日本語（Japanse）

新型コロナウイルス感染拡大に伴い、世界はかつてない不安に包まれています。世界中で多くの人々が苦しんでおられる現状において、まずは、感染された方、そのご家族、関係者の方々に心よりお見舞い申し上げます。また、困難な状況下において、医療や物流などの分野で社会生活を支えて下さっている方々に、心からの敬意と謝意を表します。

さて、皆さんご承知の通り、政府の緊急事態宣言と、京都府の要請を受け、本学では4月9日に、5月11日までのキャンパス入構制限および各窓口閉鎖、春学期授業の原則ネット配信（双方向オンライン型の授業、動画配信、資料配信など）をお知らせしました。さらに、緊急事態宣言が延長されたことに伴い、5月7日付で、5月31日までの入構制限および各窓口閉鎖延長をお伝えしています（【新型コロナウイルス感染症】本学の対応について（第８報））。

これは、学生の皆さんの命と健康を守ることに加え、感染拡大防止についての社会的責任を果たすため、そして、いかなる状況においても、学生の皆さんに対する教育の提供を止めないための措置として決定し、継続しているものです。何卒ご理解くださいますよう、改めてお願い申し上げます。

ネット配信授業については、さまざまなお声をお聞きしています。特に、多様なツールを用いたいろいろな配信形式があって煩雑なので統一してほしいというご要望を多くお聞きしますが、e-class、DUET、teams、zoom、学内メール等多様なツールを用いているのは、特定サーバーへの負荷が集中することを避け、リスクを分散するためです。ご不便をおかけしますが、何卒ご理解くださいますようお願いいたします。そのほか、課題が過重である、教員からの指示が不定期でわかりにくいといった意見も届いています。ネット配信形式の非対面授業は、ほとんどすべての教員にとって初めての授業形態であり、教員側も日夜努力を続けていますが、この試行錯誤の時において、学生の皆さんから教員への積極的な働きかけが大きな助けになります。大学という知の共同体においては、教職員と学生とが信頼関係を築き、真剣で誠実な知的交わりを積み重ねていかねばなりません。特に、同志社大学は、徳の共同体を基礎とした知の共同体の構築を目指してきた点で、唯一無二の大学です。教職員と学生とが互いの良心を信頼し合い知的交流を重ねることが、今こそ求められているのです。

本学の美しいキャンパスに集い、友人と語り合い、教員から直接に指導を受ける、といった、学生の皆さんが想定していた形での授業ができていないことについては心苦しい限りですが、このような状況の今だからこそ、皆さんには多くの書物を読み、学び続けてほしいと思います。私たちがまさに直面している不確実で予測困難な世界を生きていくためには、過去の経験と先人たちの知を活かした新たな発想が必要です。書物にはその知が集積されているからです。

4月29日付でお知らせした緊急対応策は、奨学金の給付や貸付金の拡充など、主に経済的な支援でしたが、この状況下で可能な限りの学びの支援についても検討してまいりました。以下に、図書館の遠隔利用方法や郵送サービスについて、あるいは、大学での学びの延長にあるキャリアに関する講座・セミナーも含め、さまざまな学びへのアクセスについてまとめていますので、ぜひ活用してください。

また、各学部・研究科独自の取組もさまざまに行われています。所属学部・研究科のホームページもぜひご覧ください。

同志社大学は、学生の皆さんと真摯に向き合い、今後も刻々と変わる状況に対応していきます。
学生の皆さんが学び続けるために、教職員一同は最大限の努力をしてまいります。大学が知の共同体としてあり続けるために、学生の皆さんの力をお貸しください。この困難を乗り越えるために、手を携えて進んでいきましょう。

English（英語）

The whole world is in an unprecedented moment of anxiety amidst the spread of infection with the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19). At a time when many people across the world are struggling with the effects of COVID-19, I would firstly like to express my deepest sympathy to those who suffer from the infection, their families and acquaintances. I would also like to extend my sincere gratitude and respect to essential workers in medical services, logistics and other fields who are working hard to keep our society going under these difficult circumstances.

As you all know, in response to the Japanese government’s declaration of state of emergency and the request of Kyoto Prefecture, Doshisha University announced on April 9 restriction of entry into the campuses and closure of university counters until May 11 and that Spring Semester courses would be conducted online (through interactive online classes, video distribution, distribution of teaching materials etc.). In addition, in line with the extension of the state of emergency, we announced on May 7 that the restriction of entry and closure of university counters would be extended until May 31 (see “Doshisha University Action in Response to Novel Coronavirus Infection (No.8 Notice)”).

These measures have been decided and are ongoing in order to fulfill the university’s social responsibility in preventing further spread of infection as well as to protect our students’ life and health, while at the same time continuing to provide education to our students whatever the situation is. Your understanding and cooperation is much appreciated.

We appreciate the feedback you have sent us on various aspects of the online education. In particular, many of you have requested us to unify the distribution format as it is currently confusing with multiple tools being used. The reason that we use a variety of tools including e-class, DUET, Teams, Zoom and university e-mail service is so as to prevent any specific server from overloading and disperse the risk. We apologize for the inconvenience and ask for your understanding and patience. Some students have also pointed out that their study workload is too much, or that their lecturer’s instruction comes at random times and is difficult to understand. Conducting classes remotely online is a new experience for most of our faculty members, and they are working hard day and night to familiarize themselves more with the format. We are in the process of trying and improving the system, and students’ proactive participation and feedback to the faculty will be an enormous help. A university is a community of knowledge that exists on the basis of mutual trust and sincere intellectual communication between faculty and students. Doshisha University is a particularly unique university for its commitment to establishing a community of knowledge based on virtue. At a time like this, more than ever, both faculty and students are expected to trust each other’s conscience and deepen their intellectual exchange.

We are deeply sorry that we are currently unable to offer you the opportunity to study in a normal environment that you expect, where you all meet on our beautiful campus, talk with friends and receive instruction from faculty members face to face. However, we would like to encourage you to keep learning as much as possible by reading books, particularly in an exceptional situation like now. To live in a world of uncertainty and unpredictability like this, we need to come up with new ideas based on past experiences and knowledge of our predecessors, and books are where such knowledge is accumulated.

　In addition to the emergency measures that we announced on April 29, which are mainly financial support such as scholarships and expanded eligibility for loans, we have been reviewing what kinds of services can be offered to support your learning under the current circumstances. The materials linked below introduce how to access the various available services for remote learning, including remote access to and book mailing service at the library as well as information on courses and seminars for your career development, which is closely related to your study at the university. I hope you will find them useful.

Individual faculties and graduate schools also offer a range of support services of their own. Please check the website of the faculty or graduate school that you belong to.

Doshisha University is always committed to attending diligently to students’ voices and will continue to respond promptly to the rapidly changing situation.

All academic and administrative staff of Doshisha University are doing our utmost to ensure that students continue their learning, and we humbly ask for the support of you all in our efforts to maintain the university as a community of knowledge. Let us all join hands and overcome this crisis together.