Anonymity on feedback forms when it's about the content of the lectures (provided the content does not violate any rules) is not really there to help anybody. If the contents violates rules then that feedback should be anonymous.
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Yes, but still. Students are in a disadvantaged position of power. Thus there must be reassurances that there not going to be retaliations to their honest and justified comments. Breaking this trust is what worries me. I see your point, do you see mine?
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Fair enough. Then allow anonymous comments but if found to be abusive they are un-anonymised by a 3rd party and the students are told this explicitly. However, you can't address what I said above either way: anonymised comments can still bear the features of the writer.
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In many ways, I might know who left it regardless. Or worse yet, I might have 3 people who fit the bill and retaliate against all 3. It's very tricky.
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Yes, it is very tricky! That was my whole point
But I do agree in that they (we all) must be made accountable, no doubt. -
Also, to be fair, students raise all their concerns in class, and especially to the TAing PhD students, if in any way interactive like a practical class or one with seminars, almost always and without exception in my experience. So again you know who is complaining about what.
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Obvi, my experiences and not universal and teaching/TAing 6 courses a year for 4 years at BBK is again not a universal experience, but I genuinely do not believe there is such a thing as anonymous when it's students you spend hours with. You just know who writes what if you care.
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And even if you don't know who writes what, the way people write can give things away about their personality or minority (or otherwise) status. Anonymity in these contexts to me at least seems like a fig leaf. You cannot really appeal to it.
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To truly protect students you must actually have proper rules and training in place not just say "oh hey it's anonymised so it's unbiased".
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