Following in the footsteps of the University of Bath, Southampton is introducing 8am lectures for the 2015/16 cohort.
The new vice chancellor is said to be behind the introduction of these new painfully early lecture slots. They are designed to ready students for working life as well as allowing lecturers to leave earlier in the evening.
Because university is for the lecturers, right?
The change is also in response to the growing numbers of students attending the University, increasing the number of fun learning hours that can be packed into the day.
Don’t reckon this guy will be getting to his 8am
It could be assumed that students would be against something that could cut their hangover snooze short, however, psychology Masters student, Hannah Hickman simply said:
It’s not the end of the world.
Next year’s union president, Ben Franklin, told us:
8am lectures make sense in theory, but I don’t think attendance will be fantastic the night after a Jesters Monday. Or Sobar Tuesday. Or AU Wednesday… actually, no. This is a terrible idea and one I’ll be working to reverse the minute I take office.
Georgia Eves, a third year BSC Geography student, said:
It would encourage some to increase their productivity. However, it could end up causing a nap epidemic.
So, will the early bird catch the worm?
Let us know what you think about 8am lectures in the comments.
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“Because university is for the lecturers, right?”
The real reason is the university doesn’t have enough rooms to timetable all of its classes. It’s quite common for 3 hour lab classes, to get whittled down to 2 hour classes due to timetabling problems and seminars being cut entirely because there’s no where to hold them.
What this is, is your lecturers adding an extra hour to their working day so you can get your 2.1.
So can the snark.
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It’s probably an April Fools date – don’t worry about it 😛
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Oh right – today’s the day unfunny people get a pass on bad jokes.
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I bet you’re fun at parties
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Someone’s grouchy that they got caught out.
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I’m grouchy all the time. It’s my defining characteristic.
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Enough people don’t go to 9ams as it is… Less than 25% sort of thing – so why bother creating more lecture times that even fewer people will go to?
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lol just realised it’s the 1st of April
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April fools…?
Not that I care anyway – I’m finished this year!
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Happy april fools 😉
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Nice to be Ben Franklin making a massive U-turn in a single statement before he has even taken office.
Start as you mean to go on, eh?
They are a fantastic idea, and much more like the real world. You pay for your education, if you don’t like it, take your money elsewhere. Try Solent, I bet they don’t have a single thing before midday.
Also, a better term would be “reintroduce”, they’ve only been gone about three years.
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Or maybe he’s making a purposefully humorous comment because this is a prank article?
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“8am lectures make sense in theory, but I don’t think attendance will be fantastic the night after a Jesters Monday. Or Sobar Tuesday. Or AU Wednesday… actually, no. ”
Excuse me? You’re in uni to STUDY. If you can’t go out during the week days it’s not the end of the world. You still have the weekends. And, I repeat, you’re in uni to study not to get drunk and lose your dignity every single night.
We should start uni every day at the same time. It would be easier for us to get used to a daily routine.
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I’m guessing you’ve already got your graduate place at the fun police lined up?
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Good job too – their taxes will be needed to pay for your benefits.
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Poor attempt at an April Fools from the Soton tab take a look at Newcastle Universitys one where they had to recall a number of ‘defective’ condoms much funnier and would spark a better reaction maybe try harder next year… http://newcastle.tab.co.uk/2015/04/01/sorry-tab-condoms-discovered-defective/
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Weak sauce
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Can Tab confirm if this is an April Fool as I’ve seriously heard my lectures have discussions on this topic? I’ve been told that the university has previously (and is again considering) an 8AM to 8PM teaching timetable to allow for the intake of around another 5000 students without building anymore lecture theatres.
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Well guy…In some China’s high school, we have lectures from 7am to 10:30pm everyday.
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