Contemporary Issues in Accounting is undertaken primarily by accounting students in the final semester of their degree. Many of the students are working full-time in the industry. Some of the students who are working full-time are also studying full-time. I do not know how they intend to cope with the workload and pass.
Many students have told me that they are having difficulty balancing study and work. I have been sympathetic with assessment deadlines for these students where their employer has verified that the student is required to work greater hours than expected. But that is only a partial solution and is only effective if the excessive work commitments are for a few weeks only. Extending deadlines is of no use if the excessive work commitments last for a substantial part of the semester.
Several students seem to think that work commitments are sufficient reasons for not attending lectures and tutorials. While attendance at class is not compulsory, acquisition of understanding is. Attendance at class is one of the key ingredients for attaining that understanding for most students. I do not know how these students think they will attain the understanding if they do not attend class. The materials provided to support learning are not designed to support distance learning, nor are they sufficient for that purpose. They are designed to complement face-to-face delivery. I do not know how to get this through to these students - announcing it in class is clearly a waste of time.
Many students have told me that they are having difficulty balancing study and work. I have been sympathetic with assessment deadlines for these students where their employer has verified that the student is required to work greater hours than expected. But that is only a partial solution and is only effective if the excessive work commitments are for a few weeks only. Extending deadlines is of no use if the excessive work commitments last for a substantial part of the semester.
Several students seem to think that work commitments are sufficient reasons for not attending lectures and tutorials. While attendance at class is not compulsory, acquisition of understanding is. Attendance at class is one of the key ingredients for attaining that understanding for most students. I do not know how these students think they will attain the understanding if they do not attend class. The materials provided to support learning are not designed to support distance learning, nor are they sufficient for that purpose. They are designed to complement face-to-face delivery. I do not know how to get this through to these students - announcing it in class is clearly a waste of time.
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