Secretary - the Assistant Secretary should step in, or one of the Internal Reviewers could act as Secretary if there is no Assistant Secretary.

Chair - reschedule the meeting, or an Internal Reviewer could act as Chair. In the event of the meeting going ahead, request that the Chair provides a written brief for the panellist who is temporarily replacing them.

Internal Reviewer - if both are unavailable, reschedule the meeting. If one is unavailable, the meeting can go ahead, but request that the unavailable reviewer produces a written summary of their lines of inquiry to the panel.

External Reviewer - the Chair is to cover the External Reviewer's lines of enquiry, and follow up with the External Reviewer afterwards. Request that the External Reviewer provides a written summary of their lines of enquiry.

Student - an Internal Reviewer to cover the student lines of enquiry, and follow up with the student afterwards. Request that the student provides a written summary of their lines of enquiry.

Please make sure that the ITLR Resource account and the department/cluster Review Sponsor are included in any correspondence.

It is at the Chair's discretion whether to continue or reschedule, based on the ability of the remaining attendees to answer the review questions.

A partial reschedule would be acceptable, so continue with the rest of the review agenda, and reschedule a single meeting to another day - possibly online if this is easier to accommodate.

Seek advice from EPQ or the panel's Education Executive Review Sponsor.

The ITLR project is committed to covering the costs of External Reviewers' standard travel, meals and accommodation. If agreed in advance, then an additional night of accommodation is acceptable, particularly in circumstances such as the External Reviewer travelling a long distance and being unable to arrive by 10am on the review day.

It is recommended that the review visits are scheduled on two consecutive days.

Where this is not possible, split days can be agreed with the panel, taking into consideration the impact on travel and accommodation for the External Reviewer. Please contact the ITLR team, and we will agree an alternative arrangement on a case-by-case basis.

Please contact the ITLR Project Team as soon as this is known. Where the member is a Secretary, we will endeavour to fill the gap from within EPQ. Where it is a Chair or Panel Member, we will ask members of Education Executive to fulfil the missing roles.

Where the panel member is the External Reviewer, we would request that they provide a written summary of their lines of enquiry, and the Project Team will engage a new External Reviewer to provide the subject expertise remotely.

Where possible, the secretariat is encouraged to schedule around strike days to mitigate the impact. However, it is acknowledged that this simply may not be possible. Some individuals may alert you to the fact they will be unavailable, but they are not required to do so.

The panel members will agree their lines of enquiry at the post-SED review (stage 2a meeting 2), and this will be collated into the SED summary, which will be shared with the department or cluster. The Chair will therefore have a good understanding of the questions the panel would like to ask.

If a panel member is striking on the day of the review, where the Chair deems it possible we would encourage the review to continue, and for the absent panel member to meet with the Chair post-review and ahead of the next stage, if relevant, and to follow the advice provided at question 1.

The Chair should have a conversation with the panel member to support them in the first instance. If needed, they could then direct them to relevant training or the ITLR Project Team for further support.