Scope

What remote education will be made available for our students at Wisdom House.

All students on our study programmes will be provided with remote education with as much online tuition completed on more practical courses.

Introduction

Delivery arrangements, such as timetabling, virtual learning environments and assessment arrangements for full-time students will generally reflect the students’ standard timetable. Where there are changes, for example, where practical workshop session times are reduced, these will be communicated directly to students, so that they have clear revised timetables.

With the exception of most exams, assessment arrangements are currently continuing as originally planned whilst we await further details from Ofqual.

The Policy

What this means for students is:

• – tutors will continue with formative assessment of student progress in online classes and will continue to set self-directed study tasks, where relevant
• – where students have deadlines for coursework and assessments, they should continue to work on these assessments and submit work on these deadlines
• – The exception to this is for practical assessments, where it is not physically possible for students to complete these due to lack of access to materials. In these cases, tutors will communicate these changes to the students.
• – Exams are currently suspended in the vast majority of cases. Where exams are to continue, students will be contacted directly by Wisdom House

• Expectations of students

• Students are expected to continue with their timetable, subject to any adaptations, and log on to online sessions using the links provided by their tutors.
• Lesson start times will mirror the standard timetable and students should arrive punctually to these sessions.
• Students are required to participate in these sessions as directed by their tutor. This may involve answering questions both verbally and in the group chat, and by completing tasks as set by the tutor.

Arrangements for students studying courses that require specialist equipment or facilities

• Where possible, students will be provided with access to specialist equipment – e.g. IT software and devices – to enable them to continue with their studies unhindered. Where alternative resources at home may be used in a creative way, these should be adapted and a separate risk assessment completed.
• Where students require such access that cannot be provided, students will be supported to undertake other work – such as theory-based work – to support their studies and help prepare them for their return to face-to-face learning.

Support for students without devices, connectivity or a suitable environment for learning

• Wisdom House has and will continue to work with students to provide them with suitable access to devices and the internet, we are awaiting further devices from the government allocation which will arrive soon.

Support for students with SEND

• Tutors will continue to support students with SEND throughout Lockdown. This may be in the form of online support where the student is working remotely.
• It is recognised that some students with SEND will find it challenging to engage with online learning and, in these circumstances, the course tutors make arrangements – liaising with the students’ parents/carers – to provide appropriate support for learning, which may include paper-based activities sent in the post.