The grade safety net world we lived in last year is no longer, and although there are some merits to this policy, its replacement is inappropriate. Through a look at the Students for academic mitigation’s work, this account of uncertainty from a final year perspective will make you feel less alone.
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Editorial: Russell Group student newspapers for no detriment policy
As the editors of Russell Group student newspapers, we are writing collectively to request a reversal of the Russell Group’s statement, 7 January 2020, ‘on ensuring fair assessment and protecting the integrity of degrees.’
University staff member refers to Students for Academic Mitigation campaign as “cyber terrorism”
Students have responded in outrage after seeing leaked emails of the Head of Education Services equating an email campaign from Students for Academic Mitigation to “cyber terrorism”.
Students want staff trained in mental health after mitigation investigation
A Student Idea on the Guild website has proposed that the university should introduce compulsory staff training for mental health, with the intention to improve student-staff relationships through knowing how to deal with its effects on learning. The anonymous student who proposed the idea claimed that they were influenced by Exeposé’s investigation into mitigation policies […]
“The University let me down”
The University of Exeter’s mitigation procedures have been accused of leaving students “in limbo”, with increasing concern being raised over their effectiveness. Numerous students have contacted Exeposé about their difficulties in gaining mitigation from coursework and exams-with one student’s photograph taken from his hospital bed moments before he was rushed into surgery labelled insufficient evidence […]
Editorial: onwards and upwards
Criticism upon criticism has been thrown at the Wellbeing Centre over the years, and we’ve definitely done our fair share of levelling concern. We thought it was time that we spoke to those leading the service to see how such complaints are affecting them on a practical level. The response was nuanced, but it’s clear […]