Even though...
Even though it takes a special kind of awfulness to rise to the top of any students' union, the point is very valid. Lectures are very inefficient at passing information to students - a common university experience is looking at back at one's notes during revision and thinking "When the hell did I learn about this?"
Problems class, tutorials and an afternoon in the library are far better ways to actually learn, but often neglected in favour of a lecture-heavy timetable which interrupts the lecturers' research time and the students' study time.*
*Okay, so given unstructured free time hardly any student can be trusted to study. But most buckle down to it once the exams are in sight. .
For those who consider lectures a ticket to a social life: don't forget laboratory/practical sessions, where you have far more opportunity to talk.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
