Education - Letter: `Inactive' tutor

Monica Patterson
Wednesday 30 September 1998 23:02 BST
Comments

I am a mature student, embarking on the final years of my English degree at Queens, Belfast, and I am also the mother of two sons who will, I hope, be part of the university system within the next two years. This is a purely personal letter, sparked by the incredulity of discovering that one of my English tutors has apparently been diagnosed as "research inactive". I am confused, as this tutor represents for me all that one expects from a university. Her enthusiasm for her subject and her desire to share her wealth of knowledge is legendary. Her lectures are dynamic and bear witness to meticulous and constant research. I cannot think that she would ever retrieve previously delivered lectures or regurgitate chapters from one of her publications.

Monica Patterson

Holywood, Co Down

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in