England: 'We pay £20 for each hour of contact time'

International students complain of information overload and lack of value

International students in the UK, who pay fees of up to £5,500 a term, complain that universities here expect them to absorb too much knowledge when term starts, then just leave them to self-directed study. They say class sizes should be smaller, so that their tutors know them better. And what, they ask, is the point of lectures in which all academics do is read out bullet points of a PowerPoint presentation and then leave?……."International students are paying much more than home students. Few contact hours means we are getting less value for our money. Someone I know calculated that we pay £20 for each hour of contact time." [View Full Article]