Keep the Earth Sciences Admin Team in the Department during the Academic Restructure and move to the School of Engineering, Physical and Mathematics
The College has planned through the Admin Restructure to relocate our admin team out of our Department to work in a 'School Hub' located in the Wolfson building. This will have a negative impact on our student experience, firstly due to us being hugely outnumbered joining a School with the large student bodies of Biology and Psychology (in the School of Life Sciences, which isn't necessarily the most fitting School for our department compared to the School of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences) mean that the total number of students in our School will be ~2100 students, with one helpdesk to try and suit all of our needs. This means that queries about specific Earth Science course options and degree pathways, field trips, and sorting out contracts for students to work in the Department, for example, will not be as efficient or as personal compared to the current admin structure in the Department.
The proposed admin relocation is impractical and insufficient which is likely to be reflected in future NSS scores if this detrimental change goes ahead, as well as disrupting the brilliant close-knit staff-student relationships we have in Earth Sciences. I can confidently say that we all value our admin team very highly, and are exceedingly grateful for all they do for us, both directly and behind the scenes - and they are crucial to the effective functioning of our department.
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March 4, 2019
I am honestly a bit overwhelmed by the momentum this has gained so quickly. It is clear that I am not the only one who feels this way about our admin team. This is entirely due to all of you coming together to show how much you care about our department.
Reached 100 supporters
March 4, 2019
25 Comments
The Earth Science department is a very tight-knit group and relatively small to the other departments we are being merged into, doing so will cause Earth Science students to miss out on amazing opportunities and be overlooked.
It is ridiculous to merge administration when they are such an integral part of our department. Especially when considering the cumulative student capacity of the new school.
This would be very damaging to the Earth Science students, having a help desk in the department means that the staff are aware of all the current information for your course and those similar courses. To move the admin team out of the department would reduce students likeliness to ask questions they have as well as reduce the admin team's ability to provide the most up to date answers.
I have been lucky to spend the last three and a half years in the department, enjoying the benefits of such a close-knit community. Moving our admin team away from that would be removing a cornerstone. I think it would be totally unfair on students still completing their courses and on those yet to join the department to deny the high level of personalised support we currently receive. As for the move to the life sciences school, how on earth is that a relevant place for us? Our undergraduate courses include petroleum geology, digital geology and environmental geology, all heavily influenced by physics and chemistry.
We have such a close-knit department. It would be a shame to lose the community feel. The admins are vital for the day-to-day running and need to be kept in the department. Other universities have Earth Sciences in their school of physical sciences, mathematics, engineering etc... associating our department with life sciences diminishes the emphasis on the physics and mathematical aspects of the course.
Absolutely ludicruos! Never with Psychology
stop just thinking about money and think about our education!!
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Keep the Earth Sciences Admin Team in the Department during the Academic Restructure and move to the School of Engineering, Physical and Mathematics
The College has planned through the Admin Restructure to relocate our admin team out of our Department to work in a 'School Hub' located in the Wolfson building. This will have a negative impact on our student experience, firstly due to us being hugely outnumbered joining a School with the large student bodies of Biology and Psychology (in the School of Life Sciences, which isn't necessarily the most fitting School for our department compared to the School of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences) mean that the total number of students in our School will be ~2100 students, with one helpdesk to try and suit all of our needs. This means that queries about specific Earth Science course options and degree pathways, field trips, and sorting out contracts for students to work in the Department, for example, will not be as efficient or as personal compared to the current admin structure in the Department.
The proposed admin relocation is impractical and insufficient which is likely to be reflected in future NSS scores if this detrimental change goes ahead, as well as disrupting the brilliant close-knit staff-student relationships we have in Earth Sciences. I can confidently say that we all value our admin team very highly, and are exceedingly grateful for all they do for us, both directly and behind the scenes - and they are crucial to the effective functioning of our department.
Updates
March 4, 2019
I am honestly a bit overwhelmed by the momentum this has gained so quickly. It is clear that I am not the only one who feels this way about our admin team. This is entirely due to all of you coming together to show how much you care about our department.
Reached 100 supporters
March 4, 2019
25 Comments
Absolutely no way we should be merged with psychology and similar, how in any way are the two subjects connected? I also cannot see how having one help desk for that many students studying that many subjects will help
The Earth Science department is a very tight-knit group and relatively small to the other departments we are being merged into, doing so will cause Earth Science students to miss out on amazing opportunities and be overlooked.
It is ridiculous to merge administration when they are such an integral part of our department. Especially when considering the cumulative student capacity of the new school.
This would be very damaging to the Earth Science students, having a help desk in the department means that the staff are aware of all the current information for your course and those similar courses. To move the admin team out of the department would reduce students likeliness to ask questions they have as well as reduce the admin team's ability to provide the most up to date answers.
I have been lucky to spend the last three and a half years in the department, enjoying the benefits of such a close-knit community. Moving our admin team away from that would be removing a cornerstone. I think it would be totally unfair on students still completing their courses and on those yet to join the department to deny the high level of personalised support we currently receive. As for the move to the life sciences school, how on earth is that a relevant place for us? Our undergraduate courses include petroleum geology, digital geology and environmental geology, all heavily influenced by physics and chemistry.
We have such a close-knit department. It would be a shame to lose the community feel. The admins are vital for the day-to-day running and need to be kept in the department. Other universities have Earth Sciences in their school of physical sciences, mathematics, engineering etc... associating our department with life sciences diminishes the emphasis on the physics and mathematical aspects of the course.
Absolutely ludicruos! Never with Psychology
stop just thinking about money and think about our education!!
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Absolutely no way we should be merged with psychology and similar, how in any way are the two subjects connected? I also cannot see how having one help desk for that many students studying that many subjects will help