Week 18 w/c 22/11/21

General

Safety on nights out - You may all be aware of an increased number of spiking across UK cities including Sheffield. Please take a look at the SHU guidance here to check how you can stay safe whilst out and about at night. Sheffield prides itself on being a safe city and the University are keen to prevent these instances and support those affected. If you are concerned about this please speak to your Academic Advisor and Hallam Help,

Staff Student Committee meeting - The next SSCM is on the 11th January 2022. If you have any feedback please ensure you liaise with your group reps before this meeting.

NHS National Education & Training Survey (NETS) - Please see the flyer below with a survey to complete. This is a national survey aimed at gathering student feedback and experiences on placement particularly through covid. This is anonymous and will help to improve placements overall. Please fill this in.

Self selection of exams - We have received feedback from students in relation to self-selecting exams being particularly stressful for a number of students. We are discussing this within the course management team and with AHP managers to agree a way forward. Further information will be communicated about this to you.

Student Christmas social events - Please remember to come along to our student social events in December - details on the flyer below.

Course Leader drop in - the next drop in is Monday 29th November at 1pm. Please click here to book a time slot.

Good luck to all our L4 and L5 students who have exams coming up in December.

Level 4 - Year Lead- Claire Staniland (c.staniland@shu.ac.uk)

Hi everyone. I met with your class reps today (in person!) which was really lovely. They are fabulous!. We had some discussions about the modules, assessment, on/off campus activity and use of IT platforms. They are currently collating the minutes and we will share them via the Course Organisation Site for you to see. We plan to meet every 2 months. We have a Staff Student Committee Meeting on January 11th where we will review the course so far, your feedback is invaluable so please keep in contact with your class reps. One thing that came up was that some people are still finding MS teams tricky to navigate. Here is a link to some short vies that might be of use.

The Level 4 mentors tell me that they have had some good discussions at the MSK revision sessions this week as well. I hope you found them helpful.

I hope you have been able to meet your academic advisor over the last few weeks. If not, please get in touch with them asap.

Modules:

FPP- please look out for an online anytime folder being released. Please make sure you are working on your formative case study presentations. We will soon have semester 2 timetables to give you the date you will be presenting.

MSK- exams start- good luck!

PPD- online live seminars- please check Bb for pre session work

CICW-online live seminars- please check Bb for pre session work

Level 5 Ahmed Hassan

PCS - please ensure you are accessing the formative support session in preparation for your PCS exams in the next few weeks. The assessment padlet is regularly being checked by Gerry so please use this.

Group rep meeting - Lucy met with L5 group reps this week. The minutes of this meeting will be available via the student voice section of your Bb course organisational site. Please remember the 'You said we did' section summarises actions taken from this and from other student feedback.

Placement allocation - The Placement team are working hard to allocate placements for you all at the moment. We are still awaiting confirmation of placements for PP1 from two of our large providers before we can allocate fully and inform you all of this information. Hopefully we will receive them in the next week, and therefore we are aiming to release your allocation in w/c Dec 13^th. Those of you still needing to complete your ACRDM will receive information at the same time along with a short video explaining the process and changes specifically for these students. We will share an update in w/c Dec 13^th if for any reason there is a delay.

Ahmed is returning from 29/11/21 - please contact him as your Year Lead again from this date

Level 6 Peter Hanley

APP1 - Final week of placement-Please ensure you have booked a phone call between your PE and AA to enable moderation of your mark and feedback. Final feedback forms and hours should be fully completed and submitted as PDF files to Grade Centre within 5 working days of the end of placement. Marks will be capped for any late submissions. Please take a few moments to reflect on your development and feedback, and create an action plan to work on in APP2.

WWCIP - Please look out for your profession specific sessions which will appear on your timetables in January.

Signing in guidance