1. WHY STUDENTS DO NOT ATTEND
LECTURES
Reasons for nonattendance
No. of students
%*
Rank
Needed to work on
assignments
52
43
1
Couldn’t be bothered
42
35
2
I could get the
material in other
ways
31
26
3
I didn’t think the
lecture was worth
going to
30
25
4
The timing of the
lecture was wrong for
me
24
20
5
Illness
17
14
6
Transport/parking
problems
8
7
7
Family problems
5
4
9
In paid employment
7
6
8
Other
1
<1
10
(% * of the approximately 120 who missed at least one lecture)
Editor's Notes
I have sourced a table from the university of Canterbury, Sally Hunter a university education researcher along with Jill Tetley, from the students’ association,developed a survey of why university student do not attend their lectures, the top two reasons for not attending a lecture were ‘the need to work on other assignments’ and ‘because students couldn’t be bothered to attend’. Students also stated that they find lectures invaluable as they can source materials in other ways. This is very valuable information that should be evaluated by education departments to improve lecturing or dis guard it altogether.
