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Student Life

The academic experience of
students in English universities
Bahram Bekhradnia, Carolyn Whitnall and Tom Sastry
Higher Education Policy Institute
October 2006
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................4
STUDENT WORKLOADS.............................................................................5
SCHEDULED HOURS....................................................................................... 6
Subject-level analysis ............................................................................ 6
Institution-level analysis ........................................................................ 6
HOURS MISSED ........................................................................................... 8
Subject-level analysis ............................................................................ 8
Institution-level analysis ........................................................................ 9
PRIVATE STUDY......................................................................................... 10
Do those who are taught less do more private study? .............................. 11
DOES GENDER AFFECT THE HOURS STUDENTS DEVOTE TO THEIR STUDIES? .................... 12
TOTAL WORKLOAD ...................................................................................... 12
Subject-level analysis .......................................................................... 12
Institution-level analysis ...................................................................... 14
Institution by subject analysis............................................................... 15
GROUP SIZE ...........................................................................................17
SUBJECT-LEVEL ANALYSIS ............................................................................. 17
INSTITUTION-LEVEL ANALYSIS ........................................................................ 18
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