Report about the state of teaching in english universities

Article published by the Guardian about a report on the state of teaching in british universities:

The figures suggest, for instance, that a student's workload of teaching and private study at the University of Central Lancashire might be only just over 19 hours a week compared to 43.7 hours at Cambridge and 35 hours at Oxford.

The two most famous universities retain the tutorial system and top the workload tables but this may be in part be explained by their shorter eight-week terms.

However, students at newer universities created since 1992 - many former polytechnics and colleges of higher education - are more likely to get a higher proportion of teaching by academics.

In the more research-led older universities, only about half the tutorials in some subjects such as computer science, social studies and business studies, are taught by academics. Much teaching is done by research students or postdoctoral researchers who need experience for future academic roles.

Only 11% of students say that university overall has been worse than expected, but another 40% say it is "better in some ways, worse in others", indicating that more than half find some aspect of their education disappointing. One in five students thinks their university's prospectus misleading is some ways.