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7. Level M. 7.1 Students wondered whether their room on the 5 th floor would be available after Easter. They were reassured that suitable alternative accommodation would be made available if necessary, but the Department was experiencing difficulties with space after the recent increase in the staff numbers. 7.2 Students requested that the write-ups from some projects from previous years be made available so that they would have a clearer idea of how to structure their own write-ups. Action: MC to enable this. 8. Level 3. 8.1 Projects: some confusion was reported regarding whether lab diaries had to be handed in with the intermediate reports and more generally students didn’t feel that the Guidance Notes for the projects were sufficiently detailed. The Chair advised that students should talk to their supervisors about the specific requirements for each project and that the Guidance Notes were adequate. 8.2 Assessment boycott: students wondered how the Department would deal with the issue of the assessment boycott by certain lecturers. The Chair reported that each Department had its own responsibility for dealing with the issue and that Physics would evolve its own policy as the need arose. 8.3 Exam timetable: some students felt that the draft exam timetable had too many exams bunched together. The Chair reported that students should bring this up with the departmental secretary who could request that certain exams be moved. 9. Level 2. 9.1 Assessed sheets: some concern was reported over that fact that some modules were issuing 6 assessed problem sheets rather than the usual 3. The Chair reported that this was an experimental situation and part of an overall Departmental review of assessment methods. In particular, the Department was becoming increasingly concerned that students did not have enough practice in solving problems and the issue had to be addressed. 9.2 PH-202 and PH-207: students felt not enough examples were presented in the lectures and in PH-207 they were concerned that they didn’t have sufficient time to take notes of the lecturer’s verbal explanations. Action: MC to pass on concerns to the lecturers 9.3 Requests were made for lecturers to provide the answers (not the workings) for problems in past exam papers. Action: MC to pass the issue on to the teaching committee 10. Level 1. 10.1 PH-102: concerns were expressed over the delivery of the lectures; in particular, the absence of worked examples. It was suggested that use be made of the “tablet interface” in the Wallace Lecture Theatre. Action: MC to pass on concerns to lecturer 10.2 PH-103: concerns were expressed regarding the marking of the assessed problem sheets. Students had difficulties seeing exactly where they had made mistakes. Action: MC to pass on concerns to lecturer
10.3 The Chair invited comments on the current situation regarding the teaching of maths at Level 1. Generally the feedback was the situation was currently satisfactory. It was decided that a list of maths topics needed in physics modules be drawn up by consultation with the staff. Action: MC to facilitate the drawing up of a list of key maths topics 11. Level 0. 11.1 PH-002: concerns were raised over the fact that some students couldn’t hear the lecturer clearly. Action: MC to contact the lecturer 12. AOB The Chair raised the issue of the affect on Physics of the merging of various libraries. It was felt that the only negative aspect could be even more pressure on limited working space. The next meeting is scheduled for 4 th May 2006.
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