YUSU HAS hit out at the proposed University policy of forcing students to request permission to record lectures a week in advance.
The current system of letting lecturers know of any potential recording in advance has come under fire for making things unnecessarily difficult- especially for disabled students.
The critique comes amidst YUSU and University plans to make lectures available as video podcasts.
“This wouldn’t be an issue if all lectures were recorded, and to me, this doesn’t sound like it’s going to really make life easier for disabled students,” argues YUSU Academic Affairs Officer Charlie Leyland.
In the recent YUSU “Get Techie, Get Sourcey” student survey an overwhelming majority of students support this idea, as well as another proposal of materials being available in advance.
“If you are an international student with language difficulties, or have disabilities, or simply would like to better prepare for your lecture and not spend it frantically writing notes then this would help you,” Leyland adds.
The final decision on the matter is left to the University’s Teaching Committee.