Minutes of the Staff-Student Joint Committee Handover Meeting held on

Monday 2 December 2002 at 2.15 pm in the Board Room

Present

Mr C. Bass

 

Mr M. Jung

 

Mr T.R.P. Bishop

 

Mr C.J. Knowles

 

Ms R.C. Catallo

 

Mr P.W. Konopka

 

Ms H. Dong

 

Mr J.E. Lindop

 

Mr S. Elia

 

Dr G.T. Parks

 

Mr T.G. Froggatt

 

Mr F.M.N.Z. Tully

 

 

 

 

Absent

Mr M.G. Richards

 

 

02.33 Apologies for absence

Apologies for absence were received from Mr A.J. Cable, Ms R. Hanzal, Mr S.J. Ingram, Mr J.A. Ma, Mr P.W.T. Mash and Ms A.G. Yetginer.

02.34 Minutes of the last meeting

The minutes of the meeting held on 28 October 2002 were approved by the outgoing members of the SSJC.

02.35 Matters arising from the Minutes

            02.28 SSJC Booksale

Dr Parks reported on behalf of Mr Ingram that the booksale had gone well with a turnover of £1078. It was agreed that the new booksale organisers should meet with Mr Ingram on Wednesday 4 December for a handover meeting.

02.36 Election of Student Officers

The following people agreed to serve in the offices listed below:

 

Student Secretary and Archivist

Ms Catallo

 

Booksale Organisers

Mr Knowles & Mr Konopka

 

Editor of "A Headstart to CUED: A Fresher’s Guide"

Mr Lindop

 

CUED Safety Committee Representative

Mr Bishop

 

CUED Library Committee Representatives

Ms Yetginer & Ms Dong

 

1st Year Liaison Representative

Mr Elia

 

Organiser of the Best Lecturer Awards

Mr Tully

 

Fast Feedback Facility Message Handler

Mr Konopka

 

SSJC Home Page Manager

Mr Knowles

 

Publicity Officers

Mr Tully

02.37 Issues for the next SSJC Agenda

The following issues were identified:

(a) Facilities for Students

  • (i) The possibility of providing a common room for the use of undergraduates.

  • (ii) The possibility of providing some covered racks for students’ bicycles.

  • (iii) The comfort of the seating provided in some lecture theatres.

  • (iv) The suitability of the seating provided in the DPO for extended work sessions are computer terminals.

    • (b) Computing Facilities

  • (i) The provision of more “help” information for freshers and incomers on the SSJC Homepage.

    • (c) Lectures and Lecture Notes

  • (i) The possibility of greater provision of lecture notes in downloadable form on lecturers’ web pages, and, for 3rd and 4th year courses, in printed form in some central location(s).

  • (ii) The value of some forms of “with blanks” lecture notes.

  • (iii) The desirability for all lecturers to make clear which Examples Paper questions should be attempted after each lecture.

    • (d) Coursework

  • (i) The desirability for increased C++ and MATLAB demonstration provision.
  • (ii) The necessity for the simultaneous timetabling of the Structural Design Project and Exposition classes.

    • (e) Course Content

  • (i) The possibility of making some humanities and social sciences courses available to CUED undergraduates (as at MIT).

    • (f) SSJC

  • (i) The desirability of more frequent (twice a term) SSJC meetings.

    • (g) Examinations

  • (i) To investigate the possibility of spreading out the Part IA examination timetable.
  • (ii) To consider the introduction of “open book” examinations earlier in the course than the final year.
  • (iii) To seek an official explanation of the reasons why certain calculator models are not approved for examination use.

    • 02.38 Thanks to outgoing committee members

    Dr Parks thanked the members of the SSJC for whom this was their last meeting for their contributions during their time on the committee.

    02.39 Date of next meeting

    The next meeting of the SSJC will take place on Monday 3 February 2003 at 2.15pm in the Board Room.