University Of Hull

Now I am at a different uni, I've noticed stark contrasts between my current and previous learning environments. The tone in which my questions were addressed was simply unacceptable. My number one issue is Craven college's Wildlife/Agriculture department aren't careful how they speak to those who are trying their best! I often felt low after emails with further unspecified instructions. The leader of HE, was disgusting for this. They didn't fulfill risk assessments by walking with us as opposed to miles ahead. Another student nearly broke her ankles trying to keep up and my support had a hypoglycemic attack in the middle of a trip. I shouted to the course leader and she couldn't hear me or help me. Is this legal? They were incredibly lucky that I am trained to help in these situations. It's not just feelings, it was eye watering fear, that will stay in my memory forever. Their negligence put both me and my support in a life threatening position, I took her weight to catch up. This may result in legal implications. I have now just left the tutor and her obvious favourite to it. My support was too kind to say anything so I will: the consistent, demeaning way she was spoken to was wrong. It's a hard enough time to be disabled but this rubs rotting dirt in the wound. I know my support was apologised to about a similar occurrence earlier in the year, but that was about a different incident and would be worth revisiting to show fundamental human respect. Peoples' feelings do matter when trying to keep them on a course and I highly appreciate that that was the intention, this primary school playgroundish behaviour was pathetic and I will not tolerate it. I had to put my health and happiness first and leave. The LEADER OF HE/FE, actively engaged in bullying another student's relationship with another person. This displayed such childish, twisted behaviour. Gillian Thom didn't put up prompt, solid, targets and assignment briefs to make the goalposts clear. For example, assignment briefs were often given or updated close to the deadline, making it very hard for students to keep up and feel organised. I would expect this as a minimum on a HE degree. Some academics lack of genuine human empathy and self awareness is absolutely shocking. My current lecturers reminded me that the way me and my support were spoken to and treated is abnormal and deemed wholly unacceptable in academic circles. You simply can't be respected as an academic and treat others the way she did. Respect should work both ways. At another uni, my ideas are encouraged and supported, and it feels amazing to not be taken for granted and put down. I have the peer reviewed, successfully completed, Michigan researched, mycology project; the idea was presented to her, many times, it was ignored. It is being tested and possibly implemented finally by zoology and ecology students. If it's successfully managed, it may have implications nationally. Possibly internationally if it's done well. I took my complaints to the Uni of Hull about the course, and they took it extremely seriously so the course isn't running in the future. The uni of Hull is absolutely pathetic for even allowing a course such as this one continue... I wish all the best for the leader of HE at Craven, and her one student who can tolerate the abuse. But I BEG them to be more empathic towards future students. Even if the worst comes to the worst I will never attend again.

I started here by chance, and at the end of my MA in Creative Writing, I feel part of a community. Within 24 months the University of Hull achieved what my four years of BA only promised to give me. I found like-minded people and tutors with whom I could share my work without feeling uneasy about it. The feedback I received during these years built me up, but also helped me see all the issues that were disabling my previous written works. Today I feel like someone who can really bring something new to the bookworld and not just a bunch of sentences stuck together by chance.

Now I am at a different uni, I've noticed stark contrasts between my current and previous learning environments. The tone in which my questions were addressed was simply unacceptable. My number one issue is Craven college's Wildlife/Agriculture department aren't careful how they speak to those who are trying their best! I often felt low after emails with further unspecified instructions. The leader of HE, was disgusting for this. They didn't fulfill risk assessments by walking with us as opposed to miles ahead. Another student nearly broke her ankles trying to keep up and my support had a hypoglycemic attack in the middle of a trip. I shouted to the course leader and she couldn't hear me or help me. Is this legal? They were incredibly lucky that I am trained to help in these situations. It's not just feelings, it was eye watering fear, that will stay in my memory forever. Their negligence put both me and my support in a life threatening position, I took her weight to catch up. This may result in legal implications. I have now just left the tutor and her obvious favourite to it. My support was too kind to say anything so I will: the consistent, demeaning way she was spoken to was wrong. It's a hard enough time to be disabled but this rubs rotting dirt in the wound. I know my support was apologised to about a similar occurrence earlier in the year, but that was about a different incident and would be worth revisiting to show fundamental human respect. Peoples' feelings do matter when trying to keep them on a course and I highly appreciate that that was the intention, this primary school playgroundish behaviour was pathetic and I will not tolerate it. I had to put my health and happiness first and leave. The LEADER OF HE/FE, actively engaged in bullying another student's relationship with another person. This displayed such childish, twisted behaviour. Gillian Thom didn't put up prompt, solid, targets and assignment briefs to make the goalposts clear. For example, assignment briefs were often given or updated close to the deadline, making it very hard for students to keep up and feel organised. I would expect this as a minimum on a HE degree. Some academics lack of genuine human empathy and self awareness is absolutely shocking. My current lecturers reminded me that the way me and my support were spoken to and treated is abnormal and deemed wholly unacceptable in academic circles. You simply can't be respected as an academic and treat others the way she did. Respect should work both ways. At another uni, my ideas are encouraged and supported, and it feels amazing to not be taken for granted and put down. I have the peer reviewed, successfully completed, Michigan researched, mycology project; the idea was presented to her, many times, it was ignored. It is being tested and possibly implemented finally by zoology and ecology students. If it's successfully managed, it may have implications nationally. Possibly internationally if it's done well. I took my complaints to the Uni of Hull about the course, and they took it extremely seriously so the course isn't running in the future. The uni of Hull is absolutely pathetic for even allowing a course such as this one continue... I wish all the best for the leader of HE at Craven, and her one student who can tolerate the abuse. But I BEG them to be more empathic towards future students. Even if the worst comes to the worst I will never attend again.