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Two Month Late Essay Feedback Blamed On S.M.U.T. Partnership Talks • “Extra responsibilities that the work on the Strategic Partnership has brought” causes late Belief and Unbelief essay marks and feedback • Course Reps: Not acceptable to hinder the current experience of students • College claims more essays returned on time this year than last, and that staff are supported in “Unsettling Time” and with additional work Fergus Cronin-Coltsmann Editor-in-Chief Late essay feedback, which has caused complaints from students and Course Representatives, has been blamed upon “extra responsibilities that the work on the Strategic Partnership has brought”. Some students on the ST311 Belief
and Unbelief module had yet to receive their marks for their first piece of coursework as of the 5th of February, two months after it was due back and days before the next piece of coursework was due in. This prompted complaints from students, which were picked up by the Course Reps. Martin Poulsom, a lecturer on the module who had yet
to mark some students’ essays, has apologised to students who have l yet to receive essay feedback from him. In an email to the Course Reps, which was forwarded to students on the module, Poulsom explained that time he took off over the Christmas holidays and extra time commitments relating to work on the future of the College were
responsible for the late marks. In one email sent on the 19th of January, Poulsom said: “the extra responsibilities that the work on the Strategic Partnership has brought with it in these last two weeks have meant that all of the time I had set aside to do this marking has unfortunately been taken up with other things. I
wish this were not the case, but in the current circumstances of the College, it is paramount to play what part I can in the dialogue about the future, so as to be able to help the College move into that future in the best way possible”. The Course Reps for affected students said they recognised(Continued on page two)