I just got passed around about 7 different people to be told that I can't get my certificate for another 6 months as I didn;t fill in a form in time that I was told I didn't have to fill in!
2006-08-29 03:04:14 · 18 answers · asked by emily_jane2379 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
It's the UEA in England, and it's the staff's levels of intelligence that concern me, although I'm not saying the student's levels might warant concern
2006-08-29 03:10:33 · update #1
The people you have dealt with work at the university, but don't need to be very intelligent.
After all they are Public Servants, which is a fragrant misnomer in any case.
SERVANTS ?!
2006-08-29 03:13:17 · answer #1 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt if it is their intelligence that is the problem but their attitude. Many universities are like this - the non-academic staff seee undergraduate students as worthless peasants and do not go out of their way to be helpful. This attitude is more common than not.
If you make it to graduate study you will probably see a big attitude shift.
The only thing you can really do about this is to be extra nice and hope you can get one of them on side. Be very careful not to display anything that could be interpreted as arrogance. This is a common way that students offend the people that could help them. Non-academic staff often have a bit of a chip on the shoulder.
2006-08-29 21:01:09 · answer #2 · answered by TC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to say it... this is something that is commonplace in other universities as well. I am an older college student at an American University. Before I enrolled, one of the other students from the technical college I was transferring from told me that the professors and advisors do not do their jobs. I think that he may have had the same mindset as you. The truth of the matter is, there are a lot of students. This is your education, not theirs. They will answer questions for you, but if you don't keep on top of it, and even do things when they are not necessary, you will be the one who will end up with the poor end of the deal, not them. They are answering questions to the best of their knowledge, but as you know, they are human as well. Get a variety of people to reaffirm important things like this for you. It can't hurt, and in the long run, you are taking charge of your education!
If you want to remedy this situation, go to everyone you can think of - the Dean, the advisors, make yourself heard! Maybe someone will have answers for you. If nothing, it's only six months - not the end of the world!
2006-08-29 11:15:16 · answer #3 · answered by monarchfly7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are not alone, even the university academic staff think the admin staff are stupid, well bogged down by rules which allow them to control a small part of a large process. Even worse news the story you get today will probably change tomorrow, so who knows maybe you'll get something before you thought.
2006-08-29 10:15:12 · answer #4 · answered by SAO 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something happens to admin staff at universities, they catch the same dithery disease that the professors have but do not have the intelligence nor the aptitutde.
We call these 'dumb fux who think they are better than the students who pay their wages and will be earning more than them within weeks of graduating'
2006-08-29 10:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not really that they are stupid but that they are careless and lazy. at my school, if you had questions you were better off figuring out the answers by yourself because the advisors never knew what they were talking about. i can't tell you how many people thought that they were graduating, only to find out a month or so before graduation that they didn't have enough credits or didn't turn something in on time. i guess they don't care about screwing up people's lives.
2006-08-29 10:11:38 · answer #6 · answered by Niecy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about the students? High levels of illiteracy and innumeracy at universities these days you know.
Really? UEA is meant to be pretty good...have some words, serious words!
2006-08-29 10:08:27 · answer #7 · answered by Gavin T 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just because they work in a place of education doesn't mean they've studied at one! If you're really bothered about it you need to complain to the person's line manager and see if they can sort it out for you.
2006-08-29 10:11:53 · answer #8 · answered by seaside_girl_03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
General state of the nation I'm afraid.
That applies to students, tutors and staff.
2006-08-29 10:13:31 · answer #9 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I presume you are referring to a university in the US? This wouldn't happen at Cambridge, Oxford, or any other British university.
OK, having read your edit, I am amazed. There must be strong ties to a US university somewhere, otherwise this wouldn't have happened.
2006-08-29 10:08:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋