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<div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear all,</span></div>
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Next month, our undergraduate students will be receiving any marks delayed from last year by the impact of the industrial action in the second semester.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Several students have performed poorly in the exams last year,
in some cases not achieving what would normally be a pass mark. They are likely to want to discuss their performance with you.</span></div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The students were progressed into the following year, so have
the credits for all the modules which they attempted in 2022/23. But the actual marks, now that they are available, will be used to calculate their credit weighted average. <br>
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Particularly for our current 4<sup>th</sup> year students, this means that a proportion of their final degree award will come from those assessments (25% from 3<sup>rd</sup> year, 75% from current year). </div>
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In cases where there are strong personal circumstances, it may be possible for the students to re-take the assessment as a first attempt in the Spring exam diet or the Summer resits. However, in most cases, this is unlikely to be in their interests (extra studying
required for material from a year ago and further pressure in the main exams which will distract from the more important final exams, or disruption of their Summer). If eligible students do want to consider resitting, please refer them to their current Year
Coordinator to discuss their options:</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In other cases, the progression decision is equivalent to the
normal situation of students having the marks from their first attempt but obtaining the credits as though through a successful resit last Summer. Please emphasise that this situation is basically the same as if they had passed their failed modules at resit,
so they are not being disadvantaged compared to what would normally happen.</span></div>
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There are resources for supporting distressed students at:</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.strath.ac.uk/media/ps/sees/disabilityservice/Helping_Students_in_Distress_Guide_2023_Digital_Copy.pdf" id="OWAd4b78746-ad61-591f-92f2-0e7de751b2bb" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly">https://www.strath.ac.uk/media/ps/sees/disabilityservice/Helping_Students_in_Distress_Guide_2023_Digital_Copy.pdf</a></span></div>
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Regards,</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr Ben Hourahine</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Director of Student Support</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Department of Physics</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">University of Strathclyde</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tel.: +44 141 548 2325</span><br>
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