Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 41 No. 9. April 24 1978

Pols 111: the Final Compromise

Pols 111: the Final Compromise

One in seven students in the university is doing Pols 111. There is a severe shortage of books and lectures have been held in shockingly cramped conditions.

A couple of weeks ago the first test was held. Since then there has been a lot of controversy over the marking system adopted.

Various methods of getting round the obvious disadvantage that some students faced have been proposed, and all contained their faults.

The lecturer in charge (Les Cleveland) could not seem to discover a system which would do justice to all. The obvious one, of scrapping the first test mark altogether, did not find much favour with him.

He has now decided that every student who does better in the second test will have the first mark raised to the level of the second. This is not perfect, but perhaps the best to be expected.