Following a UM Senate meeting held today, KSU posted a full list of details regarding the upcoming academic year 20/21 at UM. The updates are as follows:
- Guidelines by the Health Authorities regarding University will be published in the coming days.
- Lectures will be streamed online and where possible a physical option on campus will be available.
- Lectures with a large number of students will be taking place entirely online. The number of students has yet to be defined, however we understand that this number will be around 70 students.
- Lectures with a smaller number of students will be taking place online with the possibility of joining physically. Following the issuing of the guidelines, Faculties/Institutes/Centres/Schools will be analysing which study units can occur physically, depending on available spaces which are large enough to cater for the number of students allowed in a classroom according to social distancing guidelines.
- Following a request made by student representatives on Senate, all methods of assessment for the upcoming semester must be decided upon and presented to Senate for approval by the 22nd of October.
- Discussions are still underway regarding Graduation Ceremonies. All students will be considered as graduates by 20th November 2020. Graduation Ceremonies may take place at a later date.
In their post, KSU urged the Health Authorities to release guidelines for tertiary education institutions without further delay to ensure that students have enough time to prepare for the upcoming academic year, especially those who have to make arrangements for housing.
KSU’s letter to the Superintendent of Public Health and the Minister of Health with questions on the 10th of August related to the upcoming academic year has until now remained unanswered.
This news came after a brief update posted by Student Representatives following the Senate meeting.
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