ABBY CONE
Volume 9, Issue 10 I have a bee in my bonnet. Actually, most days I have many bees in my bonnet. But this bee is a particularly loud and obnoxious one. It is on my television at night and in my newspapers in the morning, it is something we’ve probably all had to deal with from time to time. This bee, is the Baby Boomers. F. Dit
Volume 9, Issue 9 Preparing for the clerkship, I had one guiding principle: everything matters, so don’t f*** it up. That’s two principles. Strong start. GRACE BOWRAN-BURGE
Volume 9, Issue 9 I have a secret. Show me a pattern and ask what shape or image comes next and you will get tears, wrath, maybe even an object thrown at your face. What you will not get is the correct answer. I’m sorry, but I can’t see the pattern. L. LYKOV
Volume 9, Issue 9 A New Year of Recordings Starting in 2016, Learning Environments (LE), part of the Academic Services division of Melbourne University Services, was endorsed by the Academic Board of this university to record every lecture under the UniMelb banner, under an opt-out model. It stands to reason, given that all of the newer lecture theatres are outfitted with recording devices built into their lecterns. Students need not fear missing important information in the degree they're paying for, as they can now just retrieve it through the LMS. Unless you are unfortunate enough to be receiving a seminar, as is every student at the law school. ANON
Volume 9, Issue 9 Thursday Night. Law Ball. The last hurrah before we abandon our social lives and race towards exams. The night that a lot of us look forward to, partly because any chance to peel yourself away from level 3 and put on your dancing shoes is a good one and partly because, well, there’s an open bar. For a ticket price of $130 I thought I would be getting A-grade value for money. I don’t think that happened this year. Some people who didn’t get the opportunity to go to law ball, whether it was too inconvenient or too expensive, might be wondering what they missed out on. Let’s break it down: DUNCAN WALLACE
Volume 9, Issue 9 A few weeks ago in the De Minimis article “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop”, Will Mosseff decried the cost cutting behind the recent administrative changes at the law school. He said that, “it is the reputation of the institution that matters in attracting students. And reputation, in turn, is dependent on the quality of student services.” It was pointed out in a comment, however, that “both LSE and Cambridge employ centralised student administration and service models. These universities rank higher in QS university rankings (which MLS relies on)…” What is implied by the comment is correct: a university’s position in ranking systems has become synonymous with a university’s reputation (that is why marketing departments love them). And it is here that Will was in error. Reputation is tied up with rankings, but rankings have almost nothing to do with “the quality of student services”. If anything, the opposite is the case. |
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