[Academic] Fw: Updated Guidelines for conducing a 'Virtual' Viva

[Audrey McKinnon]

Dear All

Please see information below.

Regards
Audrey

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From: Shannan Donald <shannan.donald at strath.ac.uk>
Sent: 17 April 2020 10:34
Subject: Fw: Updated Guidelines for conducing a 'Virtual' Viva

Morning All

Eleanor Shaw has requesting that the information below be sent to all PGR's please?

Best wishes
Shannan

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From: Eleanor Shaw
Sent: 16 April 2020 17:22
To: Mark Ellis <m.ellis at strath.ac.uk>; Bernard Conway <b.a.conway at strath.ac.uk>; Matthew Alexander <matthew.j.alexander at strath.ac.uk>; Robert Martin <r.w.martin at strath.ac.uk>
Cc: Stephanie Colvan <stephanie.colvan at strath.ac.uk>; Gabrielle Milson <gabrielle.milson at strath.ac.uk>; Yvonne Perrie <yvonne.perrie at strath.ac.uk>; Atilla Incecik <atilla.incecik at strath.ac.uk>; David Hillier <david.hillier at strath.ac.uk>; Douglas Brodie <douglas.brodie at strath.ac.uk>; Iain Stewart <i.w.stewart at strath.ac.uk>
Subject: Updated Guidelines for conducing a 'Virtual' Viva
Importance: High

Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached the Guidelines which Education Strategy Committee has approved for conducting a virtual viva. I have emailed our Strathclyde Doctoral Community today with a copy of these.

Can I please ask for your help in circulating these guidelines to all supervisors and APS colleagues involved in administering PGR programmes in each of your Faculties. Can you please draw everyone’s attention to point 1.5:



‘1.5 The decision to hold a viva by video conferencing must have the prior consent of the student (candidate), supervisor and examiners and in no case should the decision to use video-conferencing place the student at a disadvantage.’

This means that if all parties are happy (student, supervisor and examiners), there is no reason for any vivas to be postponed as a result of Covid-related restrictions. When I met with our PhD students yesterday at the virtual weekly meet-ups which we have introduced, students expressed concern that some supervisors had told their students that their viva would now be postponed as a consequence of Covid-related restrictions. This is not the case as point 1.5 makes clear.

I will also post these guidelines on the new Strathclyde Doctoral School (SDS) MyPlace site which can be found here: https://classes.myplace.strath.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=24920

This new site has been created to provide one central point for all SDS communications. We also intend to use this site to encourage, through forums, discussions, the sharing of information and copies of any materials used during weekly meet ups. Can you please encourage particularly PGR administrators to access this site.

Many thanks for your help in circulating these communications.

Very best wishes

Eleanor

Eleanor Shaw MA, PhD
Professor of Entrepreneurship
Associate Principal
University of Strathcyde

Email: eleanor.shaw at strath.ac.uk<mailto:eleanor.shaw at strath.ac.uk>
www.strath.ac.uk<http://www.strath.ac.uk/>

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