Learning and Teaching Update (July/August)
SENT ON BEHALF OF DR ANDY HOLDEN, DIRECTOR OF EXCELLENCE IN LEARNING AND TEACHING & KIM WESTON, HEAD OF PS EDUCATION.
Please find below a list of key deadlines for July and August 2021 which are supported by the PS Education Team. It is our intention to send out a list of key deadlines at the start of each month, to serve as reminders and to offer information in bite sized chunks to all colleagues. Any relevant policies will be included as required. The policies are available via the links below on SharePoint. If you do not have access please contact NUIT to arrange (it.servicedesk@newcastle.ac.uk). If you have any queries, please contact the Education Team NUBS.educationteam@newcastle.ac.uk.
NUBS (Education Team) Key Tasks and Deadlines Semester 2 –July/August 2021 |
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Key Dates/Deadlines |
PhD students – Annual Progress Review |
The Annual Progress Review for PhD students who commenced their studies in September 2020 is underway.
Panel Members were asked to submit an independent review on the ePortfolio by 18 June. Prior to submitting their review, and for first-year PhD students only, panels were required to organise a 10-15 minute oral presentation online by the student followed by a Q&As from the panel. Students have been reminded to organise their presentation if it hasn’t been done.
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| The student deadline for submission of reports was 10 May. Some students have extensions beyond this. Updated dates for supervisor comments and panel reviews for those students have been revised to reflect this, and have been communicated to those colleagues involved.
Further information can be found here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/student-progress/pgr/activities/progression/ |
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Exam Boards |
The deadline for release of final year marks is Tuesday 6 July.
Deadline to release all non-final year module results/decisions and progress decisions in NESS is 9th July. However, the school will likely release these at the same time as the Final year results.
Could all Module Leaders please provide generic feedback on the Semester 2 exam performance on their Canvas site by 9 July.
Students can request individual feedback on exams during the two week period following 9 July. During any virtual meetings held with students, It is recommended that Module Leaders do not share their marked exam papers on screen. Instead, students can share their submitted and unmarked exam submissions on screen.
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6 July
(BAF Exam Board w/c 5 July, LDOF Exam Board w/c 12 July)
9 July |
Resit Exams |
The resit examination period is Monday 23 August to Friday 3 September, including Saturday 28 August. Please could Module Leaders (or a member of the module team) ensure that they are available to answer any queries for the first hour of the exam. The exam timetable is normally released mid to late July. | 23 August – 3 September
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| If you haven’t submitted your exam paper to the Education Team, please do so by Friday 16 July.
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16 July
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| Resit exam marks should be returned to the Education Team by Friday 10 September. The marks should be internally moderated by this date. Once again, this is a tight turnaround – please can all Module Leaders liaise with their marking teams and internal moderators to agree timelines.
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10 September | |
Resit Coursework |
The Education Team will send out resit letters to students on 9 July. Module Leaders to issue any coursework resit assignment briefs to students via Canvas by Monday 12 July. | 12 July
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| Students to hand in resit coursework assignments by Friday 20 August.
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20 August
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| Internally moderated marks should be returned to the Education Team by Friday 3 September.
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3 September | |
Semester 2 Stage Evaluation |
The Semester 2 Stage Evaluation Surveys are open and will run until Friday 12 July 2021.
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12 July |
Congregations |
As July graduation ceremonies have been postponed, the University is providing the opportunity for graduates to come to campus with family members to have photographs taken wearing the Newcastle gown/hood. For NUBS students, this will be Monday 12 July.
Further information is available at: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/congregations/photography/
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12 July |
Guidance for Module Leaders and DPDs |
The handbooks for Module Leaders and DPDs are currently being updated and will be made available once complete.
There will be workshop in July aimed for new Module Leaders to provide guidance and information on the role. This will act as an opportunity for networking with other new Module Leaders, as well as being a friendly forum to ask questions. Depending on the feedback from this new initiative, there may be future workshops in September for Module Leaders and DPDs – again aimed primarily at colleagues new to the role. |
New Module Leader workshop –
13 July – details will be circulated shortly |
Assurance of Learning (AoL) |
The Competency Goal ‘Global Perspective’ will be measured during 2021/22. In preparation, an AoL workshop for DPDs and relevant Module Leaders will be held in July. Following this, DPDs will be required to update the Curriculum Mapping exercise for their programme over the summer of 2021.Measurement of the Competency Goal ‘Disciplinary Competence’, related to 2020/21, will flow into the AMR processes that will happen during the Autumn term of 2021/22. The PS Education Team will pre-populate and circulate AoL Module Return Sheets to capstone Module Leaders, along with narrative on the actions required. |
AoL workshop for DPDs –15 July – details will be circulated shortlyAoL Module Return Sheets sent out late July, to be returned late August -TBC |
Programme Handbooks |
Programme handbooks will be circulated to DPDs for review and comment by 2 July and should be returned to the PS Education Team by 19 July.
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19 July |
Induction 2021-22 |
The induction team are busy planning activities for induction week (w/c 20 September). The Education Team will circulate draft induction schedules to DPDs in early August, to be reviewed and returned mid-August, with the final versions published online by the end of the month.
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During August |
Personal Tutors |
Senior Tutors will be required to start the Personal Tutor allocation process for 2021/22. This should be completed by the middle of August so that PS Education can prepare for the allocation of tutors to students.
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By mid-August |
Assessment and Feedback Schedules |
The PS Education Team will ask Module Leaders to submit their deadlines for 2021/22 assessments (excluding written exams). These will inform the assessment and feedback schedules.
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By end August |
Student Mobility- Placements and Study Abroad |
Placement recruitment for 2021-22 is going well. Please direct any students who have found a placement (or who need support looking for one) to nubs.placementandstudyabroad@ncl.ac.uk. The deadline has now passed for international work placement notifications. The deadline for students to confirm UK placements is 31 July.
A university decision in principle has been made to approve international work placements and study abroad activity. This is subject to country specific risk assessment and is subject to change due to the pandemic. Please direct any queries to nubs.placementandstudyabroad@ncl.ac.uk
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Ongoing |
Student Wellbeing |
Information about student wellbeing resources can be found on the Staff blog – we post a new Wellbeing Wednesday update each week during term time with useful signposting information.
NUBS continue to offer drop in slots for students who might need to speak to someone about a current issue they are facing but who might not need regular counselling. It might be that they are missing home or finding the news overwhelming that week. Details on how to book a slot can be found in the Wellbeing Wednesday updates. Please note that students do not need medical evidence to book a drop in slot.
Report and Support: We are committed to providing a positive experience for our students and colleagues and believe that abusive behaviours are never acceptable. Our online Report and Support tool enables anyone to report concerns anonymously, make a formal complaint and/ or receive support. You can read more at https://reportandsupport.ncl.ac.uk/.
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Ongoing |
Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) |
Programme level accreditations and exemptions coming up for review/renewal:Chartered Banker Institute (CBI) – MSc Finance, MSc Banking & Finance, MSc QFARM – expected during first quarter of 2021 – TBC by CBI |
TBC |
Renewal of partnership renewal document with PWC and ICAEW for UG Business Accounting and Finance due for renewal in July 2021 – paperwork has been approved by SEB and the HaSS Faculty Dean and is now with LTDS for panel approval. |
July 2021 |
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Work is ongoing to map MSc Global Human Resource Management and BA Business Management module(s) to the new Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) standards. Changes are due to be implemented for 2022-23 entry. |
Ongoing |
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