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亲爱的同学们，
目前受冠状病毒的影响，我能理解你的担心和顾虑，有一部分同学想尽快回国。我想让你知道，这对艺术学校和普利茅斯大学来说，是没有问题的。 如果你认为你需要这样做，请随时安排回中国。你不会因为旷课而受到惩罚， 学校会保证你的签证不会受影响。如果你计划回国，请尽快让你的课程主任和导师知晓。
目前冠状病毒的情况下，普利茅斯大学和艺术设计与建筑学院目前没有关闭学校的计划，但是一旦英格兰公共卫生署下令关闭学校，我们会按要求执行。我们目前没有收到关于关闭学校的任何指引，这可能会随时发生或者根本不会被要求。我们学校已经开始规划本学年的线上教学和作业评估，也就是意味着，如果你决定回中国，我们还是可以通过虚拟课程，在线学习资料和电子作业评估来支持你的学习。关于如何执行线上教学，你的老师将会为你提供更详细的信息。这是一个前所未有的情况，从面对面教学转换到线上教学会有些坎坷，我们提前为此所导致的问题道歉。
当你回到家中，有一些同学们不能得到跟现在在学校时同样的技术设施和支持，关于这些问题，我们明白。目前我们正在探讨，如何将这个问题列入作业评估的考虑之中。一旦有更详细信息，我们会跟你们分享。到目前为止，我们想说的是，如果你想离开学校，请知晓，当我们评估你们的作业时，我们不会让你们处于不利地位。
最后我们要说的是，谢谢你们持久的耐心。我知道这对每个人来说都是一个很非常艰难的时期，特别是对你和你远方的家人。这里有太多的讯息，但关键讯息是：
1. 如果你认为你需要离开学校，请知道学校一直在这里支持你的决定。
2. 为了支持你，身处异地，你的学习会逐渐地转换到线上教学。
3. 你可以远程完成你的作业，不用回到学校。
4. 当我们评估你的作业和进度时，你会受到公平对待。
如果你有任何问题，请联系你的专业主任和导师。
预祝你的学业一切都好。
Chris Bennewith 教授
普利茅斯大学艺术设计与建筑学院院长
Dear students,
I understand that the current situation regarding Coronavirus (Covid-19) is very concerning for you and a number of you are wishing to return home to China as soon as possible. I wanted to let you know that this is not a problem as far as the School and University are concerned. Please feel free to return to China if that is what you feel you need to do. You will not be penalised for not attending any scheduled sessions and the School will make sure your Visa status is not compromised. Please just let your programme leader know as soon as possible that you are planning to return home.
The University of Plymouth and the School of Art, Design and Architecture are currently not planning to shut down due to the current situation, but will close if we are required to do so by Public Health England. We currently have no indication that this will happen soon and it may not be required at all. We have made plans to move as much of our teaching and assessment online for the remainder of the year. This means that if you do decide to return to China we will still be able to support your studies through virtual tutorials, online learning materials and digital assessments. Your lecturers will be able to provide you with more detailed information of how this will be happening. This situation is unprecedented so this transition may be a little bumpy as we move from planned face to face sessions to online and we apologise in advance for any issues this may cause.
We understand that when you return home, some of you will not have access to the same technical facilities and support as you currently do and we are investigating if, and how, we could take that into account at your assessment. We will share more details of this once information becomes available. For now, the message is if you want to leave, please do so knowing that we are trying to ensure that you will not be disadvantaged when it comes to your assessment.
Finally, thank you very much for your ongoing patience. I know this is an intensely difficult time for everyone, but particularly for you and your families with you being so far from home. There is a lot to take in here, but the key messages are:
If you feel that you need to leave, please do and go knowing the School is here to support you.
Your learning will move online gradually in order to support you not being on campus.
You will be able to complete your assessments remotely, you will not need to come back to campus.
We shall ensure that you are treated fairly when it comes to assessment and progress.
If you have any questions please contact your Programme Leader.
I wish you all the best for the remainder of your studies.
Kind regards
Chris
Professor Chris Bennewith| Head of School Art, Design and Architecture
