“I don’t really have time, but now I am producing bullet points which either go out in the lecture or by email after. One student sent an email to say “This is fantastic!””

Hamish Forbes, Lecturer in Archaeology, School of Humanities
 

“There is a fear that students will just stick them in a file and not look at them.”

Janette Dunn, Reader in Physics, School of Physics & Astronomy
 

“[Lecturers] try and give them to me in the lecture but they are either on the wrong size or the wrong colour, they never get them right if they give them to me in a lecture. The only way it works is if they email them to me and then I reformat them myself.”.

Emma Wright, Visually Impaired Sociology student
 

“Rather than skipping lectures, students seem to use the handouts to prepare.”

Claire Chambers, School of Geography, formerly MELEES project administrator, School of Mathematics.
 

“I make my handouts available before lectures, and some students just use those instead of coming to the lectures. That's how they prefer to work, and if they still get good marks then I don't have a problem with that.”

Damian Schofield, School of Computer Science & IT.

“On one of our MSc courses we have now stopped giving out copies of Powerpoint slides on paper; they are only available via WebCT. With other courses, some tutors like to hand out materials in advance, some after a session, and some don't like the students making notes at all during a session!”

Nicki Keating, Learning Technology & Web Co-ordinator, Community Health Sciences.
 

“Some lectures are quite hard to follow because I haven't got the notes. I prefer braille notes but sometimes there aren't even any electronic copies that I can use to refer to until the braille notes are produced.”

Michael Whapples, Blind Physics student.
 

“Handouts are available before the lecture and many students bring them to the lecture with them. The students seem to be listening to what I have to say more. It seems to be a better experience for them.”

TR Faulkner, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics.
 

“There's no compulsion to make your handouts available before your lectures, but it could be seen as a reasonable adjustment and alleviates problems for all sorts of students.”

Lara Morgan, Disability Project Officer, Professional Development.