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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The first round of UCU action completed on Friday 16th March 2018. Given that 12.5 teaching days were lost to the strike, corresponding to 28 % of the total the teaching
time in the semester, the Department must find a way to minimise the impact of this reduction in teaching on the students. There are three options available to the Department:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reschedule the missing lectures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Post the material not delivered on MyPlace and ask the students to self study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Remove material from the examinations that has not been taught.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Given the current pressures on the University estate Option 1 is not really viable, especially if every other department decides to reschedule their lectures that were
cancelled as a result of the UCU action. As the exams are scheduled directly after the Easter Holiday we could teach in Week 11 rather than stopping in Week 10 as is the current practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In respect of Option 2 this would place significant pressure on students trying to balance their learning of the material that is currently being delivered with that
being posted on MyPlace. This approach may lead to a significant number of complaints and appeals for the students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Option 3 is the simplest and easiest to implement. The exam questions have been set and the papers have been sent to the external examiners for review. At the end of
Week 10 of the semester staff should identify material that has not been taught and this will be removed from the paper. The marks should then be re-distributed to bring the paper back to 100 % To minimize any student stress staff should inform students as
to the content that will be covered in the examination by the end of week 10. The following notification will be sent to the students through MyPlace and the Student Staff Committee<u>:
<o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="Body"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">As you will be aware the teaching of some classes has been disrupted by the recent UCU action.
For those classes that have been affected the staff have been asked to indicate to you by the end of Week 10 the content that will be covered the examination.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There will naturally be a knock-on effect for next year, in that students will not have covered pre-requisite material for next year’s classes. To support the students’
transition to the next year, the content that is not taught should be made available over the summer through MyPlace and during the Development Week workshops will be held to support the students understanding of this material.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">E. Riis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">N. Langford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">===============================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Professor Erling Riis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Head of Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Physics, tel: 0141-5483490<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Strathclyde University,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">John Anderson Building, e-mail:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Department is a partner in SUPA, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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