HINDSIGHT TO LEX'S UWA LAWSUIT
On this page I highlight + summarize my academic studious tenure at UWA for the greater part. My academic results are displayed in full in regards to the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University. Immediately after graduating from UWA students were no longer required to complete 2 intensive units every 6 weeks (10-12 unit a year) and hence the structure changed to 8 units a year.
Journal Entries & Evidence
Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering
Main Course Period: September 2006 – Grade: 84%
So here I was, a freshman in my post-graduate studies of which I fought so hard for. I told myself that this would be the epoch in my life in which I would stop playing games and pestering lecturer’s minds, and instead, truly and fully, I might commit myself to a long prosperous career in the Oil industry, that is, despite my beliefs that the industry is doomed in the not so distant future. To explain my poor results, let me start off by saying I had a wonderful intelligent lecturer by the name of ‘Scott Ryan’ who in turn worked within ‘Woodside’ also. Upon commencing I had already made many friends, and I also learnt and discovered that collusion amongst classmates was rampart. No matter, this subject was overwhelmingly easy, and I did read, and understand, all the course material way ahead of class which in turn led to my overwhelmingly boredom and lack of commitment to perform to the best of my capacity. I don’t recall there ever being a written test for this meaningless subject, and one time I even got into an argument with good ‘ol ‘Scott Ryan’ about the validity of the extrapolating oil declines in a logarithmic manner, and in turn I sought to prove that by using Integrals, of flowrates vs cumulative production, we could in turn obtain better estimates that would maybe provide us with a more conservative view of a field, which given the nature of the market would be more desirable.
So what can I say? I ‘helped’ several classmates with queries, I never received extra credit for my studies, and in the end I guess I was penalized by being slightly creative. Ahem, one disturbing thing that happened is that one student that constantly sought my help during this course later (the following year) denied ever doing the course. I suspect he was attending the lecture and was not even enrolled – or there is something else I don’t know about.
Subsea Technology
Main Course Period: October 2006 – Grade: 67%
Again this proved to be a jam packed unit full of social student interactions. The slides were many, and the number of lecturers was wide and many for every facet dealing with Subsea technologies. Off memory, I only remember the name of one lecturer, ‘Andy Cockrell’, who in turn was able to arrange vocational employment for me later in ‘Cameron’. Now, the biggest drama in this unit was the fact that there was only one assessment for the unit, and that each group would be assessed accordingly. I wanted the chance to prove what a great leader I was but I backed off after some egotistical group member wanted to take all the credit – however, I was one of the students that did the most work for the unit (and research). What troubled me most is that one of the students, by the name of Vimal, was not pulling his own weight in a crucial part of the assignment, and in the end I quite literally had to do all the work and research for his part also, the only thing I didn’t do was write it down for him and spoon feed it to him. In all, this unit frustrated me most because no matter what I tried doing, to motivate students to read ahead in notes and finish the work quickly, they just delayed things on and on until the last minute.
So you see, there was nothing I could have done more than what I did in this unit, and even though I wrote the most sections (which in turn had to be summarized to the bare minimal due to complaints that I was going to get all the merits for my work) I still insisted that when we hand the report we distribute the workload allocation evenly amongst all of us, after all, who wants to fail?
Environmental Engineering
Main Course Period: September 2006 – Grade: 53%
Classmates made me feel warm and welcome in this unit. And all the better, collusion between classmates was minimal, as far as my knowledge went, but then there was the overwhelmingly boring nature of the subject. Like my other subject, I did read ahead where I could, but unfortunately for me the WebCT lecture material, and notes, was minimal and pitiful. Robin Wright, another industry professional like every other lecturer in these post-graduate studies, seemed like an alright chap, that is, until he discovered I was suffering from ‘depression’ (+ hand tremors) and that I was applying for extra time in exams (hey, if I can abuse the system for the suffering I have gone through in the past, then why not?). It is like this, when I asked him questions he would look at me like an ignorant sub-human buffoon, and indeed, I thought all his taught concepts were extremely babyish and moronically simple. On my handed assessment I did not achieve the top mark of the class – this is a wonder because I constrained the length to exact of what was needed and I laid out the report EXACTLY how an ‘Environmental Impact Assessment’ should have been laid out (through sources). I am sorry, but in the end, despite having studied well, one thought got to me, that is, it might be against my best interests to score well in this class if I am to still one day break the world trade agreements that are barring countries to drill for oil & gas in Antarctica until 2050. That is, I would have no excuse, should something go wrong, and would not be able to blame the underdog dealing with the environmental side of things. In all, I answered every question right, in the final exam, but he probably didn’t like the fact I simplified this baby course for what it really was. In the end, his lecture notes were MINIMAL, he discriminated against me, my assignment was unjustly marked, and I answered the questions in the final exam in my own words – the course was hopeless and I know I was unjustly assessed. PS: I always left my exams before other students.
Investment Management
Main Course Period: October 2006 – Grade: 75%
Carlos Monteira, I believe was his name (the lecturer that is), always saw ‘Orlando’ as his favorite student (maybe the fact that he was from a Spanish speaking country) and gave me indications that he would never see me as a top student. Anyway, what an agonizing unit, after all I had done many ‘like’ units before; ie: International Finance, Finance, Accounting – of which most I dropped out from due to change in career path. No matter, I did learn some new things here, and these were concepts like ‘Excises’ and ‘PRRT’. My biggest mistake in this unit was becoming friends with a good natured guy by the name of ‘*name omitted*’ (competitive guy with many hidden agendas, I found out later), and in turn meeting the whole village of Indian people in class through him. Only then did I discover that collusion was rampant amongst these foreign students, but then, who could blame them considering their families are most likely earning 3rd world wages and they are paying absurd prices in fees.
So, what happened you may ask? To cut things short I decide to help *name omitted* on his assignment, only to realize I made a tiny mistake on my assignment, which in turn led him to convince me to re-do my whole assignment with him in order to compare results. In the end I just gave up studying since I knew everything already from my ‘extra’ studies on the side, and in the end I just couldn’t care what I would score because I knew I would pass the test with my eyes closed. Where did I go wrong? I am not sure exactly where I went wrong, except the burden of ‘pulling’ other people’s weights in ‘Subsea’ really became a lot that I must have lost the eye for detail.
And such is life!
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Oil & Gas Legal Frameworks
Main Course Period: August 2007 – Grade: 68%
Frank Tudor was my lecturer for this unit. I talked to Frank quite often regarding some vital information I needed for my dissertation I was working with – in the end it all went tragically wrong and I never attained that information.
Ok, so the subject was easy, and easier still that ‘Legal Frameworks’ on my undergraduate. So the multiple choice test was a breeze and I finish it in just under 20 minutes. The mid-semester assignment I pretty much finish on the morning after, like ‘Oil & Gas Economics’ – however, I did ask for some feedback regarding the length of it first.
Well, I have to say I felt sorry for some of the students in class. Some just didn’t know how to study, and I had to tell them to omit studying some chapters (for the final exam) because it would aide them since we chose the questions we would do – this made me feel bad because I did study every segment and here I was ‘lying’ that I didn’t just to see my colleagues pass.
There was one student in class that turned around to me and said in an arrogant voice, ‘how fast can you write’, after I ask a lecturer a question. This kind of hurt me because I do occasionally suffer from tremors on my hands due to my condition, which in turn limits my writing speed from 100% efficiency – I can only imagine.
Ok, in the end, 68% again, how? I know not. We are never told to read outside sources for information but I do so anyway – where did I go wrong?
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Project Management
Main Course Period: February 2007 – Grade: 69%
I loved David Bacarrini and his goldfish jokes in this unit, and I was quite determined to perform well in this unit and pursue a dissertation in the future in relations to this unit. So, what went wrong? It is simple, the main travesty was that I simply handed the WRONG assignment to the lecturer, which resulted on me attaining a grade of ~74% instead. And this is what befuddles me, I studied so god damn hard, the hardest I ever studied, and memorized EVERY single point in his notes to the bone, and after I sat the exam I walked out with the surety that I had attained 100%!
Sorry, I don’t think I will ever be able to explain this – something I knew not must have happened…
Petroleum Fluids
Main Course Period: February 2007 – Grade: 80%
A pitiful result for a subject I devoted so much time towards. Being 5th best in the class just doesn’t justify why I again I did not score best. I went above what was necessary for the assignments, my only downfall was that for the minor assignment I didn’t read the question fully, when it required I give two extra density related values I just didn’t – something that any baby could have worked out from the previous work done in the same assignment. Ahem, so I showed I could do all the work, and only because I essentially didn’t read some values from a table and physically write them down I get penalized.
And in relations to the final exam… I answered every single question with ample time to spare (correct answers), so what point(s) did I miss out I know not.
PS: I believe Eric May was my main lecturer for this unit.
Drilling Engineering
Main Course Period: May 2007 – Grade: 68%
Vamegh and Jorge were the lecturers for this unit… I can only say one thing, and that is that I out performed every single other classmate in this unit and I was not given credit for it. I read, understood, and memorized every single facet of the hundreds of pages shown, and I even exceeded expectations by learning more about the unit. I guess what could have been the cause of me being wrong was:
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I avoided all pleas to work with other classmates in order to ‘check’ answers – had I done this I would have scored 100%.
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I interpreted half the questions wrong in the assignment (or right), and I was intent on proving to the lecturer(s) that students colluded severely for this unit.
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I never re-checked my assignment more than once (to prove something).
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I finished the exam with over half an hour to spare, and maybe my mania caused me to have a bit of self pride so as not to thoroughly re-check the answers.
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Should I say more? The details could maim.
In the end, right from the beginning I had respect for these two lecturers… They were highly qualified industry personnel with great credentials. I always thought that it would be hard to impress someone who attended ‘Oxford’, but that is just urban myth I guess. In the final exam I was told to write only 1-2 sentences per question (leaving me with ample time) which again was frustrating to me considering all the hours I spent studying.
Oil & Gas Economics
Main Course Period: May 2007 – Grade: 68%
What can I say? I was the best, and undoubtly will not be given credit for what my potential truly was. Of course, I knew all the theory side of things for this unit from previous units, and I even went as far to ask stupid questions in class, in order to purposely make myself seem stupid so classmates would stop pestering me, only to turn around the questions and disprove the lecturer in his definitions for terms – I felt like a real wanker, it all backfired on me. In all, I was again, undeniably, the best in class considering I again MEMORIZED every single point in class as well as learnt many other things outside the course.
Some problems:
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I walk out of the multiple choice test with surety I got every question right, however, a few seconds after handing the paper back I realize I ‘may’ have had a few mistakes.
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I only find out of the assignment’s existence 5 weeks after it had been told in class, and given my great ego on the unit I finish the assignment in less than a day (on the day after) just prior exam week – stuff them I say.
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The final exam was the easiest piece of paper on the planet, and again I finish early, include many pertinent notes, and outline every single facet pertaining to the question that was outlined in class – I was the best!
Ocean Engineering
Main Course Period: June 2007 – Grade: 78%
Brad Stappenbelt was my lecturer for this unit… I have to admit, at first glance this unit did seem a bit complex, but shortly after I realized how simple and easy it was. I was quick to make new friends, as usual, and like always created some social groups to talk with in breaks. We had a mid-semester test, of which I partook and was certain I was going to score 100% (due to a technicality), but in the end I am not sure what result the lecturer gave me. You see, in class he specifically said that we would not have to resort to integrations for questions of a nature of a specific problem – and indeed I asked basically the same question to Brad in class and he said not to worry about solving it with integrals and instead just simplify it, so I did. And the last question for the test I was certain that he explained it in class in such a way to do it so it would be just like I did, however, I wasn’t sure of that so I had to prove with fundamental principles (that weren’t even covered yet) to see if that theory was right, and by which time I saw my mistake I did not have time to correct my error. I explained all this to Brad after he marked the tests, which resulted in him laughing uncontrollably for 10 minutes or so. I still think I should not have got a mark of 78% for the test, which coincidentally must have been approximately the same mark of my final exam for me to get an overall mark of 78%.
We also did do a group project with classmates. A classmate asked me for help forming a group, so indeed I formed a group of 6 within minutes, no problems, after all I do seem to know everyone. The class presentation was a joke, and my mate Greg needed to prove his worth to show he had the knowledge since he did that specific question we were presenting – so what happens? I crack a joke, I wink at the class to shut up when the lecturer ain’t looking, and we proceed. I guess I will never know what I got for my final exam, but I did improvise a crude tribute in the end of my paper with double meaning – after all, from past experience I always had excess time left after tests. Oh, and as usual, I left early.
Completions Engineering
Main Course Period: June 2007 – Grade: 64%
Jessica Padman was my main lecturer for this unit. Fortunately we received all the lecture notes early in the course, after some pestering, which gave me something to read. From memory, I think it must have taken me about 8 days (whilst still studying for my other unit and living my life) to summarize the notes on an easy to understand format, and a few days more to memorize it all. The report/project we have to undertake I finish in record time also, of which I forward to Jessica just so I can get a quick ‘yes/no’ feedback to see if that is the kind of report she was looking for – I was told it was of ‘outstanding quality’ – but in the end, that report was only my first draft of many and I did do much more work on it.
Now, I had a hard time talking my way around helping students in class. I would get accosted by students all the time asking me to draw them the way I planned drilling operations in my report, and like always, I never like to lie – lucky me I made a draft.
So, what is there to say? My report was quite long, and it looked really good viewed from a computer – I fear the printout was quite messy due to margins, but hey, we were told we could hand it electronically also. So indeed I studied a fair bit, and I could not possibly imagine me getting a low mark for this unit. Jessica even specifically told me that I would only need about 2 points for every question in the exam to get full marks – stuff that, I think I gave 5-10 points for every question. There is nothing hard about knowing it all.
Facilities Design
Main Course Period: August 2007 – Grade: 68%
My main lecturer for this unit was Bob Hurle. He is an intelligent chap, and explains some pretty hard concepts to grasp without some kind of previous knowledge. Now, the problem with this unit (and every student would agree with me) was that it was a rather disorganized unit. The lecture slides apparently belonged to a different unit altogether, and our assessment was based on HYSYS of which we, in turn, had no teaching whatsoever (lest we did previous units that taught it) and basically had to teach ourselves from scratch.
For the assessments we had to form ourselves into groups. Immediately I did get quite a few students asking me to join their groups – I chose to go in the group with two hardworking students that work part-time. Anyway, in every single assignment (except the last one) every group was in a complete mess. I would talk to everyone and find out each group’s individual progress. We at times were so stuck that we orchestrated meetings to discuss theories for solving the assignment(s) for every group. Now, this is an extremely hard feat to do so as not to be considered ‘collusion’, and some of us, myself included, would lose nights of sleep trying to dig whatever limited information from textbooks. We didn’t want to constantly pester the lecturer with questions, so we resorted to alternating students to ask him questions. Sure, some may say they figured it out how to do most of their assignments virtually alone, but those were the lucky ones that had a chance to actually ask Bob a question when he was not busy.
The final assignment was improvised by the lecturer (given class recommendation) at the last minute. We had nine questions, I immediately did two of them in a flash (in the full two page length constraint), and later I flew to Singapore/Malaysia and finished my remaining question (1/3rd) and emailed to my two colleagues. I did my share of the work, and the only reason I did not do all of it myself was because I remembered my mark for ‘SubSea’ technology, where I attained a measly grade of 67% after doing so much work. Life is not fair, I deserved more, and 68% my friend, is not what I deserve.
Offshore Structures
Main Course Period: February 2008 – Grade: 77%
Rodney Pinna was my lecturer for this unit. Now let me begin by saying that we had a whole book to memorize this time – of which was no problem at all once you got around to understanding how basic this course truly was. In actual fact, I achieve the highest mark in the class (and it was a big class) for the one assessment due mid-term for this unit (38/40) – the only reason I didn’t attain full marks was because I forgot to convert the units on a trivial question.
Now, let’s bear in mind that I was working for most of this semester, and also a couple of days before the exam I have a near fatal accident during a SCUBA dive that left me at great impediment for the final exam. No matter, on the final exam I complete the questions lightening fast on a sequential manner (as is usual) and even have the cheek to expand on two questions (6 & 9) for a page after I finish all the questions. I, in fact, only needed to refer to the book once (as it was an open book exam) which is a great shame considering how I neatly tagged every main section.
In so saying, I left the exam 30 minutes early just to prove I was the best again, unfortunately the lecturer must have not seen the genius in me thus resulting in such a low score.
Collusion was RAMPART amongst all other students!
The thought kept on coming to mind that I actually met Rodney once before on some distant past…
Process Engineering
Main Course Period: March 2008 – Grade: 74%
Bob Hurle was my lecturer for this unit. I will save you the spiel about collusion (this has been a general trend amongst all UWA students), and in fact, what deterred me from obtaining top mark in my assignments was that I actually colluded with some good friends (also classmates) which led me astray from my initial plans to tackling the given assignments.
In class Bob specifically stresses out that he does not want essay style answers for the final exam – this made me angry because I was intent on memorizing the whole of the course notes despite it being an open book final examination.
Now, I was still infuriated about my magnificent 5 x 68%’s from my previous semester last year (and the binary coincidence) that I wanted to prove I could pass without even trying. So what do I do? I simplify the final examination questions to the bare necessities; so much that I wrote a letter to Bob himself requesting a conceded pass and a random spot oral test.
If my work was dully worth of 74% then that means had I really tried I would have scored way in excess. It seems my plan to test whether the academic board arranges grades succeeded. Also, there were complications in the final exam in regards to leaving me stranded in a separate room due to their negligence – I care not to mention.
Like usual, I completed ahead of the class in terms of time.
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Petroleum Geology
Main Course Period: March 2008 – Grade: 75%
Dr David Haig was my lecturer for this unit. Now, let me begin by saying that the assessment for this unit was a joke. It was all based on one final examination and over simplistic lecture notes.
I actually summarized all of the lecture notes, answered every tutorial question, and I distributed to VARIOUS classmates to help the cheaters study – and not once did I receive any useful help back.
There isn’t much to comment on this unit, except that I know that at heart I was the best student (and most loved) of all. It’s a shame about the mere 75%. :(
Floating Production Systems
Main Course Period: May 2008 – Grade: 60%
Mr Augustine T. Antony was my lecturer for this unit. This assessment was 75% based on a group presentation, and 25% based on a group oral presentation.
Now, let me begin by saying that I absolutely detested this course. Maybe not so much on the fact that I was paying this unit’s fees just so that I could study information that was available on the internet or from company sources, but more-so because Augustine presented himself to be an ignorant jackass buffoon with prejudice towards those he didn’t like at face value.
I worked with two Indian students on this assessment, and I literally prepared the whole report by my sole self week’s in advance (of which other group member’s used as a benchmark reference due to my group mates leaking information) as well as prepared the entire oral presentation for my group mates. My group mates did nothing, and they definitely didn’t do their part of editing my work. Like every group project to date I had to carry the burden of everyone and in the end it was I that got penalized. When I tried discussing to Augustine about my problems and woes within the group Mr Augustine just gave me a malicious smile and smirked in contentment – he even went as far as leaving the voice recorder on so ALL my classmates could hear what I said in Lectopia’s recording’s.
Mr Augustine burnt me bad, really bad, specially by giving such a low score, but that isn’t the worst of it. The worst was the mere fact his structured course was just not structured at all.
I failed in this unit, and like always I was surrounded by jackasses!
Life just ain’t fair!
Offshore Geomechanics
Main Course Period: June 2008 – Grade: 70%
Dr Susan Gourvenec was my main lecturer for this unit. Now, I contently did all my assignments, as usual, and I did help various close classmates in some problems. Unfortunately it seemed that the tutorial supervisors for this unit had a habit of leading me astray with their answers.
Some top students of the class sought my advice and help on some questions, and when it got to the last assignment (out of four) I quite literally had to explain the whole problem to classmates as I was the only one that jumped ahead in the tutorial in order to finish the assignment. I was, however, led astray by a top student in class when it came to this final assignment. There was a problem in which we had to account for friction in both sides of a suction anchor – I pointed this problem out to my fellow classmate but he assured me that his way was right since he inquired the lecturer, and that I should copy off him. To my great disgruntlement I did what he wanted me to do, the sole basis for this being that ‘supposedly’ this tutorial supervisor had told him the correct way to do it.
Again I was disappointed by my grade, and worse still is that I felt sorry for those classmates that almost failed the unit by trying to copy off me directly (on the work I showed them I merely stated a step-by-step procedure to do the problem and did not show them my final work).
Frustrating was the fact that we did not have an ample supply of example problems from which to learn from.
PS: I was TOLD by email correspondence with academic staff that I was allowed to work with classmates, to my great dismay, and was in fact indirectly encouraged to do so.
Health and Safety
Main Course Period: August 2008 – Grade: 74%
Tim McGrath was my main lecturer for this unit. Now, I did put a lot of effort for this unit on the first week, and I already had summarized and read all of the lecture notes and finished bought assignments within the first week. For the remainder of the term I basically devoted a couple of hours each day to commit those notes I had written to memory as well as add additional points from various books I had read throughout the length of the 6 week semester.
The end exam comprised of choosing 3 questions from a plausible 6, of which in total should have comprised every main segment covered. I studied for four sections, but mainly concentrated on 3 sections. To my great disgruntlement the questions asked did not request in depth information on the units (ie: extra material I had covered). I was somewhat upset at my final exam mark, considering I had spent a lot of time reading other books and online material I sieved my information from.
A certain student, of which I dubbed for plagiarism on the past (and I could have shown ample proof from logged online communication) did seem to try to ostracize me from the rest of the students from here on – of course, he didn’t succeed.
What I still failed to understand is how I could have scored so low, in the distant past (~68%) by contrasting this grade. I did study like a maniac the first week, and in the end I don’t believe I was the best in class, but mayhap the best in spirit.
LNG & GTL Technology
Main Course Period: August 2008 – Grade: 70%
Bob Hurle was my main lecturer for this unit. Like all my classes to date, again I was the first to submit both assignments. Again I was discouraged from giving it 100% (ie: given the amount of study I did for Project Management, Oil and Gas Economics, and similar), but I did put in a lot of effort reading and committing to memory all my notes.
Again collusion amongst students was an all time high, and I did not fall for that trap in the slightest, even when students approached me and told me some of their answers (by which I turned a blind eye and shut my ears).
On the final exam I did feel somewhat relaxed and at ease, and my hand experienced no tremors and I wrote everything down calmly. I guess in the end I get no extra marks for being smart with answers.
It was an open book exam, and I have to be frank I did have to rely on the books a bit in order to cross reference some material. We also did get asked a certain question about catalysts for a water shift reaction – I did not put the ones in the notes and instead resorted to catalysts developed in a newly developed patent which entailed a mix of iron and ruthenium.
I did want a higher mark for this unit, and I am a firm believer that all people have approximately the same level of intellect, however, some just have better ethics and more will than others in order to make an impression.
Production Operations
Main Course Period: September 2008 – Grade: 80%
Bashirul Haq was my lecturer for this unit. I felt sorry for Bashirul during the course of these studies because a lot of students would disrespect outright the lecturer in class by insinuating he was incompetent. I attended all but two of my classes, and with good reasons, and again, like always, I was the first to submit both my assignments that were due without collusion – this is not to say that students did not approach me for answers, which they did. I did help a few students a lot, and all the time NEVER requesting for their answers in any way, although one time one student did insist on comparing my answers directly to his through paper.
The final exam was easy, and like always I did not utilize my extra time and also left before any other classmate had finished their paper. There was one question on Fick’s law of diffusion, of which I intentionally left semi blank considering I did try to make a joke on the very same question early in the semester in class, this of which backfired in class – the only ones that would have understood it would have been students who attended the lectures of Petroleum Geology with me.
I did wish to stay in the extra 2 hours I had on the exam and maybe embellish on the answers, however, this was my last lecture for my length of studies as a master in the University of Western Australia. Sometimes impressions matter more than what a piece of paper says, at least now I can truly walk away with the title of Master.
Bashirul is an intelligent individual; however, I think I only got him to actually answer one of the many questions I asked him in class.
Again, thanks for everything!
Grade Synopsis at Murdoch University
Issues and Crisis Management – lecturer: Renae Desai (68%)
This unit explores the theory and practice of issues and crisis management in public relations. It provides some important principles for communicating in a conflict or crisis situation, and offers a critical understanding of stakeholder engagement. In addition to learning about communication and conflict from a critical perspective, students have the opportunity to develop negotiation, mediation and conflict resolution skills through workshops and role play.
Media Relations – lecturer: Christina Tan (65%)
This unit explores the theory and practice of media relations through case studies, practical writing exercises and the development of a media relations campaign. Students will learn how to work closely with the media, plan and evaluate media campaigns, prepare for interviews and press conferences, and write effective media releases, backgrounders and feature stories. In addition, students will explore the broader social role of media relations and its relationship with public relations.
Professional Communication – lecturer: Kate Fitch (67%)
This unit teaches students theoretical foundations and practical skills in professional communication. Students critically analyse different modes and genres of communication including public information, rhetorical communication, organisational communication and interpersonal communication. Students will gain skills in planning strategic communication, writing and delivering speeches, integrating visual communication in written work, writing reports, editing written material, conducting interviews and managing professional communication projects.
I subsequently studied at two other universities (Edith Cowan University and Notre Dame). I obtained satisfactory grade at those universities with minimal efforts although my hand tremors escalated in severity significantly thus hindering my performance in final exams to a great extent. After graduating I attended Murdoch Uiversity where I was then able to sit 'typed' exams which had an effect of increasing the quality of my work by astronomical amounts as well as quantity. Below are the insulting grades granted to me by Murdoch's staff post-meeting confessions by Kate Fitch.
SEMESTER FINISHED BUT GRADES NOT GIVEN OUT UNTIL THE END OF THE NEXT SIX UNITS
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