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Surprise Of The Day
Another from the "You don't say" files: British students work fewer hours than their counterparts anywhere else in Europe, a new survey says.
And media studies students work the fewest hours of all, with only 19.4 hours per week on average.
The longest hours put in - again no surprise - are worked by Veterinary students (37 hours) followed by dentists and medics (35 hours). And that's real work, as any medical student will remind you, unlike their media studies comrades who spend their tuition hours watching Taxi Driver and Brass Eye.
Here's the Independent:
"The figures show that students at English universities receive about 14 hours tuition a week and work for about 25.5 to 26 hours a week. This puts it at the bottom of a European league table, which places Portugal top, with students working 41 hours a week. After England, Spain is the country where students expend least effort, devoting an average of 29 hours a week to their work.
"The report says: "There is real reason to doubt whether English degrees will be perceived as being of equivalent value to degrees from countries where the requirements on students are more onerous.""
