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PAL Central: Faculty Timetablers

An online hub of guidance and resources for our PAL Leaders and their Level 4 students.

Faculty admin

Should you need to make a change to a timetabled PAL session you should contact your Faculty Timetabler, remembering to include PAL@bournemouth.ac.uk in all email correspondence.

 Please note:

  • To assist the Timetabler in reviewing the feasibility of your request please include as much information as possible in your email – including your name, programme, which PAL group you lead (we recommend creating an email signature with this information) and the specific details of your request.
  • Changes to PAL sessions should be discussed as with the student group and requested within the first two weeks of the academic year (see Timetabling guidance below). Subsequent changes should only be requested in case of illness or emergency.
  • A list of Faculty Timetablers and their contact details can be found below.

Faculty Timetablers

Faculty

Timetabler

Email

Bournemouth University Business School

 

Theresa Lange

BUBSTimetable@bournemouth.ac.uk

Faculty of Media & Communication

Hannah Aston

Michael Gorgeon

FMCTimetabling@bournemouth.ac.uk

Faculty of Science & Technology

Wendy Kennedy

Michael Gorgeon

FSTtimetabling@bournemouth.ac.uk

Faculty of Health & Social Sciences

Paul Crowther

Theresa Lange

hsstimetables@bournemouth.ac.uk

 

Timetabling guidance

Timetabling Principles

  • Sessions will be scheduled within core teaching hours. Monday to Thursday inclusive between the hours of 09.00 to 19.00; Friday between the hours of 09.00 to 17.00; Wednesday morning between the hours of 09.00 to 13.00.
  • To help maximise engagement, sessions should ideally be scheduled on days where both the student group and the PAL Leader have other timetabled activity. Where this isn’t possible, a day will be chosen where the student group have timetabled activity, which may mean the PAL leader has to travel in especially. 
  • Wherever possible, sessions should be timetabled directly after, or as close as possible to, another timetabled session for the student group.
  • Session times should remain consistent and not change week-to-week.
  • Ideally, all PAL sessions should be timetabled by the end of August. 

Moving/Cancelling a Session 

  • The student group and the PAL Leader should review and discuss scheduled PAL sessions for the year ahead at their first session in semester one. If necessary, the PAL Leader should liaise with the Timetabler regarding an alternative mutually convenient session – maintaining a consistent day and time throughout the year. 
  • Subsequent changes should only be requested in case of illness or emergency, which may include childcare commitments. In all instances regarding changes to sessions, pal@bournemouth.ac.uk must be copied in to Timetabler requests. 
  • A minimum of 2 working days’ notice is required to change a session. 
  • It is the responsibility of the PAL Leader to communicate changes to scheduled sessions to the student group, cc’ing PAL@bournemouth.ac.uk. 
  • Postponed sessions should be rearranged wherever possible. Requests to rearrange postponed sessions should be made to the Timetabler by the PAL Coordinator (PAL Placement Student), who should advise of a preferred week in which to rearrange the session. 
  • When rearranging sessions, Timetabling Principles (above) will be applied, unless the Timetabler is advised of a specific mutually convenient day and time – which would depend on room availability. 
  • PAL@bournemouth.ac.uk should be cc’d into all communications with the Timetabling team/the PAL Leader.