[Maths-Education] Fallout

[Dave Miller]

My sense is so far that we have a positive and committed group - less 
problematic in some ways than other years. Jan Winter my colleague can 
add to this if I'm misrepresenting.

Laurinda Brown,
University of Bristol
Graduate School of Education

On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 10:25:30 +0000 "Jim D.N. SMITH(EDS)" 
<D.N.Smith@shu.ac.uk> wrote:

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> This has been a difficult year for our one-year students, certainly in
> mathematics, and we have expereinced a higher drop-out rate than usual.
> Meanwhile students on our longer routes are experiencing realtively few
> problems. It would be helpful to know if this is a national or a local
> problem.
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> If it turns out to be a new national problem, and then it would not be
> inappropriate to speculate that there might be connection with the
> introduction of the training salary. Perhaps the training salary might be
> attracting students who might otherwise have the necessary total
> commitment required.
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> I know that is unlikely, but does anyone know any official figures at this
> stage?  
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> Unofficial reflections would be welcome.
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> jim
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