Reduce Deadline Stacking for Assessments and Coursework
Campaign Lead: VP Education - Josh Walker
Piling deadlines and coursework into a week, or even just a few days, can be incredibly stressful and is not productive towards your success. Josh will be working with the University and academic departments to map out deadlines and reduce deadline stacking, an important priority for improving your academic experience and welfare.
2026/27 action plan
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Meet with Academic Reps and staff from all Departments and Faculties to understand how deadlines are currently set and identify best practices to reduce deadline stacking
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Not Started Yet
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Review existing recommendations on reducing deadline stacking, Departmental reports on deadlines and SSAM action logs to identify where issues remain and what viable solutions exist
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Not Started Yet
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Develop a deadline-visualisation tool for students
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Not Started Yet
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Seek all departments to publish the week/dates that deadlines will be ahead of when students pick modules for the next academic year like the Business School at Royal Holloway and Economics department currently do
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Not Started Yet
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Work with Bana, VP Wellbeing & Diversity, to support students throughout the year and promote current support mechanisms like the Extensions and Extenuating Circumstances Policy to alleviate deadline stacking pressure
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Not Started Yet
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Consult the University on a deadline stacking extension
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Not Started Yet
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Work with the University to ensure assessment briefs/instructions are released in a timely manner
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Not Started Yet
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2025/26 progress
This priority continued from last year. Here's what was achieved so far:
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Action
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Progress
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Meet with staff from all Schools across Royal Holloway to understand how deadlines are currently set and how this might be altered
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Complete
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Explore options for deadline-visualisation tools for students
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Complete
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Work with School Reps, and Academic Reps generally, to gain student insight on how deadlines are perceived across different Schools and assessment types
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Complete
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Organise focus groups for students to understand how they wish to see deadlines change to work best for students
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Complete
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Promote to students the current policies surrounding Extensions and Extenuating Circumstances and how these can help alleviate pressure from deadline stacking
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Complete
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Check back soon for updates!