Applied ResearchRoom 2 → Room 5 · from todayNotified
Friday seminarCancelled · staff absenceCancelled
Changes are listed separately as well as applied. A room that moves silently is a room half the group will not find.
71%mean
6released
2pending
Applied Research
Module 3 assignmentReleased 1 Sep72%
Module 2 assignmentReleased 23 Aug68%
Module 1 assignmentReleased 14 Aug75%
Research Methods
Practical 2Released 28 Aug81%
Practical 1Released 11 Aug64%
EssaySubmitted 30 Aug · markingPending
Marks appear when the cohort’s are released, not one at a time. Everybody finds out together.
93%attendance
3missed
1unexplained
This term
Applied Research15 of 16 · 1 missed94%
Research Methods13 of 14 · 1 missed93%
Seminar12 of 13 · 1 missed92%
Missed sessions
29 August, Applied ResearchIllness · reported by parentExplained
21 August, SeminarMedical appointmentExplained
14 August, Research MethodsNo reason recorded
One unexplained absence is a question, not a problem. It is shown as such rather than accumulating quietly into a letter.
Otto Lindqvist
Year 2 · Applied Research and Research Methods · tutor Rhea Vandal.
93%attendance
71%mean mark
1unexplained
Today
Applied Research09:00 · Room 5 · changedAttended
Research Methods11:00 · Room 2Attended
Seminar15:00 · Room 8Due
Needs your attention
14 August absenceNo reason recorded
Module 5 assignmentDue 8 September5 days
You see Otto and nobody else. Cohort averages are shown for context; other students’ individual results are not.
From the institution
Room change, Applied Research1 Sep · Rhea Vandal
Term dates confirmed20 Aug · office
Parents’ evening, 8 Oct14 Aug · office
Report an absence
TodayOtto will not attend
A future dateAppointment or holiday
Reporting an absence here reaches the register directly. It does not need a phone call as well, and it timestamps who told us and when.
Due this week
Statistics, problem set 3Due Friday 12 September, 17:004 days
Weight10% of the module
LengthAbout 4 hours
SubmittedNot yetNot yet
If you need longer
Ask before the deadlineUsually granted, no reason neededAsk
Ask afterAlso possible, harderAsk anyway
Late without asking5% a dayPenalty
Extensions are usually granted and need no reason. The penalty exists for people who say nothing, and asking is always better than the alternative.
Submitting
Fileproblem-set-3.pdf, 1.2MBAttached
DeclarationThis is my own work
LateNo, 4 days earlyOn time
ResubmitAllowed until the deadlineYes
You can resubmit as many times as you like until the deadline and only the last one is marked. Submitting early costs nothing and removes the risk of a wifi problem on Friday afternoon.
Asking for longer
AssignmentStatistics, problem set 3
New dateWednesday 17 September
ReasonOptional
Decided byYour tutor, usually same day
No reason required and no evidence asked for. Requiring a doctor note for a five-day extension costs the student a day and the institute nothing.
Problem set 2
Statistics, problem set 2Marked 2 September68%
Marked byHilde Rasmussen
Returned in9 daysTarget 15
Your working is clear and the method is right throughout. Question 4 loses marks for the interpretation rather than the calculation: you found the number and did not say what it meant. That is the difference between 68 and 80 and it is the same thing that cost you marks last time.
Feedback that names the same problem twice is doing its job. A comment saying "good work, 68%" tells somebody nothing they can act on.
Problem set 2
Statistics, problem set 268%Pass
Class average64%
Weight10% of the module
Running total71% across 3 pieces
AppealWithin 10 working days
The class average is shown and no ranking is. Knowing you are above average is useful; knowing you are eleventh of eighty-eight changes how people work and not for the better.
Appealing
What you are appealingThe mark on question 4
Why
Marked byHilde Rasmussen
Reviewed byA different markerIndependent
An appeal is read by somebody who did not mark it, and the mark can go down as well as up. That is said before you send it rather than after.
83%this term
5 of 6attended
1missed
Statistics
Week 6TodayNow
Week 5AttendedPresent
Week 4Watched the recordingRecording
Week 3MissedAbsent
Week 2AttendedPresent
Below 75% triggers a conversation rather than a penalty. It is usually the first sign that something outside the course is going wrong, and treating it as a discipline matter finds that out too late.
Where to go
Your tutorHilde Rasmussen, Fridays 11:00
Student supportMoney, housing, health
Study skillsFree, drop in
Disability serviceAdjustments and equipment
Somebody to talk toConfidential, not the institute
The last one is independent and nothing said there comes back to the institute. It is listed with the others because separating it makes it look like a last resort.
HealthRegistering with a doctor, mental healthFree
What we tell your courseOnly that you were referredNot the detail
WaitUsually 3 days, same day if urgent
Your tutor is told you have been referred and nothing else. A service whose notes reach the people marking your work is one students do not use.
Extenuating circumstances
Illness, bereavement, caring, a job that changed. Tell us and it is taken into account.
What to tell usRoughly what happened and when
EvidenceOnly for absences over 2 weeksUsually none
Who sees itOne person, not your tutorConfidential
What it affectsDeadlines, attendance, resits
Evidence is asked for only in the longest cases. Requiring a document for a bad fortnight excludes exactly the people who are having one.
Your fees
TuitionPaid by instalmentsOn track
Next instalment1 October, $1,240
Hardship fundOpen, no repayment
If you cannot payTell us before the date
Late feesNone, everNone
No late fees. Charging somebody who has run out of money more money has never once produced the money, and it stops them telling you.
This term
Monday 10:00Statistics, main hallWeekly
Wednesday 14:00Research methods, room 2Weekly
Thursday 16:00Study group, optionalOptional
Friday 11:00Tutor office hours, drop inDrop in
Office hours are drop-in with no booking. Requiring an appointment to ask a question filters out the students who most need to ask one.
Year 2
Statistics71% running, 3 of 5 pieces
Research methods78% running, 2 of 4
DissertationStarted, no marks yet
Optional moduleChoose by 30 SeptemberChoose
Ivo Petrov
Ivo PetrovYear 2, engineering
Attendance61%, fallingLow
Marks68%, steadyFine
TutorHilde Rasmussen
Contacted himTwo letters, no callGap
With a parent
AttendanceYes, with your child consentShared
MarksYes, with consentShared
Feedback commentsNoPrivate
Support referralsNoPrivate
Anything they told supportNeverNever
Your child is an adult and decides what is shared. Attendance and marks are shared here because they consented; nothing from student support ever is, whatever anybody consents to.
A mark is publishedOn
An assignment is due in 3 daysOn
A class is cancelledCannot be turned offAlways
Your tutor messages youOn
Institute newsOff
Cancellation cannot be switched off. Travelling in for a class that is not happening is the failure this app must not allow.
Ivo PetrovYear 2, engineeringStudent
Your course
Timetable
Your modules4
Your work1 due Friday
Results
Attendance83%
Help
Getting help
If something happens
Fees and money
Notifications
Help
Common questions
I will not finish on time
Something has happened
I disagree with a mark
I cannot pay an instalment
I am struggling
Every one of these is better said early. Nothing on this list gets worse for being raised, and all of them get worse for being left.
Due
Statistics, problem set 3Due Friday, 4 days
Research methods, essayDue 26 September, 18 days
Dissertation proposalDue 14 October
Submitted, waiting to be marked
Statistics, problem set 3Not submitted yet-
Research methods, exercise 2Submitted 2 September9 days
Marking is meant to take fifteen working days and usually takes nine. The count starts from the deadline rather than from when you submitted, so submitting early does not get you marked sooner.