Lazy students are welching on our uni group assignments. It’s dragging down my marks

March 15, 2026 — 6:00pm

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Few students manage to leave university without a group assignment horror story; it’s pretty much a rite of passage.

One of my friends was assigned to a group where two out of five members never turned up to class or replied to any messages. Despite doing everything asked of her by the co-ordinator to get in contact with them, the entire group’s mark was capped at 55/100.

For my French group assignment last year, which involved filming a mock news broadcast, an insistent group member demanded that I dress as Marine Le Pen, including wearing a hideous blonde wig, and parade around the university campus. The video was then shown to the whole class. Definitely my most embarrassing university moment.

So yes, I’m a group assignment hater, as are many other students. But I didn’t expect anyone other than students or universities would ever pay any attention to this issue.

A few weeks ago, however, federal opposition education spokesman Julian Leeser called for universities to abolish group........

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