@Override
  public Set<User> getMembers() {
    Set<User> users = new HashSet<User>();

    Set<Degree> degrees = new HashSet<>();
    for (CompetenceCourse competenceCourse : executionCourse.getCompetenceCourses()) {
      for (CurricularCourse curricularCourse :
          competenceCourse.getAssociatedCurricularCoursesSet()) {
        degrees.add(curricularCourse.getDegree());
      }
    }
    // students of any degree sharing the same competence of the given execution course
    for (Degree degree : degrees) {
      for (Registration registration : degree.getActiveRegistrations()) {
        User user = registration.getPerson().getUser();
        if (user != null) {
          users.add(user);
        }
      }
    }
    // students attending the given execution course (most will be in the previous case but some may
    // not)
    for (Attends attends : executionCourse.getAttendsSet()) {
      User user = attends.getRegistration().getPerson().getUser();
      if (user != null) {
        users.add(user);
      }
    }
    return users;
  }