Author Archives: James Dyke

For Assessment 3 (group poster) I require three submissions: An individual “Briefing Note” from everyone in the group, submitted via Blackboard. Details on the Assessment page here. A single email from each group that has either a link to a Piktochart poster/info graphic or an attachment that contains your poster A single bibliography for the […]

This week saw the first group presentations. They all went very well. Congratulations all round. For those that have already presented, please remember to email me either your Prezi link or you PowerPoint file. For those groups that haven’t yet presented, please remember to email before your talk with your speaker list as per the […]

On Tuesday I ran an in-class feedback session on Assessment 1. I have also been giving feedback individually in-class and via email. We have nearly finished marking all the Assessment 1 reports and will then be able to release marks and feedback for everyone. I have been a bit unwell this week and this has […]

I am in the process of marking Assessment 1 reports. On Tuesday I will give an in-class feedback session where I will present some model answers and highlight any consistent issues with the assessments. I will also be on hand to discuss the assessment individually. If you cannot make Tuesday’s session then you will be […]

On Friday 7/3/2014 we will start the group projects. It is therefore very important you attend this session or contact me giving me notice that you will not be there. I will be taking a register on the day in order to help me finalise group membership. Please ensure that at least one person in […]

Monday 3/3/2014 17:00 is the deadline for Assessment 1. Please submit your assessment electronically via Blackboard. On Tuesday we start working towards the next Assessment. I have put a DRAFT Assessment 2 template online here UOSM2010-2014-Individual-Report-2-Template-DRAFT. This will almost certainly change, but it gives an indication of what will be required for the second assessment […]

Thank you very much for your contributions to our experiment today. I will report back once we have done the analysis. It’s very important that we do experiments like these because they have and continue to have an important impact on how individuals, corporations and countries approach issues surrounding not just climate change but the […]

Please remember to check www.gc.soton.ac.uk for details about required reading and course schedule. There is NO lecture scheduled for (next) Tuesday 18th February. However, I recommend you come to the room and work on the current assessments. I also need you to email me your ideas for your group project poster for Friday 21st, so […]

On Tuesday this week we began exploring Systems Dynamics. On Friday we discussed the assessments and self-organised into groups. If you were unable to attend on Friday or wish to change to group for whatever reason, then please email me at j.dyke@soton.ac.uk and we will sort something out. Yesterday’s lectures slides are available for download […]

I will send out Week 2 summary email later today (and post it here). Before that I wanted to respond to some of the feedback. First, many thanks. It really is very helpful to understand your experiences. Before I get into the specifics some general comments and explanations.