One of the country’s top colleges has been forced to apologise after two lecturers were overheard using offensive language about students.
In a video shared on social media, they can be overheard using offensive and insulting language to ridicule the work students had presented online.Business students, who had just made online presentations, could hear the lecturers discuss their work and allocate marks as their feeds remained live. “But the other fella [student’s name], I thought I’d have to get a drill and start drilling my teeth, they were so painfula disability.The other replied: “Funny, I was thinking that.
The conversation, which appears to have been recorded by one of the students, is understood to have taken place last week.She added: “I would like to wholeheartedly apologise to our students for the data breach that has caused such deep hurt and dismay. GMIT is known as a student-centred institute and some of the comments made by our staff do not reflect the values to which we aspire.GMIT Students’ Union president Victor O’Loughlin said the incident is being investigated by the student body.