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PASS: An integrated approach to student support within an academic School Susan K Robbins BSc PGCE MPhil PhD FHEA Principal Lecturer in Student Experience and Biochemistry University Teaching Fellow Email: srobbins@brookes.ac.uk School of
School University Taught to a strict syllabus, to learn key phrases that they must remember and regurgitate, not to read widely Want them to be open and exploratory in their thinking, to read widely, go beyond the basic syllabus Resubmit coursework a number of times until they get high enough grades Expect to receive completed coursework for assessment and don’t allow resubmission Retake modules to improve their marks and achieve higher A level grades Module grades are final. Any resit is capped at a bare pass (40%). Can’t repeat modules to raise average mark
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