Failing fluently
If you failed you exam this spring you are in good company.
At the University of Bergen one out of 13 exam performances
were rated as useless. However, according to statistics, more
students have passed their exams the last few years. At the
Faculty of Law there is reason for good humor as the numbers
have dropped from 44 percent in 1991 to 14 in 2003. The list
is topped by aspiring doctors, psychologists and dentists,
of which only 1,6, three and five percent failed last spring.
English in one field in which a lot of students fail. -It
seems students might not have the right expectations. This
is no language camp but a full academic study, says Kari Haugland,
who is head of the Department of English.
Fruitful reformation
The Department of Comparative politics saw most of its students
pass their exams this spring. Students as well as faculty
are not surprised. - The system is working. We have to hand
in papers and there are seminars. This makes us work, says
student Ivar Strand. Fellow student Ivar Vik supports him
and says the work required is worth it. Vik is not familiar
with how conditions were earlier, but he attributes the good
results to the follow-up students have had. He is not alone,
as statistics indicate that 88 percent of students would recommend
the sam.pol 101 course to others. Only 1/2 percent failed
sam.pol 101 this year
Bidding for SiB housing
The board of the Student Welfare Organization (SiB) has
decided to invite tender for the maintenance of one of its
facilities. - This is ignoring SiB’s role, says Jette Christensen,
one of two student representatives in the SiB board. Her point
is that SiB will lose control over the hiring of staff, and
that SiB’s function as a price regulator will be impaired.
The board also intends to increase the rent. To enable this,
all leases will terminate on June 30th 2004. For instance,
the rent at Nattland will jump from 3990 to 4590 NOK a month.
ALEXANDER KEMP
27.08.03
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