Covid-19: Message to all law students

16 March 2020

Dear Student,

Earlier today the rector, Prof Wim de Villiers, announced that SU will suspend lectures from 17 March and will continue via online tuition from 30 March 2020. The Faculty of Law will implement this decision and the following is applicable:

  1. All in-person classes and assessments will discontinue. This suspension is applicable to both undergraduate and postgraduate (LLM coursework) classes.
  2. Where possible, please make use of online communications. All consultations, supervision etc. will continue online.
  3. The Faculty is preparing to facilitate learning and teaching in an online mode, and these interventions will be available after the upcoming recess. Please consult your SUNLearn sites for updates.
  4. There is currently no clarity about when face-to-face teaching and assessment will resume. Therefore, we must plan on the basis that teaching and learning will resume after recess in the online mode until further notice.

We acknowledge that this is an extraordinary step for any institution to take but believe that it is the right decision. We wish to ask for your patience and support as there will undoubtedly be many questions and uncertainties that will not be immediately resolved (for both students and staff). Be assured that the Faculty will do everything in its power to assist you during this time and to ensure that you can complete a successful academic year.

We also ask you to do the right thing, and to adopt social distancing where reasonably possible to help with the containment of the disease to limit the spread of infections. Together we will weather this storm — “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”.

Yours sincerely,

Prof Nicola Smit

Dean

Prof Richard Stevens

Vice Dean

Covid-19: Boodskap aan alle regstudente

16 Maart 2020

Beste Student

Vroeër vandag het die rektor, prof Wim de Villiers, aangekondig dat US-lesings vanaf 17 Maart opgeskort word en vanaf 30 Maart 2020 via aanlyn onderrig sal voortgaan. Die Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid sal hierdie besluit implementeer en die volgende is van toepassing:

  1. Alle kontak-klasse en assesserings word vanaf Dinsdag, 17 Maart 2020 opgeskort. Hierdie opskorting is van toepassing op beide voor- en nagraadse kursusse (LLM-kursuswerk).
  2. Maak gebruik, waar moontlik, van aanlyn kommunikasie. Alle konsultasies, toesighouding deur studieleiers, ens. sal aanlyn voortgaan.
  3. Die Fakulteit is tans besig met die voorbereiding om leer en onderrig via die aanlyn platform te fasiliteer, en hierdie intervensies sal na die komende reses beskikbaar wees. Raadpleeg u SUNLearn-platforms vir enige bywerkings.
  4. Daar is tans geen duidelikheid oor wanneer gesig-tot-gesig onderrig en assessering hervat word nie. Daarom moet ons beplan op die basis dat onderrig en leer na die reses in die aanlyn modus sal hervat, tot verdere kennisgewing.

Ons erken dat dit ʼn buitengewone stap is vir enige instelling om te neem, maar glo dat dit die regte besluit is. Ons wil u geduld en ondersteuning vra, aangesien daar ongetwyfeld baie vrae en onsekerhede sal wees wat nie onmiddellik opgelos sal word nie (vir studente sowel as personeel). Wees verseker dat die Fakulteit alles in sy vermoë doen om u te help gedurende hierdie tyd en om te verseker dat u ʼn suksesvolle akademiese jaar kan voltooi.

Ons vra u ook om die regte ding te doen en ʼn sosiale afstand te handhaaf en die verspreiding van infeksie te beperk. Saam sal ons hierdie storm deurstaan – “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”.

Groete

prof Nicola Smit

Dekaan

prof Richard Stevens

Visedekaan

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