefficient" - and described its own management system as "ludicrous". She is now threatening to report ARU to an independent adjudicator.
The 24-year-old said: "They are supposed to be teaching us about smooth management, but they can't even do it themselves. It's hard to take what they say seriously."
The eight students who started the course only found out one lecture had been cancelled when they turned up at the venue on their timetable to find it deserted.
Miss Sugai, said: "It makes us angry to think lecturers can pull out at the last minute with no reason and not get reprimanded. It is unprofessional to say the least."
She claims different modules cover the same material, meaning students do not get "value for money".
She also said there was a limited choice in what options to take - despite the university website's assurance of "a comprehensive range of option modules".
Now Miss Sugai is threatening to report the university to the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education.
ARU is bottom of the Sunday Times University Guide.
An ARU spokeswoman said meetings to discuss the issues had taken place, and current and former students had indicated they were "happy" with the course. Extra options have since been added.
She said: "Our alumni state that the course content of our MA programmes provides the necessary skills and knowledge required by global organisations.
"We do get students raising matters of student choice on low-recruiting programmes.
"This, in practice, is an issue and we try and resolve it in the way we have made our recommendations to this group of students. This year, we have put extra time and resource into improving the timetabling aspect of our operations."
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Good luck Naomi. Such a childish response from your college... brought to you by the generation that brought us to the brink of financial collapse, pillaged the coffers of the nation and despite needing us to wipe their bums in the next decade or two, they persist in burdening us with higher costs of living despite having sold our jobs to the developing world for the price of Happy Meal toys and cheap consumer electronics.
An utterly poisonous generation. Your situation is an act in the play.
Looks like you're having problems with yourself, young lady. No wonder no one wants to help you considering your attitude... with your stupid video you're not only harming the university's name but also students who study at ARU. When you don't like it why don't you study at Cambridge???
Please accept my apologies for the problems with e-vision on the 5th January 2009. We undertook a major upgrade of the system over the New Year break which we publicised as due to finish by the 5th, but which unfortunatly did not finish until 4pm. The 6th should have been ok. If you are an Anglia Ruskin student you can find info on how to get help with IT problems onthe IT support pages on Anet (anet/isms/student.phtml) Ajay Burlingham-Bohr. Director of Information Systems and Media Services
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An utterly poisonous generation. Your situation is an act in the play.