What are universities for? ‘Vice Chancellor and the Bishop’
Having asked this question both the VC and the Bishop were in agreement that a university is a community of individuals with the facilities to create the best possible conditions for teaching and learning in order to encourage and guide students to reach their full potential. With support from the staff debate, it is clear that a key incentive of DMU is inspiring individuals to do more than just achieve a degree, an idea reiterated during the student debate, as students have gained so much more than just a degree from their time spent in De Montfort. Friends, sports, experiences, knowledge, failures and achievements were mentioned as part of what is gained from studying at university. As so accurately stated De Montfort is a community striving to prepare students for the ‘real world’ and encouraging them to make a difference, rather than a system of regurgitating information for a production line of degrees.
Credit is due to the staff of DMU for there overwhelming support for the students. There was not one reference made to the needs of the faculties and staff, but merely a discussion on how the DMU experience for students can be improved. This support should be recognised by current students and advertised for potential future students in a road show. There was an agreement across the student and staff debate that the quality and values of the university need to be promoted in order to show future students what they will gain from studying at DMU. This goes beyond tangible assets such as library facilities and computer equipment available, quality of staff and the support available for students within our community need to be promoted and to reiterate the focus of DMU to provide students with life experiences as well as a degree. However this support available should not be mistaken for the sole reason of achieving a high degree classification. Students need to be aware that they hold a responsibility to learn and to motivate themselves to achieving their potential. DMU is merely the backbone of support for students, with an ability to encourage and support you, yet students must take responsibility for their own degree as it is solely owned by the student for their future benefit.
Having asked this question both the VC and the Bishop were in agreement that a university is a community of individuals with the facilities to create the best possible conditions for teaching and learning in order to encourage and guide students to reach their full potential. With support from the staff debate, it is clear that a key incentive of DMU is inspiring individuals to do more than just achieve a degree, an idea reiterated during the student debate, as students have gained so much more than just a degree from their time spent in De Montfort. Friends, sports, experiences, knowledge, failures and achievements were mentioned as part of what is gained from studying at university. As so accurately stated De Montfort is a community striving to prepare students for the ‘real world’ and encouraging them to make a difference, rather than a system of regurgitating information for a production line of degrees.
Credit is due to the staff of DMU for there overwhelming support for the students. There was not one reference made to the needs of the faculties and staff, but merely a discussion on how the DMU experience for students can be improved. This support should be recognised by current students and advertised for potential future students in a road show. There was an agreement across the student and staff debate that the quality and values of the university need to be promoted in order to show future students what they will gain from studying at DMU. This goes beyond tangible assets such as library facilities and computer equipment available, quality of staff and the support available for students within our community need to be promoted and to reiterate the focus of DMU to provide students with life experiences as well as a degree. However this support available should not be mistaken for the sole reason of achieving a high degree classification. Students need to be aware that they hold a responsibility to learn and to motivate themselves to achieving their potential. DMU is merely the backbone of support for students, with an ability to encourage and support you, yet students must take responsibility for their own degree as it is solely owned by the student for their future benefit.
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