Gaahh! Though, how very pleasant to have it have nothing to do with you. Perhaps the printers will be working over the weekend...
At my very own cherished institution, we recently (and suddenly) discovered a (very large) shortfall of supervisors for master-level dissertations (students are due to be told who their supervisors are in the next couple of weeks (you can request someone, but it's an allocation system)). It came to light when I asked questions about my work-load - being new, I have a soon-to-expire licence to ask stupid-sounding questions. I'm glad I did ask: in the previous reality, I'd have ended up supervising more students than I could count on my fingers and toes - and there would still have been a gap in staff capacity. Still, I don't think the coordinator of my particular academic group is interested in being my friend any more...
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At my very own cherished institution, we recently (and suddenly) discovered a (very large) shortfall of supervisors for master-level dissertations (students are due to be told who their supervisors are in the next couple of weeks (you can request someone, but it's an allocation system)).
It came to light when I asked questions about my work-load - being new, I have a soon-to-expire licence to ask stupid-sounding questions. I'm glad I did ask: in the previous reality, I'd have ended up supervising more students than I could count on my fingers and toes - and there would still have been a gap in staff capacity. Still, I don't think the coordinator of my particular academic group is interested in being my friend any more...