You said that arranging to meet with teaching staff can sometimes be difficult. The Course Leader and Assistant Course Leaders are now using the Calendly platform to simplify arranging meetings with you. Set times are available for you to book each week, and you can also find a ‘how to’ on your course dashboard on studentcentral, as well as tutors’ office doors and within email signatures.
You felt that the availability of electronic resources could be better. A system developed on the final year Biomedical Sciences course, in which a virtual microscope is used to analyse pathology slides, is now being utilised by the final year Blood Sciences module.
Don’t forget you can find key resources using your subject guide on the Online Library.
Several of you have raised concerns about the assessment load, in the first semester and second year. We have taken this feedback on board and a new course structure has been devised to dramatically reduce the assessment load, to help you manage your studies.