u/BookkeeperFinal1327

I would like to preface this with a counter argument against those who are going to say "but but but in the workforce you have to-". In the workforce you're all equally qualified, being paid (everyone puts in decent effort) and are at risk of actual disciplinary action rather than a 'bad grade'.

Having to do 3 lots of group work every semester has to be the most draining thing ever. Not only is it a bad measure of a student's actual proficiency in the subject at hand but also the most difficult balancing act ever.

You're almost guaranteed to have a group member who doesn't care, one who is impossible to contact and one who wants to control the entire thing and make it their own.

On top of that, its almost always only worth 10-20% and is a huge hassle for a small amount of marks.

BIN THE CONCEPT AS A WHOLE!

I don't understand the point of doing a prerecorded lecture when the lecturer just sits there and slowly reads the poor quality, copy and pasted slides which have probably been used for the last 6 years.

Do you think we can't read? Your job is to explain the terrible quality slides not do bedtime stories.

We pay thousands and thousands of years for these courses and the quality of learning materials put out is quite frankly appalling.

This is for the law faculty (unsure if its the same elsewhere) but almost every single assignment is due in the first couple weeks of semester. Its stupid, there is literally no way that a student could understand a subject enough to give their absolute best work after 2-3 weeks of being back at Uni.

Not to mention how hard it is to get back into your study habits after a massive break. I don't get the reasoning behind it, im sure if the assignments were placed in 7-8 (meaning that most students would start around week 5 rather than week 2 or 3) students would be able to show their best potential work with a better understanding of the subject.

Sometimes it feels like you're going into these assignments blind. The first couple weeks of any subject is usually basic foundation work or complete nonsense.