Hello everyone, Thank you for your feedback on the Unit of Study Survey (USS) for MECO6919. While it was another challenging semester, despite numerous reminders the response rate of 49% was poor, having dropped from previous years and is consequently not as representative as one could wish. I will reflect on the ratings you gave, and the comments you made, and will use them to make improvements in the unit next year. The unit was overall again quite well evaluated. However, there were a few things that I will try to improve following from your comments: 1) Some comments expressed a desire to have more practical training or collaborative study experiences on cases and campaigns, in short, train and improve applied skills. While it is hard in any year to get a guest speaker to commit to all sections of a unit, it was especially challenging to do so during the pandemic. That said, it is a good ideas and I will attempt to figure out how this can be implemented, possibly via a pre-recorded speech or presentation (which cuts out Q&A but provides possibly alternative viewpoints). 2) Others mentioned that they would like to see more lecturing and explaining by the instructor instead of our discussion (especially due to uneven student participation). I had mentioned in the first week that there is a pre-recorded 45 min lecture for each meeting and I have also provided a summary at the start of each meeting. In addition, as many others actually prefer this format. In short, while the core idea of this course is discussing issues and not delivering information again, we will continue to attempt to increase the synoptic lecture component during our course meetings to better summarise the key points of each topic. As always, it remains hard to please everyone. 3) Having said that, given the increase of numbers and diversity of students in this course with a growing number less inclined to share their thoughts, we will review and revise the discussion format to see if we can find a more inclusive and contributory way that also allows for sufficient time for expert lecturing. Aside from that, I was satisfied that the unit was overall well received and found your endorsement, In fact, a majority of you (over 85%) were overall satisfied with the quality of the course and found it intellectually rewarding, incl. many being quite positive about how we resolved this in the novel online environment. Given that only half responded, if you would like to give us any further feedback about the unit, we'll be happy to reflect on those as well. Please send an email to olaf.werder@sydney.edu.au.