CUSU Q&A An Audience With... University Leadership We put your questions directly to Senior University Staff. On Tuesday 26th October University Leadership will answer questions. There will be some questions taken from the audience on the day but to give your question the best chance please submit below. Submit your question Book your free place Log in now to submit and like questions 14 score 14 voters Why do timetables keep changing after the semester has begun? Students who having caring responsibilities or are required to work to support themselves through university need to be able to plan. Submitted 1 week ago by Anonymous Current Coventry CampusLondon Campus 0comments 8 score 8 voters Students on some courses are not receiving the 10 hours of contact time that the university advertised. What procedures do the university have to capture which courses aren't meeting this promise? Submitted 1 week ago by Zach Featherstone Current Coventry CampusLondon Campus 0comments 7 score 7 voters Why does Coventry University not have a laptop purchase scheme for students to help towards the purchase of laptops like other universities do? Submitted 1 week ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 5 score 5 voters Can students switch between modes of study on a weekly basis? For example can students do face-to-face this week and online course next week? Submitted 1 week ago by Zongyu Chen Current Coventry Campus 0comments 4 score 4 voters Does the university provide financial support to purchase a laptop that is broken or is beyond fixing? If so, can all students access this funding or is it just certain groups such as home students? Submitted 1 week ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 4 score 4 voters If students are coming back from a red zone country for second semester, who pays for the quarantine hotel? Some universities provide financial help with these issues, is Coventry one of them? Submitted 1 week ago by Dominik Rashid Current Coventry Campus 0comments 3 score 3 voters It would make a massive difference if students were timetabled to attend campus for the least amount of days possible. Why are students not timetabled in this way? Submitted 1 week ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 3 score 3 voters Why are some modules half online and half face to face? I have a modules where one lecture is in person and one lecture is online so it cannot be an issue with the limiting numbers in class. Submitted 1 week ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 2 score 2 voters Why do international students pay more tuition fees for the same course as home students? Are fees for international students regulated in the same way home student fees are as they change every year? Submitted 1 week ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 2 score 2 voters There have been a lot of issues relating to students getting their CAS this year. Can you explain how students can speed up this process to get visa's submitted? Submitted 1 week ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 1 score 1 voter With the majority of senior leaders at the university being white and male, what are you doing to tackle the under-representation of marginalised groups at senior leadership level? Submitted 1 week ago by Joseph Davis Current Coventry Campus 0comments 1 score 1 voter What active steps are the university taking to support and monitor online students? We don’t seem to have individual Personal Tutors, termly check-ins or a Monitoring Point system? Submitted 1 week ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 1 score 1 voter Coventry has a very short academic year with only 2 semesters. Why does Coventry University choose to charge full tuition fees to fund this shorter learning period? Submitted 1 week ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 1 score 1 voter Why do the resources students receive through 'No Hidden Extras' change year on year for the same course? It seems unfair that some students get more than others for the same course. Submitted 6 days ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 1 score 1 voter What is the university doing to ensure flexibility in different learning styles? Courses are very much built for the neurotypical, whilst the neurodiverse struggle to learn this way. Submitted 5 days ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 1 score 1 voter I have applied for Student Finance but haven't got a reply yet. Is there anything the university can do to help get this sorted? Submitted 5 days ago by Kbrom Gebremedihin Current Coventry Campus 0comments 0 score 0 voters Why do Coventry University diplomas use a really small font and character size compare to all other university in the UK? It looks like a printing mistake. Submitted 1 week ago by Florian Loiseau Current Coventry Campus 0comments 0 score 0 voters How are IT services ensuring students data is safe from potential cyber threats? Submitted 1 week ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 0 score 0 voters Will students continue to be given the option to study completely online all year round? Submitted 1 week ago by Anonymous Current Coventry Campus 0comments 0 score 0 voters Why are the finance department so unresponsive? They rarely answer calls and respond very late to emails, 25 days for a reply. Why is there so much delay and what are the Uni doing to resolve this? Submitted 6 days ago by Annu Annu Current Coventry Campus 0comments Only current Coventry University students may submit and vote on questions.