Minutes of the Staff-Student Joint Committee held on

Monday 30 November 1998 at 2.15 pm in the Board Room

Present:

Ms Z M Arthur
Mr W J A Courtenay
Ms D A Galletly
Ms P M Hopkins
Ms L B James
Ms K McDonald
Dr R W Prager (Chair and Secretary)
Mr I Y S Vun (from item 98.20 onwards)

 

98.18 Apologies for absence

Apologies for absence were received from Ms Conaghan.

 

98.19 Membership of the SSJC

The committee decided to co-opt Mr Isaac Vun onto the committee as a 3rd Year Representative. Mr Vun then joined the meeting.

 

98.20 Minutes of the Meeting on 26 October 1998

There were no corrections to the minutes of the last meeting.

98.21 Election of Student Officers

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

 

Students Secretary and Archivist

Mr Vun

 

Booksale organisers

Ms James and Ms McDonald

 

Editor of "Engineering at Cambridge: A Freshers Guide"

Ms Galletly

 

Safety Committee Representative

Ms Hopkins

 

Library Committee Representative

Mr Courtenay

 

Organiser of the Best Lecturer Award

Ms Galletly

 

It was agreed that the student-run part of the SSJC web page should be discontinued.

 

98.22 Issues for the next SSJC Agenda

(a) Provision of lunch facilities for undergraduates

Would it be possible for the University Centre sandwiches to be sold to undergraduates for consumption in lecture room 4?

(b) SSJC Publicity

Each pair of year representatives for the first 3 years will come up with plans for raising the profile of the SSJC within their year.

(c) Language Unit

Mr d'Angelo will be invited to the February meeting to discuss the students comments.

(d) Timing of Examples papers and examples classes in Part I.

 

98.23 Date of Next Meeting

Monday 1 February 1999, 2.15 pm in the Board Room.