Very important week of us all - and a really busy one for me.
As far as FDA2 are concerned - you 100% must be in attendance all day Tuesday and Wednesday - until you are told that you can go home. I will do my best to give you a more specific time window and will try not to keep you in for more than a couple of hours - I'll let you know tomorrow.
On Monday - I am having an internal verification - which means that the marks you have all been given throughout the year are checked from a sample set across a range of modules to make sure that the marks and comments you are given are fair and appropriate - this will be in the afternoon so I really don't want to see anyone around after 2pm.
On Tuesday it's the formal assessment - 8 invited members of staff will spend several hours looking at the diploma show and giving their marks and comments on the presentation module - all the marks are collated and added to the module marks throughout the year to give you a final grade. You must be ready to come into the examination if you are called - the most likely reason being a student who is marked right on the threshold of two grades, and we may need help deciding which way to go. It's not a confrontational process - if we do call you in - it's an opportunity for you to talk about your work in a positive way - be enthusiastic and set out to impress. make sure that you understand your rational and can talk about the brief and process articulatley - if you get nervous or fluff your lines it may come across as lack of confidence in your work.
These assessments go on for quite a long time - we may simple call in a really good student to give them the chance to talk about a strong piece of work - so don't worry about it.
On Wednesday - David Sims will be in the college, he is the external assessor and will look at all your work and my final grades - and will confirm ( hopefully ) that the marks are fair and accurate.
On Thursday - it's the examination board - All the departments will present their final grades etc to the University throughout the day - we don't need you for this.
A couple of extra things.
Tom has offered to take care of the vinyls for the room - ( cheers Tom! ) - there should be enough cash left over from the slush fund to cover it.
The beer has been ordered - we will also need some juice and some plastic glasses ( and paper towels, ice and tea towels too ), I think that someone mentioned they had a Costco card. You should have a chat about that when you are all together on Tuesday, and decide who is running the bar. We should made a tidy profit there - On the night I'll let you have access to the office to keep the money etc - many thanks to Robert for donating his splendid plinth for the bar, that's brilliant.
I also think it's a really good idea that you put a couple of quid into the pot each and buy a decent bottle of wine for Paul at MartelPrint - anyone who had work printed there must contribute and sign a card for him - there is no getting away from the fact that he's saved you bacon this year. Every year the printing is a nightmare, it's usually really stressful and expensive and the last few days are chaos - but this year has been a dream - and many of you will need him next year. There is a cheese and wine place next to Judges just down the road from Martel and they deliver - about £25 should buy something top of the range in a nice box - no more than about £2.50 each - well worth the money.
Finally - thanks to everyone - this last week went really smoothly, the work looks great - the room is a triumph and you all deserve to be really proud of the work and yourselves - brilliant!
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