Student Council Minutes 05.12.11.

ATTENDANCE.

PK – Maisie, Andy

Morgannwg – Sara

Powys – Shreya, Rune

Gwynedd – Karl

Whitaker – Tim, Albert

Tice – Emma, Michael

Sunley – Eliza, Theo

AGENDA.

1.       Health Centre

2.       Night Staff

3.       Board of Governors’ Meeting

4.       Printing Credits

5.       Drunk Dorm-mates

6.       Alternative punishments

7.       Games with Frances

DISCUSSION.

Health Centre. Something should be posted outside the Health Centre door, in houses and at the Dining Hall if the nurses aren’t there and emails should be sent around.

Night Staff. There has been problems with contacting Night Staff in emergencies in the past. It was suggested that in very dangerous situations we should be able to wake up House Parents. Walky-talkies which would be connected to the phone number available to students was suggested. This issue will go to Staff-Student Council next term. It was also clarified that they can enter dorms if they have complaints concerns from other students, health reasons (drunk/ill) or there is suspicion of rule-breaking. If you are uncomfortable with knowing when the Night Staff might come into your dorm, ask your House Parents for clarification and to inform you if they do it regularly.

Board of Governors’ Meeting. We took the current position on the IT discussion, the possibility of a student representative in Governor meetings, a summary of Student Council minutes, the question of the direction the school is going in and the balance between academics, service, mission etc. to the meeting which was very positive and minutes of this will follow.

Printing Credits. Second years were wondering if it would be possible to have extra printing credits to print coursework at the end of term. Ask your teachers who can contact IT to arrange this so that they don’t have to deal with students emailing them all their coursework.

Drunk dorm-mates. The question is whether students should tell on drunk dorm-mates or not, especially in cases where their safety is at risk. This will be taken to Staff-Student Council and we will discuss the issue with Nick Lush at another time and bring it up in the alcohol discussion next term.

Alternative punishments. Alternatives to current punishments for drinking and smoking were discussed. This discussion will continue next term. Current suggestions are collecting rubbish from fields etc., collecting cigarette ends and packets, detention. It was discussed whether there should be a standard procedure or whether it should be case-specific.

 

Student Council 28.11.11.

ATTENDANCE.

PK - Maisie

Morgannwg - Sara

Powys – Shreya, Gerry, Shanna

Gwynedd – Juan, Karl

Whitaker – Tim, Albert

Tice – Emma, Miriam, Tom

Sunley – Eliza, Theo, Rebecca

AGENDA.

* House inspections

* Graduation Reps

* Paul Motte leaving

* New rules

* Alcohol

* Pastoral review

* Drunk bitches

* Health Centre staff absence from Health Centre

DISCUSSION.

House inspections. Frances will ask Houseparents to clarify at House Meeting the policy of House Inspections that happen each Monday and to put up a summary of the policy on the noticeboards.

Graduation reps. Clara, Tom, India, Rebecca, Marlene, Carys B, Manin, Ilya, Laurens are this year’s Graduation Reps and will be emailed to remind them to meet with the Development Office to begin working on their tasks.

Paul Motte leaving. We’re planning things… Ice Ice Baby…

New rules. Another long discussion. Next Staff-Student Council we will discuss why often now the system of ‘warnings’ goes straight to stricter punishments, whether and why there may be more house inspections, the point that the infliction of suspensions is too wide and is not reserved for extreme cases anymore, possible alternative punishments, concern of the frequency of Night Staff visits to dorms.

Alcohol. Rune will email Nick Lush to confirm a date for a discussion/review, possible after Christmas.

Pastoral review. Last year the review of the pastoral care system was a survey in house meeting. This year it was suggested that something more structured would be useful and if there was a survey again, students should be reminded to fill it out sensibly and maturely as there were problems concerning this last year and the surveys weren’t taken seriously. Bill will email Nick Lush to find out the details of this.

Drunken dorm-mates/ friends. We discussed the issue of whether dorm-mates/ friends should tell the Houseparents or Night Staff if someone is too drunk. We decided to bring this up in the alcohol discussion once this is scheduled.

Health Centre staff absence from Health Centre. Sometimes the staff are not there and there is no warning beforehand that they won’t be. Emma will email the nurses to ask them to notify us more clearly of times they will be absent.

 

Staff-Student Council 27.11.11.

ATTENDANCE.

PK – Andy,

Morg – Sara, Paul

Powys – Shreya, Gerry

Gwyn - Karl

Whit - Tim

Tice – Miriam, Emma

Sun – Eliza, Theo

AGENDA.

- Alcohol review

- Duty House

- Lost and Found

- Night Reports

- Late night visits Night Staff

- New rules

DISCUSSION.

Alcohol review. The Senior Staff said they would look into organising a whole college event before Christmas where we could continue discussion on solutions to the drinking culture.

Duty House. The Senior Staff felt that making a rota for Duty House in which houses were assigned to events instead of every weekend would be unnecessary stress and would not always work because of unforeseen events etc.

Lost and found. The Senior Staff said that it would be a good idea to have all lost and found items sent to Julie and that the cleaning staff etc should be warned of this. They suggested a trial next term. There could also be a list to check items in and out so that people can check for their items easily.

Night Reports. We asked for clarification of what it meant that night reports being sent to teachers would be suspended ‘for now’. The Senior Staff said that it would continue not to be sent unless something happened which meant they felt it was necessary to start sending them again. If it would come back, they said the reasons would be properly explained.

Late night visits Night Staff. The Senior Staff said they would clarify the Night Staff policies by email. A male Night Staff can enter a female dorm but there are always at least one female Night Staffs on duty so it would normally be a female. They enter only if they are concerned there is a problem in the dorm and usually only if invited in (unless the situation is urgent). The Senior Staff said the Night Staff are very sensitive towards doing this but if there is a problem with any of the Staff at Atlantic College, Senior Staff need to be made aware of it.

New rules. The Senior Staff said that the issue of having to ask house parents for permission vs. being asked for permission wasn’t a big one and that being asked might encourage students to take the opportunity as the norm.

The Senior Staff agreed that more structured, positive solutions should be put in place as punishments for breaking the new night-studying rules though, such as meetings with teachers, tutors and house parents and help to make strategic plans to break such habits. They still stuck by gating as a positive measure in certain cases.

Finally, they said that when the new rules were started, they weren’t seen as new rules since before this ‘lights out’ was technically 11:30 – they saw it merely as an adjustment to how current rules are implemented but apologised for the way students weren’t warned about this and said that a positive alternative to the way it was done would be to have a meeting with all first year students and staff near the end of the year if there is a need to discuss changes in the Code of Conduct.

 

Student Council Minutes 21.11.11.

ATTENDANCE.

Pentti Kouri – Andy, Maisie

Morgannwg – Maria, Sara

Powys – Shreya, Gerry

Gwynedd – Juan, Karl

Whitaker – Albert, Tim

Tice – Miriam, Emma, Tom

Sunley – Eliza, Theo

AGENDA.

* Vincent

* Light outside the Bradenstoke entrance

* Meat free Mondays

* Staff-Student Council Agenda

DISCUSSION.

Vincent and Hannah. Want to get AC involved in the Workers’ Rights Consortium which looks at all the school’s suppliers for bedsheets, uniforms etc and then sends information on other suppliers in a similar category of cost but with better working conditions. This will be explained to everyone in house meeting and if students agree with the cause, Vincent and Hannah will work the Senior Staff about this.

Light outside the Bradenstoke entrance. Rune spoke to Maintenance about the light outside the Bradenstoke entrance to Top Lawn. They are fixing it at the moment.

Meat-free Mondays. The result of the house votes were 186 for and 91 against. There will be a meeting at some point to openly debate the issue. The feeling is that meat-free Monday has evolved from its original aim and is no longer a symbol of the unity of our school. Most agreed that the best way to tackle this would be to take it away and re-educate people before finding a new solution.

Inspector visit. One of the inspectors sat in our meeting and asked us questions on how well the school prepared us before arrival to come to AC, what support we get during our first few weeks and then throughout the rest of our time here and to prepare us for leaving.

 

14.11.11

Graduation/ Year reps. One graduation rep from each house is required for feeding information from the Development office to the houses. One of these should then become the Year Rep – the point of contact for our year group after AC since the Development Office can’t give out information on us after we have left. We need to sort the year gift before February. We also need ideas for a class gift.

Biofence update. There will probably be a near biodiversity area down near the seafront in a location which may give it the ability to expand later.

Thematic update. Think Globally Act Locally next Tuesday/ Wednesday.

August Period will happen soon, as will Induction.

Code of Conduct postponed until language reps finish document.

Emergency phones. Decided to address ILB about the fact the emergency phone in the RNLI building doesn’t work.

Microwave in Canteen. Wanted to know if we can use it freely again – will be taken to Food Reps.

Water fountain. Discussed possibility of another water fountain in the Castle. Decided that the one near the disabled bathroom is enough. Don’t drink other water in the castle – it has lead in it.

Lost and Found shop. The shop has a ‘lost and found’ store . Suggested need for a new system for lost items – in Julie’s office, in the Castle or in a cabinet with fish.

Electrical devices being taken. Oli is the Domestic Bursar who comes around houses every Monday to check for extra furniture and electrical devices which shouldn’t be there. She comes on a Monday, and ONLY on a Monday, if you understand… If you don’t, go to her and try and get your stuff back, unless it’s a grill.

Student ID Cards. Shreya will email Nick Lush asking about progress on ID cards.

Night report. Implementing the new rules in most houses has been moderate. Everyone seemed to think that those implementing them strictly would act like that anyway.

Student Council 07.11.11.

ATTENDANCE.

Pentti Kouri – Andy, Maisie

Morgannwg – Maria, Sara

Powys – Gerry, Shreya

Gwynedd – Carl, Juan

Whitaker – Tim, Albert

Tice – Miriam, Emma, Tom

Sunley – Theo, Eliza

AGENDA.

- Lipdub

- Duty house

- New Rules

DISCUSSION.

Lipdub. Various groups are working on this (Maria Osman, Hannah Platzer, Link Group, Mubarak Sanni, Rune Mortensen, Bill Drexel). Rune and Bill will set up a meeting with the Development Office.

Duty house. Discussed the proposal of a rota for duty house for just when there are events such as SATs and weddings (as opposed to being on rota when there are no events) to share the workload more fairly. This will go to Staff-Student Council.

New rules. i.e. needing permission to work 11:30-12:30 and not being able to work after this. Student Council are co-ordinating a system to deal with this problem. One thing we will take to Staff-Student Council is that the bigger problem here is that staff are implementing rules without the students having any knowledge beforehand.

Staff-Student Council Minutes. 02.11.11.

ATTENDANCE.

Pentti Kouri – Andy, Rina

Morgannwg - Paul

Powys - Shreya

Gwynedd – Laura, Juan

Whitaker - /

Tice – Solveig, Miriam, Tom

Sunley – Diego, Eliza

Adrian

Nick

Paul

Ingvild – Social Life Committee Prefect

AGENDA.

- Class rubric

- Security

- August period review

- Project week

- Night reports

- Alcohol

DISCUSSION.

Class rubric. Nick Lush will approach the subject heads and ask them to look again at giving out a summary of the course topics, study resources, where to go for help, skills needed for the course etc as not every teacher did this. Students should be aware to ask teachers for help – they are available at times explained on the timetable and it is a student’s responsibility to ask for one. Some felt it was not necessary and such information would become clear during the course. However, it was discussed that finding out during the course would be little use if it was a factor that would have altered a student’s decision about taking the course earlier. There is an assessment policy which every faculty must have with details of how monthly grades are assessed, predicted grades are formed etc but this is not always clear to the class.

Security. Student Council suggested phones in academic blocks, gym, and coffee lounge etc. and locks on doors i.e. computer lab. The Staff said they would speak to the Committee responsible for security at the school about Student Council’s suggestions. Currently there are phones in the science blocks and in the library with the emergency numbers posted. It isn’t possible for the school’s system to support more phones on the server currently. Students need to stop leaving doors and windows open at night – efforts of security need to come from everyone.

August period review. The Staff’s main point was that they felt the Diploma Period breaks every few weeks could be considered a good replacement for the previously longer August period as they provide breaks for socialising, work and recuperation.  Hopefully there will be a thematic discussion on this in the coming weeks.

Project Week. Student Council asked if Project Week information could be put in the joining papers with an indication of the price range, if the sign-up process could be more like Service sign-up and only the amount of available spots advertised (i.e. if certain classes have priority) and if students would be able to lead projects. The Staff said they would authorise work experience, volunteering etc. if it could be proven and that students could approach Nick Lush with ideas for student-led group projects. They will try and review the system for next year.

Night reports. The night reports are now being sent to all teachers because the teachers want to know who is working all night regularly. The teachers will not receive all of the information on the night report – just who is up working or socialising.

Alcohol. At Staff-Student Council, we discussed that this issue goes around in circles and nothing ever changes. It is recognised that there are a lot of students behaving irresponsibly with regard to alcohol – buying it for under 18s, consuming it on the cliffs, in fields and leaving rubbish etc. It was also recognised that there are extremes in this situation – there is a feeling that there are many drinkers in the school but those who drink in moderation receive the same as those who are irresponsible with alcohol. At the same time, there is a feeling that those who do not drink at all receive prejudice for this.

The Staff said that drinking had always been a problem but as alcohol has become cheaper and stronger, people tend to get drunker more often. Because of the reputation the school is getting in the local community and internationally, National Committees have begun to consider not sending students here anymore which is a disaster.

There used to be a Staff-led bar on Campus but UK Law changed 4-5 years ago which meant this could no longer happen. There was discussion as well that sometimes the bar operated illegally. These same things happened at independent schools across the UK. After this, all teachers agreed that there would be no alcohol on campus at all and at a recent UWC Heads meeting it was found that only our college and one other even have alcohol at their leavers dinner (the other had it because they held their dinner in the local town).

The main decision was that we needed as a college to understand the boundaries in the Code of Conduct and the informal boundaries we set for ourselves. This is so that we don’t waste time discussing what cannot be changed because of law. The problem needs to be addressed to irresponsible drinkers predominantly and there needs to be encouragement given to those who do not normally give their opinion as often to do so.

As of yet, the method for addressing this problem is undecided. Staff-Student Council discussed the possibility of having break-out groups in assembly to discuss this but many factors need to be taken into account to work out the most effective way of doing this. The Social Life Committee are also working on creating an online calendar with listings of more events at weekends.

31.10.11

AGENDA.

- House Reps.

- Year Rep/ Graduation Reps.

- Religious Survey.

- Security.

- Thematic Update.

- Staff-Student Agenda.

DISCUSSION.

- House Reps. This Sunday first year House Reps will be elected.

- Year Rep/ Graduation Reps. This Sunday Graduation Reps will be elected and probably from those a Year Rep will be elected. Graduation Reps will have a lot of responsibility towards the end of the year so should be prepared for this.

- Religious Survey. Still waiting for some results.

- Security. See Staff-Student Council agenda.

- Thematic Update. David Hills has said he is available for a Wifi discussion on Tuesday.

- Staff-Student Agenda.

-          Security (Solveig). Following the recent events concerning security, Student Council would like to discuss the possibility of new security procedures such as emergency phones in the academic blocks, coffee lounge, gym etc. or coded locks on for example, the computer lab where there is a lot of expensive equipment.

-          Class Rubric (Andy). Summary sheets from each subject concerning specifics of the course and class were discussed as a possibility for new first years. Student Council were wondering if this could be a possibility for the future.

-          August Period/ Induction Feedback (Tom). Student Council would like to discuss results of collecting feedback about this time.

-          Project Week (Laura). Student Council would like to discuss possible alterations to the Project Week sign-down process for the future such as more time for decision making, having only one preference (could instead possibly be done like Service sign-down) and making it clearer who has priority on projects.

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-          Night Report. Student Council would like clarification as to whether the night report will be sent to all teaching staff in future and if so, why?

10.10.11

ATTENDANCE.

PK - Andy, Rina

Morgannwg - Paul, Maria

Powys - Shreya, Rhys

Gwyn - Laura

Whitaker - Albert

Tice - Tom

Sunley - Eliza

AGENDA.

* Prefect update

* Year Rep

* Religious survey

* Parcel list

* Biofence update

* August period/ Induction Review

* Electric sockets in Whitaker

* Thematic Discussions update

* EE supervisors

* Check-in/ Code of Conduct

* Elongated beds

* ID cards

* Cinderfella

DISCUSSION.

* Prefect update. Prefects: Ingvild – entertainment, Stine – food, Sam L – IT, Lily – language. Now Student Council will delegate roles to them. Mike M will send out a survey this week about IT issues.

* Year Rep. Rune will get a specification of the role of Year Rep from the Development Office so that we can elect one.

* Religious survey. The houses took the religious survey last house meeting and Andy is compiling results.

* Parcel list. Student Council decided that the parcel list should be emailed and on the noticeboard.

* Biofence update. The reason they were cut down is still unknown but the Staff are working on getting this back.

*August period/ Induction reflection update. There was a discussion held on Saturday and there will be a more formal one on the 19^th October.

* Electric sockets in Whitaker. This will be discussed at the house parents’ meeting.

* Thematic Discussions. Various discussions are going on – keep reading your emails and GO AND CONTRIBUTE.

* EE supervisors. Second years have been discussing the differences in EE tutors’ style. The IB requires the tutor to see one copy so extra help is not necessary (but helpful!). First years, just make sure you ask your preferred EE tutor early.

* Check-in/ code of conduct. The Student Council agreed that there would be no way to have check-in extended on weekends. If students want to be out past check-in i.e. at the cinema, they need to get permission from their house parents. Nick Lush has also said he wants to discuss the Code of Conduct with the student body.

* Elongated beds. Dear tall people, if your feet are cold at night then your house parent may be able to provide with you a longer mattress/bed.

* ID cards. The senior staff decided to get school-specific student ID cards which can be used to prove place of residence. The ones for shop discounts etc must be bought online.

* Cinderfella. The Cinderfella entries will be decided at this week’s House meeting.

03.10.10

ATTENDANCE.

Pentti Kouri – Andy, Rina

Morgannwg – Paul, Maria

Powys – Rhys, Shreya

Gwynedd – Laura, Juan

Whitaker – Marlene, Albert

Tice – Solveig, Tom

Sunley – Diego, Eliza

AGENDA.

* Biofence removal

* August period

* Otter pads

* Project week.

* Alternative to lost emails.

* Electrical outlets in House bathrooms.

* Reps to meet.

* Culture of swearing.                                                       

* Religious survey.

* Staff-Student Agenda

DISCUSSION.

* Biofence removal. Waiting for updates and there will be a Staff meeting later this week about it.

* August period. Feedback sessions are being organised to aid improvements on next year.

* Otter Pads. Rune is investigating the infamous Otter Pads issue.

* Project Week. Discussed that it is unfair to have only two days to decide on projects for Project Week. The sign down sheets are available until Friday and it seems unlikely that this deadline can be changed.

* Alternative to lost emails. Discussed that a poster on the Canteen noticeboard could be an efficient alternative to lost emails.

* Electrical outlets in House bathrooms. Erica from Whitaker brought up the lack of electrical outlets in the bathrooms in Houses. We will look up the policy on this before further action... who uses shaver sockets anyway?!

* Reps meeting. The IT, food, entertainment and language reps will be asked to meet this Thursday at 9pm so they can organise their roles.

* Culture of swearing. It was brought up that swearing is a problem at AC. It was discussed that while this may be difficult to solve, language use is an important part of being culturally sensitive and we should try for a politer use of vocabulary. It is important also to have teachers be a part of this and maybe it could be introduced into PSHE sessions. A main problem discussed was that while it may be acceptable at AC, it is often not in the wider world and that non-natives who don’t understand the severity of the language they pick up from native speakers will pick up bad habits without realising.

* Religious survey. There will be a religious survey to make sure that there is enough support for students at AC. It was suggested that St. Donats Church could be used for interfaith dialogue, religious groups and inter-religious meetings.

* Thematic Discussions. The WiFi discussion has been organised for the 11^th October, Contemporary UWC relevance for the 12^th, ‘Think Global, Act Local’ philosophy for the 18^th and a Service/ Induction review for the 19^th.

STUDENT COUNCIL 19.09.2011

ATTENDANCE.

PK – Andy, Rina

Morg – Paul

Powys- Shreya, Rhys

Gwyn – Juan, Laura

Whit – Marlene, Albert

Tice – Solveig, Miriam

Sunley – Eliza, Diego

AGENDA.

* Marie-Sophie

* Biofence removal

* August period review

* Otter pads

* Rep lists

* Internet review

* Integration of first years into Student Council

* Marie- Sophie. Second years can now get their overall predicted grades (out of 45) and subject-specific ones only if it is necessary for the course they are applying to. This will be taken away again if students start pushing teachers for higher grades. Predicted grades should also not really be shared between students.

* Biofence removal. We are still waiting on feedback from Staff about the reasons for the biofence removal.

* August period review. Student Council discussed how would be best to organise feedback on August period, Service week and Induction. Details to be arranged.

* Otter pads. Rune will talk to the Porter to get more information about the Otter pad issue (!)

* Internet review. The Governors made it clear that they were interested in what the students thought about the issue of the internet in AC. Student Council decided to contact other UWCs and ask them how their WiFi/ laptop system effect their experience.

* Integration of first years into Student Council. It is typical that there are lots of ideas in this term and the second years don’t have time to pursue them. This is a great time to . Different ways of integrating first years were discussed – creating a ‘Sub-Student Council’ as a task force or simply asking first years put themselves forward to take on responsibilities.

STAFF-STUDENT COUNCIL 14.09.2011

ATTENDANCE.

PK – Rina, Andy

Morg – Paul, Maria

Powys –  Shreya, Rhys

Gwyn – Laura, Juan

Whit – Marlene, Albert

Tice – Solveig, Miriam

Sun – Diego, Eliza

Tom Blackwood

Paul Motte

Adrian Disney

Nick Lush

AGENDA.

* August period/ first year induction review.

* Student IDs.

* Otter pads.

* House bank times.

* Breakfast times.

* Carrel Units.

DISCUSSION.

* August period/ first year induction review. August period/ first year induction review. The Staff agreed that feedback would be really useful and that this should happen as soon as possible. We should also include induction feedback from a second year perspective.

* Student IDs. The main reason for wanting IDs seems to be problems when travelling. This can be helped by having an ISIC card which the school can help you get. Other ID cards which help getting a

railcard or when shopping etc can be bought on the internet for around £8. The fact that this should be better publicised was discussed – perhaps in the student handbook or the joining papers especially so that students could get their flight to AC cheaper when coming for the first time. The acceptance letter issued by the school can be used as a form of ID when travelling but some students have had problems when coming back after their first flight.

* Otter pads. The new paper we have is sustainable. There is less paper available because it is more expensive but it is hoped that this will encourage students to use the paper more responsibly.

House bank times. Paul will ask the House Bank to change their opening times. This has been done and an email was sent out, confirming times.

* Breakfast time. Breakfast will be open until 8:10 from now on, like last year.

* Carrel Units. Nick said he would ask the cleaners to clear the desks in all Carrel Units and not just some, which has happened so far. Students are allowed to leave their books on the shelves but it is at their own risk. Students should be reminded that no one can claim a Carrel Unit and these spaces must be shared and respected. The Student Council are working with the Staff to try and think of the best solution to this problem. Some suggestions included: opening up new units, investing money into the rooms currently unusable as Carrel Units, getting an estimate of the shortfall on Carrel Units and finding out exactly who wants one so that they could be assigned on a room as opposed to student basis.

* Nick Lush asked us to remind students that there were bottles found in fields surrounding the College which, especially during harvest season, are incredibly damaging to machines, crops and consumers. There was also a sock found on the smoke detector in S13 Carrel Unit.

* Paul Motte commented that the Governors had very positive responses to the Glassroom Event. We will try to do this twice a year as a social event. Students should be reminded that this should be a social event and not a means for students to bypass the Senior Staff with their views.

STUDENT COUNCIL 13.09.2011

ATTENDANCE.

PK- Andy, Rina

Morg- Maria

Powys- Rhys, Shreya

Gwyn- Laura

Whit- Marlene, Albert

Tice- Miriam, Solveig

Sunley- Diego, Eliza

AGENDA.

* Bio-fence/ diversity area removal.

* August period/ first year induction review.

* AC IDs.

* Blue muggin’.

* Reppin’.

* Save the Otters.

* Integration of first years.

* Board of Governors.

* Student Council email.

* Carrel Units.

* Wifi.

DISCUSSION.

* Bio-fence/ diversity area removal. Two weeks ago, several biodiversity areas (protected areas for nature to be undisturbed) around Campus were cut down. There is a rumour that it was due to their appearance during weddings. However, they were only cut down when there were two weddings left in the season. The Student Council wants to know why this happened and Estate and Sustainability Council are working on this.

* August period/ first year induction review. Students felt that there needed to be a review of

August period and first year induction to improve them for next year. This could be organised within Services, year groups or smaller, mixed groups. Progress will be made within the next couple of weeks.

* AC IDs. Identification which would be helpful for students when travelling through Customs to get to AC and needing to prove their purpose was suggested.

* Blue muggin’. Just a reminder to ask students to put the blue mugs back when they are finished with in the Canteen so as not to repeat last year’s issue.

* Reppin’. The system for Reps to increase the work done between Houses and to ensure that Student Council aren’t dealing with issues that should be done by Reps is being created. We hope to expand this so that each set of Reps will have an email group.

* Save the Otters. Paul Lau will do some more investigating into why the stationery has been changed from Otter pads.

* Integration of first years in Student Council. The Student Council is working on ways to integrate first years to get their input, feedback, help them pursue their ideas more efficiently.

* House bank. Student Council discussed when would be the ideal times for House Bank to open.

* Board of Governors. The Board have recently shown they are very interested in what we are doing as a student body and feedback to them is much appreciated. Stephen Cox agreed that it is important to find a new focus for the College, set up in a Cold War context, to understand the positives and negatives of life at the College and to encourage the less vocal voice of the Student body, which is usually the majority.

* Student Council email account. This is a (very) long running issue – having a way for students to communicate anonymous messages to the Student Council i.e. concerning less popular student opinion. The Student Council decided to try and organise something without the IT department.

* Carrel Units. Carrel Units are not to be claimed. Students can leave their belongings on the shelves in the room. A solution to this problem is still being discussed. Suggestions have included opening more Units, assigning people to a room as opposed to a spot and finding out who exactly wants a Carrel Unit.

* WiFi. First years should know about the WiFi. Coffee Lounge promoting themselves to say they will have wireless. Said they have tried this and it crashed. Need to talk to senior management if they want to do this. School want to be laptop school with wireless bubble.

* Staff-Student Council Agenda.

·         August period / first year induction reflection (Bill).

·         AC IDs (Laura).

·         Otter pads (Paul).

·         House Bank times (Maria).

·         Morning breakfast hours (Rune).

·         Carrel Units update (Tom).

Main Changes to the Code of Conduct this year.

·         UWC Common Code of Conduct updated

·         Alcohol only allowed for 18+ on licensed premise

·         Alcohol no longer allowed with house parents.

·         ADDED: Excessive consumption of alcohol may lead to suspension

·         Possession of spirits will, in most instances, lead to suspension but not automatically

·         Smoking still not allowed in general.

·         People caught smoking in a building or tampering with fire equipment automatically suspended.

·         Students smoking near a building may be suspended.

·         ADDED: All absences authorized and unauthorized to be recorded on students reports at the end of each term

·         Students no longer required to wake up during exam period

·         Students 'should' not visit other dorms after check-in but no longer banned

·         During exam period, lights out and wake-up no longer enforced

·         Recognized that computers switch off at midnight

·         Gated redefined as not allowed to leave 'their student House' as opposed to previous definition of ‘campus’

Staff-Student Council Minutes 11.05.11

ATTENDANCE.

Pentti Kouri- Andy, Rina

Morgannwg- Paul, Aria

Powys- Shreya, Rhys

Gwynedd- Juan Carlos, Laura

Whitaker- Marlene

Tice- Miriam

Sunley- Eliza, Diego

AGENDA.

House Roles.

Welcome Letter.

To Do List for Senior Management.

DISCUSSION.

House Roles. All Houses elected their new House Roles.

Welcome Letter. The Student Council is working on a Welcome Letter for the upcoming first years which will be sent out with the Welcome Pack from the School.

To Do List for Senior Management. The Student Council is compiling a list of things that the Senior Management have agreed to do as a reminder to them to do complete what they have promised in the next few weeks.

ATTENDANCE.

Pentti Kouri- Rina, Andy

Morgannwg- Paul, Aria

Powys- Rhys

Gwynedd- Juan

Whitaker- Marlene

Tice- Solveig

Sunley-Eliza, Diego

Paul Motte

Tristian Stobie

Adrian Disney

AGENDA.

Subject Summary Sheets.

Tutor System.

Workshops/ Induction period Non-Native help.

Transparency in Monthly Grades.

Social Centre.

Code of Conduct.

Subject Summary Sheets. A recent topic of discussion has been a need for clearer information about subjects at the beginning of the year, particularly when Students are still settling into their timetable. This would be efficient and mean that Students could organise themselves more quickly and find out if a subject is right for them. It should be a listof the topics, resources, assessment criteria and help etc for their subject. Tristian says he will look into getting this done.

Tutor System. Some students have issues concerning the disparity within the current Tutor System. Students feel like a good Tutor-Student relationship is very important and that this is not available to all students currently. The Administration said they would try to address this by emphasising what they have done in the past which is to recognise which Tutorial style works best and try and increase this across the Campus. They will also emphasise the importance of regular Tutorials. However, it should be remembered that any specific problems regarding Tutors should be reported to Tristian.

Non-native Workshops during Induction period.The Administration is keen to arrange these and there is plenty of space in the programme for them to be run.The new English B teacher has been recruited for ESL skills and so non-native support should increase next year.

Transparency in monthly grades.This is linked to the issue of the Tutor System. The main conclusions were that there should be more detail put in the monthly feedback, we should meet with Tutors after we have received the grades from our Teachers and had time to discuss them. If it is not currently clear how a grade is calculated, Tristian should be contacted.A System in which Students were notified of their grades at the same time and in the same way should be established but this is an on-going project as it is difficult to do.

Social Centre.The main decisions taken so far have been to have mirrors, blinds and a dance bar in Sosh and putting Sofas where the bar area upstairs is. The Administration is keen to improve the amount of exercise and physical activities taking place on Campus and use the Social Centre in a more efficient and diverse way.

Code of Conduct. The main changes to the Code of Conduct this year have been to help create a common system throughout all UWCs. They worked on this mainly last year and this year sees mainly slight tweakings. Absences from codes will now be recorded on Reports. The College is obliged to report excessive absence to Universities and this change will not affect the current system. The reason for this change was mainly because there appears to be a correlation between grades and students being taken away from the College for long periods of time.