As the final-year cohort, we collectively believe that the strike action, which has taken place over 6 weeks this academic year, has affected our ability to complete the dissertation due in on the 30th of April. Due to the industrial action, some dissertation supervisors have been unavailable to be contacted, hence there is concern from the year that students may not get the support they need during this critical point. Moreover, the strikes have also impacted mid-terms and final essays adding increased pressure overall which has further impacted our ability to work on our dissertations. Many of us support the strikes but having been affected across the full three years of our degree, especially in our final year, we are concerned our final grade may be affected.
We therefore believe that an extension would be beneficial in this exceptional circumstance to allow all students to have their enquires responded to and be given sufficient time to complete the dissertation. Moreover, this would help ease the anxiety from having 6 weeks disruption in the most important year of our degrees.
Please sign if you feel that an extension is fair and necessary. Please note, signing does not mean that you would have to use the extension.
This petition was inspired by action taken at other universities where an extension has now been granted.
Just to reiterate, this does not take away from many students' support for the strike. Some lecturers are going above & beyond to help supervisees despite the strike but an extension would mean that they didn't have to do that.
Added 15/03:
The coronavirus is due to cause further disruption to our studies with class cancelations, online teaching and the end of face-to-face contact. The global epidemic has added further pressure and distress for third year students. At this confusing and worrying time students are left panicking over whether they should attend classes or visit the library. We are stuck between the necessity to carry on as normal to finish our work to the original deadlines and following advice advice from the government and media to practice social distancing to protect the vulnerable - including our own families.
Please consider how both these circumstances has severely impacted student wellbeing.
Updates
March 10, 2020
I am honestly a bit overwhelmed by the momentum this has gained so quickly. This is entirely your doing and I am just humbled to see how many of you feel the same way about the pressure we are all under.
Reached 100 supporters
March 10, 2020
16 Comments
Hard working students deserve the support this extension would offer. They are not responsible for the fact that lecturers are on strike but they have the consequences to face of this.
It's deeply unfair that we have had to undergo the last 4 weeks with little no guidance in this key time.
I am an Anthropology student who has been stressed and disadvantaged by the strikes in terms of contact hours, and support by the school. As such, I find it important that we get to the very least a small extension to get the support we have been lacking for the past weeks and in the last Semester.
A lot of us who are lucky enough not to need extensions are only in this petition because our supervisors are working for free on strike days to read our draft chapters etc. Supporting this petition is 100% not at odds with supporting the strikes, as an extended deadline would mean lecturers can help us with our dissertations after the strike when they are being paid to do so.
These strikes have unfairly affected final year students. Despite being a supporter of the strikes, the university should take action in negating the detrimental effects on final year students to ensure we graduate and achieve our potential this year.
I graduated from this course two years ago when there were three week strikes and they gave us a week extension. They might already plan to give some but great that you’ve made a petition if they don’t!
There should be an extension for all dissertations
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As the final-year cohort, we collectively believe that the strike action, which has taken place over 6 weeks this academic year, has affected our ability to complete the dissertation due in on the 30th of April. Due to the industrial action, some dissertation supervisors have been unavailable to be contacted, hence there is concern from the year that students may not get the support they need during this critical point. Moreover, the strikes have also impacted mid-terms and final essays adding increased pressure overall which has further impacted our ability to work on our dissertations. Many of us support the strikes but having been affected across the full three years of our degree, especially in our final year, we are concerned our final grade may be affected.
We therefore believe that an extension would be beneficial in this exceptional circumstance to allow all students to have their enquires responded to and be given sufficient time to complete the dissertation. Moreover, this would help ease the anxiety from having 6 weeks disruption in the most important year of our degrees.
Please sign if you feel that an extension is fair and necessary. Please note, signing does not mean that you would have to use the extension.
This petition was inspired by action taken at other universities where an extension has now been granted.
Just to reiterate, this does not take away from many students' support for the strike. Some lecturers are going above & beyond to help supervisees despite the strike but an extension would mean that they didn't have to do that.
Added 15/03:
The coronavirus is due to cause further disruption to our studies with class cancelations, online teaching and the end of face-to-face contact. The global epidemic has added further pressure and distress for third year students. At this confusing and worrying time students are left panicking over whether they should attend classes or visit the library. We are stuck between the necessity to carry on as normal to finish our work to the original deadlines and following advice advice from the government and media to practice social distancing to protect the vulnerable - including our own families.
Please consider how both these circumstances has severely impacted student wellbeing.
Updates
March 10, 2020
I am honestly a bit overwhelmed by the momentum this has gained so quickly. This is entirely your doing and I am just humbled to see how many of you feel the same way about the pressure we are all under.
Reached 100 supporters
March 10, 2020
16 Comments
This strike action has brought huge challenges for our daughter who like her colleagues has soldiered on regardless. An extension of time would be the least they all deserve.
Hard working students deserve the support this extension would offer. They are not responsible for the fact that lecturers are on strike but they have the consequences to face of this.
It's deeply unfair that we have had to undergo the last 4 weeks with little no guidance in this key time.
I am an Anthropology student who has been stressed and disadvantaged by the strikes in terms of contact hours, and support by the school. As such, I find it important that we get to the very least a small extension to get the support we have been lacking for the past weeks and in the last Semester.
A lot of us who are lucky enough not to need extensions are only in this petition because our supervisors are working for free on strike days to read our draft chapters etc. Supporting this petition is 100% not at odds with supporting the strikes, as an extended deadline would mean lecturers can help us with our dissertations after the strike when they are being paid to do so.
These strikes have unfairly affected final year students. Despite being a supporter of the strikes, the university should take action in negating the detrimental effects on final year students to ensure we graduate and achieve our potential this year.
I graduated from this course two years ago when there were three week strikes and they gave us a week extension. They might already plan to give some but great that you’ve made a petition if they don’t!
There should be an extension for all dissertations
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This strike action has brought huge challenges for our daughter who like her colleagues has soldiered on regardless. An extension of time would be the least they all deserve.