Things people probably don’t know about University and Teachers

1,Many people who teach are postgraduate students being paid very little.They may account for half of your tutors in some universities.They may be good at teaching  but they are not experienced nor given any training or help; the  full time staff  have to  produce  a book a year, or thereabouts  to keep their jobs.That means a lot of rubbish is published and research is judged by the number of citations not by academic evaluation as that is expensive and time consuming
I imagine doctors are unable to read all the new research coming out and maybe a lot is useless anyway
2.Some former polytechnics hired at high wages people with a good research record and then paid part-time staff  on lowe wages to do the actual teaching…. and keep them hanging on till October not knowing if they will be hired again or for  how many hours
So having someone famous in the Department does not mean you will ever see them or hear them
3 My niece had 3 hours a week teaching in her final year  of an English Literature degree at a well known University.And she was paying full fees and now has a huge debt
Is three hours a week sufficient for  full time students.Yes, they have to read but given all the mental health problems we hear about they could be very lonely and lose motivation
4 Is it true they expanded universities to reduce the dole queue? Probably…..