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Cambridge University to Implement Package of Mitigation Measures
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In an email to students today, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Graham Virgo, has stated that the university will implement ‘a package of mitigation measures which will operate as a safety net’. These will be designed to ‘safeguard student achievements from the impacts of the pandemic’. Virgo told students that he is ‘consulting with faculties, departments, and student representatives about this package of measures and I will write to you again once this is finalised’, which will likely be by mid-February.
This follows significant pressure for the university to adopt exam mitigation policies. On 13th January, the Student Union released an open letter calling for no detriment policies that ‘take into account the stark reality of the current situation and the scale of COVID-19-related disruption to students’ lives throughout this year.’ This letter has so far been si
SU open letter calling for safety net receives over 1000 signatures in less than 24 hours
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An open letter, drawn up by the Cambridge Students’ Union, calling for the implementation of no detriment policies for this year’s exams, has gained over 1000 signatures in less than 24 hours. This follows the University’s decision, on 10th January, to confirm the Russell Group’s statement, on 7th, not to implement safety nets this year, as was done last year.
The open letter demands that the University ‘rescind its support’ for the Russell Group’s decision, ‘allow first- and second-year undergraduates to automatically progress to their next year of study’, and put in place ‘robust’ safety net arrangements, ‘produced in consultation with the Students’ Union’.