Post-1992 universities 'offer longer teaching hours'

By Andrew Marszal. Students at newer universities spend significantly longer in lectures and seminars while those at traditional institutions are left to their own devices, new figures suggest. An average course at a post-1992 university comprises 26 per cent lectures and seminars, as a proportion of time spent on study, compared with just 21 per cent at older institutions, information from the Telegraph's University Course Finderreveals. An average course at a post-1992 university comprises 26 per cent lectures and seminars, as a proportion of time spent on study, compared with just 21 per cent at older institutions, information from the Telegraph's University Course Finderreveals. It comes as a separate study this week found that the amount of lecture and tutorial time in universities has barely changed over the last six years despite a nine-fold hike in annual tuition fees. Read more...