REF:66-2111-1938408 - Online seminars

Your comment: Online Teams seminar should still be available, it made it loads easier for students with disabilities and it would make it loads easier for those in isolation or those who caught Covid

Our response:

Thank you for your Tell Us Now comment. I understand the frustration and concern some students are experiencing regarding in-person teaching. Staff in the Department of English and Creative Writing are working hard to ensure that all of our students are supported in their learning and with this in mind some staff chose to utilise Teams alongside their in-person teaching. However, University policy is very clear that Aberystwyth is not a distance learning institution and that in person teaching is our primary mode of delivery. I understand that this position is very different to students’ experiences from pervious years and will take time to adjust to. If you have concerns regarding your ability to attend please get in touch with your Year Tutor who will be happy to support you. Because we are aware of a number of students who are finding in-person teaching difficult to navigate we are in the process of putting in place bespoke online sessions after reading week which are designed to provide additional support. Information about these sessions will be sent to you via email in due course.

If you would like to discuss your specific anxiety regarding in-person teaching please contact our welfare coordinator, Val Nolan (pvn@aber.ac.uk). Val will be happy to arrange a meeting with you. Please remember that all in-person teaching takes place in small groups and in strict adherence to University Covid regulations which are designed to protect our community whilst allowing in-person teaching to take place.