Paul (and any other interested parties)
This exact same question came up at the CHUGD meeting on
Monday, prompted by Prof Davidson from Durham where they are
proposing to return to allowing solo work for undergrads after a period
of insisting on pairs. A straw poll of the, roughly, 20 UK Departments
who were represented at the meeting showed a 50:50 split in the
practice followed.
At Portsmouth we do allow solo work but only after the risk
assessment, undertaken by all students prior to project work, has
demonstrated to our satisfaction that the student has procedures in
place to ensure safety including daily checks, most commonly in the
form of a "buddy" system.
Cheers
John
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