It's done! After the extensive Easter break, we only had one teaching week left, and it was only a four day week as the Monday was a bank holiday. And on the Friday I had the last big commitment: a presentation session for all the dissertation students who for some reason hadn't been capable of doing their presentation in the main session. There were quite a few on the list!
I had made sure everything was prepared: the presentations were lined up, conference booklets were printed, and I had more mark sheets and feedback sheets than I could shake a stick at. So I got into the office in the morning, filled my flask up, and went to the room where it would all take place.
Most students were there. And we had highly varied topics. Staffing it didn't quite go as intended; I had way too much stuff before the coffee break, and not enough after. I had to go and grab a colleague because these presentations have to be marked by two members of staff at least. And there was a complication of a simultaneously held session for second year students. I was a bit miffed about that. But I made it work.
Next week I will have to put a lot of grades and feedback on the module website. I should have plenty of time for that! What with undergraduate teaching being now over. I do have to step in on Monday for the master students, as one colleague has a medical appointment and needed a caretaker, and another one is at a conference, and I have a lot of academic integrity cases to see to, but I should manage to do all of that. And immediately afterwards, the exam period begins! So that's another academic year as good as over. It feels like yesterday that it began…
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| A lionfish, which featured heavily in one of the talks. Picture by Alexander Vasenin |
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