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半数以上的维州大学生表示，他们曾经无法在讲堂中找到座位，不得不坐在地上。
一墨尔本大学人文科学双学位学生说，哪怕只是迟到5分钟，礼堂也早已座无虚席。
联邦教育局的数据显示，过去的18年间，导师（tutor）和学生人数比从1:12跃升到了1:20。有些导师班的学生数甚至到了36人。
教育局对此表示，政府去年已经许诺出资5亿元帮助学校改进设施。下财年预算中，还会有新的措施来应对这一现象。
Unis packed to the rafters
http://www.theage.com.au/national/unis-packed-to-the-rafters-20090403-9rmj.html
Miki Perkins
April 4, 2009
OVERCROWDING at Victorian universities is so bad that more than half the students say they have sat on the floor at lectures.
A survey by the National Union of Students found that lectures were attended by up to 300 people and 40 per cent of students said lecture facilities were unable to meet the educational needs of the people crammed into them.
"If I'm even five minutes late for one of my arts lectures, then you have to sit on the floor," Melbourne University arts-science student Dominique Ottobre told The Age.
"Some students actually skip the lecture in frustration."
Students said their largest tutorials held an average of 36 people.
The most recent national figures from the federal Education Department show that the average tutorial size is more than 20 students to one teacher, up from with 12:1 in 1990.
The NUS survey found 56 per cent of Victorian students had arrived at a lecture to find there were no seats available and had to sit where they could.
La Trobe Guild president Jesse Marshall said he shared a European history tutorial with 25 to 30 students in a room designed for about 12, making it "even more difficult to focus in a complex subject".
Third-year student "Isabelle" said law seminars — a cross between a lecture and a tutorial — were attended by 50 to 60 and tutors did not know students.
The NUS survey was based on responses from 485 students across three universities: Monash, La Trobe and Melbourne. "There is only so much individual universities can do within current federal budget constraints — this is a challenge for Canberra," NUS president David Barrow said.
"Being crammed into classes with overworked, underpaid casual tutors makes students feel undervalued."
A large number of student submissions to the Bradley review — the largest independent review of higher education in 20 years — complained class sizes were too large. The review found the student "experience" was being threatened.
The National Tertiary Education Union's Paul Kniest said overcrowding placed pressure on staff and affected their ability to deliver a quality education.
"Having students sitting on the floor or steps of lecture theatres can also be a health and safety issue," he said.
Universities Australia head Glenn Withers said he was concerned about ratios but the Government had instituted three programs of infrastructure funding that would expand facilities.
A spokesperson for Education Minister Julia Gillard said the Government announced $500 million to renew facilities last October and would respond further in the budget. |
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