I've decided to jack the course in

I've been very unhappy about the MA By Project course for some time.  I have been profoundly dissatisfied with the most recent feedback, and thought I was going to get further discussion last Thursday from the module leader.  But she was too busy and rushed off after our first briefing for the final module.  I then asked the acting course leader for further feedback, including why my supervisor was not involved in my assessment.  He became defensive, telling me how difficult it was for everyone to get together, and how busy he was.  I am still none the wiser for my marks.

I looked up the meaning of the marks.  62% shows 'significant omissions in work'.  But I don't know what these are.  And it appears no-one is going to tell me.  Presumably this is for me to 'self direct' my learning.  I also looked up who should assess my work.  Old materials state 'supervisor and one other' but current materials refer to 'assessors must be competent'.

My marks have been consistently throughout the course - so I am not making progress.  I still have 'significant omissions'.  The final module is no time to be identifying what the significant omissions are.  I cannot put in 50+ hours a week when I don't know where I am failing.  I just don't have those energy levels.  I don't want to be someone who stumbles on through the course and ends up just scraping a pass - I don't see how you can have significant omissions from your learning and still pass.   The way London Met practises offends my value system.  I wanted to be a perpetual student but they have made it a distasteful experience.

I think this shows how poor education at London Met is.  Not only do we not learn, but we don't know why we don't learn.  I think the education system in Britain is totally bastardised.  We've gone over to a business model, where profits are more important, irrespective of whether people have learned.  And the London Met business model includes an accounting system that is non-compliant with basic invoicing law.  The Accounts staff know this, but sit there looking doe-eyed, when it is raised as an illegal action.  So their business model is illegal.

Given the standard of education and abysmal business practices, I do not wish to be associated with London Metropolitan University.  I do not wish to receive a degree from such a sub-standard organisation.  So I am about to remove myself from the course.