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Lahore College for Women University's theses controversy
LCWU students, parents protest against VC
Lahore, June 24, 2008: A controversy has erupted over theses of final semester students
of the Lahore College for Women University's Design and Visual Arts Department
as students have been told by the vice chancellor to prepare their theses for
display once again.
The students, however, are reluctant to repeat the
exercise on the plea it would put extra financial burden on their parents and a
waste of time and hard work, already put in this connection.
In this
regard, the students of Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) who are studying Graphic
Designing as major and their parents also met with the LCWU VC Prof Dr Bushra
Mateen on Monday. It is learnt that the VC did not change her decision and asked
students to prepare their theses once again.
The aggrieved students
including Fatima Qayyum, Quratulain, Alvina Malik, Namra Kaleem, Farwa Batool,
Sanya Safdar, Fiza Jabeen, Atiya Khadim, Zahra Rasool, Anush Ali, Sumbel Rauf
and Abira Shafiq told reporters that their theses work was displayed at Al Hamra
Art Gallery recently. They added that this fact was not being recognised by the
VC owing to which they had been asked to repeat.
They said their
external examiners had also awarded them marks after examining their theses
display at the exhibition. However, the same was not being recognized either,
they added.
They said they had worked hard and spent a lot of money in
order to prepare their theses for display. To repeat the same would be quite
difficult for them, they added. They said it could also affect positions of the
students. They said it was strange that the theses display, which was organised
by their department at Al Hamra Art Gallery, was not being recognised by the VC.
They said that even LCWU Registrar Shaista Wyne was present at the time
of inauguration of the display. When contacted in this regard, LCWU VC Dr Bushra
Mateen refused to comment while department's head was not available for
comments.
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LCWU awarded PhD to student
Lahore: The Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) has awarded a PhD degree to Anjum Zia in the Mass
Communication. According to a press statement, Anjum Zia is the
chairperson/assistant professor at the LCWU Department of Mass Communication.
The title of her thesis was "Effects of Cable Television on Women in Pakistan: A
Comparative Study of Heavy and Light Viewers in Lahore."This research was
carried out under the supervision of Prof Dr Mughees-ud-Din, director, Institute
of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab. The foreign examiners were
Dr Manju Mishra, principal of College of Journalism and Mass Communication,
Khatmandu, Nepal, and Prof Dr Anju Grover Chaudhry, Department of Journalism,
Howard University, Washington, US. Nisar Ahmed Zubairi, Former Chairman,
Department of Mass Communication, University of Karachi, was the local examiner. The News
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