It has been another busy month in the life of your Vice President (Education and Access). In an attempt to enhance accountability I have increased the number of blogs I am making. To date I have written twelve blog posts since the last Guild Council. I intend to keep this pace up and invite all comments, queries and suggestions. www.tommarleyvpea.blogspt.com
- I have held a Student Rep forum and a Postgraduate forum recently to ascertain the views and concerns of those groups. Attendance was not as high as I would like though both were new and I am looking for ways to improve them in the future.
- I was part of a School Quality Review team for the reviews of Theology and B Med Sci.
- I attended the Scholarship Board and we discussed increasing the availability of scholarships for postgraduate students.
- At a meeting of the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee I raised the issue of extensions for candidates in Guild Officer election. That committee is also taking the lead in preparations for the QAA Institutional Audit.
- I have attended various plagiarism meetings with students who have been accused of plagiarism.
- I was invited to a meeting with senior University staff to discuss contingency plans for any potential UCU industrial actions, including potential actions short of a strike.
- I am now on the working group to revise the Code of Practice on Reasonable Diligence. We hope to have a new Code of Practice for the next academic year.
- The Learning and Teaching Roadshows that are held by the Univeristy are currently underway. These are used to spread best practice across the institution and I attended the Engineering and Physical Sciences event to provide input. I hope to attend more in the future.
- I have been coordinating the Guild’s delegation to the NUS Lobby of Parliament on 18th March. We will be sending over 10 students to Parliament to lobby MPs.
- Work on improving assessment feedback continues. Watch this space for more info in the future…
1 comment:
"I was invited to a meeting with senior University staff to discuss contingency plans for any potential UCU industrial actions, including potential actions short of a strike."
what are the unis contingency plans?
Would the guild take a stance? As it has in the past.
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