olliethedug Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I’m sure you’ll be fine then. My pal qualified mental health last year and woodland view were crying out for folk. Where are you for management? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 1 hour ago, olliethedug said: I’m sure you’ll be fine then. My pal qualified mental health last year and woodland view were crying out for folk. Where are you for management? Yeah my interview was at WV and they still are shortstaffed. I am at the Ailsa for my management placement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliethedug Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Good luck! I’m sure you will be fine. During my management I thought I was terrible as I kept having to ask questions. Which should’ve known. But 6 months in I realised that everyone thinks they should know more than they do. The nurses who are giving you a hard time just now are just glad it’s not them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 28 minutes ago, olliethedug said: Good luck! I’m sure you will be fine. During my management I thought I was terrible as I kept having to ask questions. Which should’ve known. But 6 months in I realised that everyone thinks they should know more than they do. The nurses who are giving you a hard time just now are just glad it’s not them. I am actually terrible apparently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliethedug Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said: I am actually terrible apparently. I’ll take a guess that you’re not if you’ve made it this far! If your mentor is telling you that then get you PT involved cos they will back you up. I’m sure you’re not this bad, but a lassie in my year fucked up a med round and gave 3 patients the wrong meds on each of the 3 med rounds. The ward wanted to fail her, even though your mentor has to countersign , and the uni told them to get a grip and that wasn’t happening. So UWS will back you up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 14 hours ago, Richey Edwards said: I am actually terrible apparently. You're infinitely better than the fully qualified RMN who, while I was having a complete BPD meltdown that she had no idea how to handle, sent my friend in who was just there to drop off PJ's and pants! You're nearly there, you've a wealth of experience and often those who are long in tooth just resent students. I had it in my first teaching placement where I thought I was shite and only one three of us to pass! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 One of our recently-joined colleagues suggested that we apply for accreditation from an organisation based in Asia, suggesting that this might boost our student recruitment from there. Maybe bring in 10 students a year. So I enquired. They replied, stating that we'd have to apply and all the paperwork (lots and lots of it) required. Fair enough. At the end they just added in that they'd need a visit to us early next year, a fee of £10k for the visit, and we pay their flights, accommodation and meals for the duration of the visit. Not quite sure how best to tell them to get tae.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 4 hours ago, scottsdad said: One of our recently-joined colleagues suggested that we apply for accreditation from an organisation based in Asia, suggesting that this might boost our student recruitment from there. Maybe bring in 10 students a year. So I enquired. They replied, stating that we'd have to apply and all the paperwork (lots and lots of it) required. Fair enough. At the end they just added in that they'd need a visit to us early next year, a fee of £10k for the visit, and we pay their flights, accommodation and meals for the duration of the visit. Not quite sure how best to tell them to get tae.. TBF, it's not like you work at one of Scotland's most respected educational establishments or anything. Maybe you're operating out of a cupboard under the stairs. Can't blame them for wanting to check. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 6 minutes ago, BFTD said: TBF, it's not like you work at one of Scotland's most respected educational establishments or anything. Maybe you're operating out of a cupboard under the stairs. Can't blame them for wanting to check. I'm in the wrong game. Pay me 10 grand, fly me half way around the world and pay for all my meals etc. And at the end of it, if I like you, I'll give you a nice big certificate with a gold stamp on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 That's my grades in. Pretty quick turnaround from the markers for a change. 82% for Film and Visual Culture and a 'disappointing' 68% for politics. At least I know where I went wrong in the F&VC. The feedback of politics was pretty vague. Just gave the same schtick to all the papers who got a B. Lazy b*****d markers. Quote Those that received a B (17-15) were very good, but lacked a little of the analysis that would have given them an A. There was clear understanding of the concepts and arguments of the articles, but this tended to be presented a little more simply ('Article A says this, article B says this, here's how they are similar, here is how they are different'). There were attempts to draw comparisons between the articles, but this didn't quite extend to using one to critique the other. These assignments tended to stick very closely with the suggested structure but did not quite demonstrate the same levels of analysis as the A graded papers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 11 hours ago, Suspect Device said: Lazy b*****d markers. I once took over a course...300 students all submitting 3000 word essays. That's almost a million words to read. And about 4 weeks to do it (as well as the rest of the job). The feedback was utterly generic. Some students grumbled, some wanted an essay back on their submissions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 50 minutes ago, scottsdad said: I once took over a course...300 students all submitting 3000 word essays. That's almost a million words to read. And about 4 weeks to do it (as well as the rest of the job). The feedback was utterly generic. Some students grumbled, some wanted an essay back on their submissions. For courses of that size do you not typically get TA’s or folk doing PhD’s helping out with marking? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 (edited) Exam season, meaning in my role I've been busy (thankfully I'm not in assessment, although have helped out a bit like everyone else in the office). Anyway, some stuff coming out from students that is often heartbreaking and infuriating, because if we knew of them when they happened we could have helped. There's still a stigma from students about getting help, especially in the school (in a university) I work in, as many think it will 'go against' them. It absolutely won't and it's actually very common for students, of all courses, to need help. It's never anything to be ashamed of and it's never anything that will be held against students, for two main reasons. The first reason is that any support is absolutely confidential and doesn't get shared with folk. The second is that it never would be held against anyone anyway. Anyway, our work seems to be doing OK cos this year we've helped more students than before and are doing more things in terms of raising awareness. We're steadily eroding the barriers and stigmas and are finding that more and more younger people are becoming more comfortable with acknowledging problems/issues and seeking help. Also, with exams comes certain things and an excellent presentation that a smashing young man* put together last year appears to be of increasing use this year, even if some students may not have heeded all of it (although probably through desperation). *It was me Edited May 18 by DA Baracus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilScotsman Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 13 hours ago, DA Baracus said: Exam season, meaning in my role I've been busy (thankfully I'm not in assessment, although have helped out a bit like everyone else in the office). Anyway, some stuff coming out from students that is often heartbreaking and infuriating, because if we knew of them when they happened we could have helped. There's still a stigma from students about getting help, especially in the school (in a university) I work in, as many think it will 'go against' them. It absolutely won't and it's actually very common for students, of all courses, to need help. It's never anything to be ashamed of and it's never anything that will be held against students, for two main reasons. The first reason is that any support is absolutely confidential and doesn't get shared with folk. The second is that it never would be held against anyone anyway. Anyway, our work seems to be doing OK cos this year we've helped more students than before and are doing more things in terms of raising awareness. We're steadily eroding the barriers and stigmas and are finding that more and more younger people are becoming more comfortable with acknowledging problems/issues and seeking help. Also, with exams comes certain things and an excellent presentation that a smashing young man* put together last year appears to be of increasing use this year, even if some students may not have heeded all of it (although probably through desperation). *It was Reveal hidden contents me If you don't mind my asking, is your service a central University one or is it devolved to Faculty / School / Department level? Ours is centralised, and has just been eviscerated by a restructure which has led to the departure of several staff with decades of combined experience of supporting student. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 22 minutes ago, EvilScotsman said: If you don't mind my asking, is your service a central University one or is it devolved to Faculty / School / Department level? Ours is centralised, and has just been eviscerated by a restructure which has led to the departure of several staff with decades of combined experience of supporting student. School level. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, EvilScotsman said: If you don't mind my asking, is your service a central University one or is it devolved to Faculty / School / Department level? Ours is centralised, and has just been eviscerated by a restructure which has led to the departure of several staff with decades of combined experience of supporting student. That story is going to be repeated a lot. Both RGU and Aberdeen up here are struggling with the loss of international students and are cutting costs. Same story for most I think. Poor planning coupled with the UK government's hostile environment on immigration. Edited May 19 by Suspect Device 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Where I'm studying, there's been a lot of mutterings about cutbacks due to the loss of international students. Twelve staff down to four, more to follow over the summer, and they're all worried that the whole department will just be shut down. This isn't a flower arranging course that I'm on; it's a core subject area that the UK is massively short of staff in. I'm shit at it, but I've no worries about getting a job even if I'm still a total clusterfuck. Yet educational resources are slowly being shut down. Normal Island thread for this, I suppose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 22 hours ago, Central Belt Caley said: For courses of that size do you not typically get TA’s or folk doing PhD’s helping out with marking? Often makes work, you end up remarking what they give. One guy I had gave out grades ranging from 5 to 25% only. Another never gave anyone less than 75%. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 22 hours ago, DA Baracus said: Exam season, meaning in my role I've been busy (thankfully I'm not in assessment, although have helped out a bit like everyone else in the office). Anyway, some stuff coming out from students that is often heartbreaking and infuriating, because if we knew of them when they happened we could have helped. There's still a stigma from students about getting help, especially in the school (in a university) I work in, as many think it will 'go against' them. It absolutely won't and it's actually very common for students, of all courses, to need help. It's never anything to be ashamed of and it's never anything that will be held against students, for two main reasons. The first reason is that any support is absolutely confidential and doesn't get shared with folk. The second is that it never would be held against anyone anyway. Anyway, our work seems to be doing OK cos this year we've helped more students than before and are doing more things in terms of raising awareness. We're steadily eroding the barriers and stigmas and are finding that more and more younger people are becoming more comfortable with acknowledging problems/issues and seeking help. Also, with exams comes certain things and an excellent presentation that a smashing young man* put together last year appears to be of increasing use this year, even if some students may not have heeded all of it (although probably through desperation). *It was Reveal hidden contents me There is a whole part of my job I don't talk about much on here, on student wellbeing. I am happy to talk about petty annoyances elsewhere, but this is an increasing part of the job. I utterly echo what you say. In my 11 years in the job I have known 3 students in my School who took their own lives. I went to the funeral of one. Student wellbeing is utterly central to what we do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Re-elected to the Senate for a second 3-year term. We have term limits so I can't stand again after this. Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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