[Academic] Preparation for Semester 1

[Brian]

Dear All,

As part of preparations for Welcome Week, the following email will be 
sent out to students late Tues 31 Aug:

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/Subject: The new Academic Year in Physics//
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//Dear All,//
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//The new Academic Year begins with 'Welcome Week' on Monday, 13 
September and we are looking forward to welcoming your return, or 
meeting our new students for the first time.//
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//In order to help you find out what is happening in Welcome Week and 
beyond, we have put up two pages of information onto the Myplace Virtual 
Learning Environment.//
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//Once logged in, you will be able to navigate via the Dashboard to the 
first page, the //Physics Personal Development 
<https://classes.myplace.strath.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=25509>//  (PPD) 
page. This contains advice and links to a wide range of information on 
such topics as Personal Development Advisers, Year Advisers, University 
policies on Academic life procedures, Disability, Health and wellbeing 
support, Career advice etc, as well as information specific to your own 
Year group. Please familiarise yourself with what is available, as this 
should be your first port-of-call for any questions you may have about 
your time at the University.//
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//The second page you should familiarise yourself with is the //Physics 
Covid-19 Info 
<https://classes.myplace.strath.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=19345>//page. 
This contains the latest updates on changes that have had to be made due 
to the ongoing Covid pandemic. For example, the revised timetable is 
given here (which should be used instead of the one on Pegasus or given 
by the Strathclyde app) and links to the latest Government and 
University guidance on topics such as physical distancing expected on 
campus. The latest information on the format forthcoming exams etc will 
also be given on this page.//
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//So, please start having a look at these pages before Welcome Week and 
beyond, and familiarise yourself with them as you will be referring to 
them in the coming months of the new Academic Year.//
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//In the meantime, enjoy the rest of your Summer break, and we look 
forward to seeing you soon!//
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//Regards,//
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//The Physics Department!/
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The PPD page is currently being upgraded and will be made available to 
students before the email is sent out.

The Covid-19 Info page is currently available to students and they have 
been informed of this. Both of these pages will become repositories for 
important information for students, and staff.

We would like staff to meet with their PDA students in Week 2 of the new 
Semester, preferably afternoon of Wed 29 Sept. If you cannot do Wed., 
please try to meet in Week 2 at some time. Your previous PDA students 
are available on Pegasus (Student Experience >>  Your Student 
Responsibilities) and Melanie will shortly be sending out details to 
those who will be getting any new entry PDA students. The PDA forms that 
students complete will be available under the Year toggles on the PPD 
page. These will be updated by the Advisers of Study for Welcome Week at 
the latest.

Can staff teaching modules in Semester 1 also please open up their 
module pages on Myplace to students preferably from next Tuesday and 
certainly before Welcome Week. This will allow them to gain access and 
have a browse. Please make sure you hide any material that students 
should not yet have access to - e.g. lecture, tutorial and assessment 
material. For example, I have a Welcome video, Class Information sheet 
and Recommended textbooks visible to students. All material under the 
weekly toggles is hidden.

Thanks,

Brian






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Dr. Brian WJ McNeil
Department of Physics, SUPA & Cockcroft Institute
University of Strathclyde
107 Rottenrow East
Glasgow, G4 0NG
Scotland

Tel:    0141 548 4727
Fax:    0141 552 2891

The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263

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