ABSTRACT
The term “non-standard” student is proposed to include students who have recently experienced traditional mainstream education in the uk and, as a result, tend either to be educated in a country outside the uk, native English speakers, mature, disabled and/or working or studying part-time. Traditional methods of teaching are currently being revised to take into account more innovative methods of teaching and learning. Many teachers are beginning to use educational technology to augment some part of their teaching and/or assessment procedures. In addition, teachers are beginning to expect students to have or to gain competence in basic it skills, for example by being able to submit word-processed work assignments. The basic it tools such as word processors, spreadsheets, databases and statistical packages that are now so widely available in all discipline areas of higher education require both lecturers and students to develop a set of transferable skills.
