UBCV Senate has voted in favor of a motion to direct UBCV Faculties to stop using remote invigilation tools that involve automated recording and algorithmic analysis of data captured during invigilation, except in cases where the use of such 'remote proctoring software' is required by external accreditation bodies.
The UBC Annual Report on Enrolment (2020/21) provides detailed information about new-to-UBC and continuing students at the Okanagan and Vancouver campuses.
After more than ten years of outstanding service, Professor Blye Frank's appointment as Dean of UBC's Faculty of Education will conclude on June 30, 2021. Professor Jan Hare will serve as Dean pro tem until a new dean is appointed.
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is accepting proposals for the Killam Connection Program.
The Provost's Office has details regarding the planning process for 2021/22 winter session teaching and learning activities.
As we approach the middle of winter term 2, many faculty will be considering additional ways to check in on the learning and wellbeing of their students.
We are writing to provide an update to the UBC Vancouver community regarding the use of remote proctoring software at UBC, including Proctorio.
Following an external review of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies in January 2020, a response has been received from the Interim Director of the Institute and the Board of Trustees. This response has gone to the Research Committee of the Senate and it will be on the Senate agenda in January 2021.
Some UBC faculty members have informed us they will join the Scholar Strike for Black Lives Canada activities on September 9th and 10th.
Dr. Carolina Tropini, Assistant Professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, has been named as the winner of this year’s Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D Scholars Award in the field of Engineering.