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.

Student Council Minutes 09.05.11

ATTENDANCE.

Pentti Kouri- Andy, Rina

Morgannwg- Aria, Paul

Powys- Rhys, Shreya

Gwynedd- Laura, Juan

Whitaker- Marlene, Albert

Tice- Solveig, Miriam

Sunley- Eliza, Diego

Rune

Others

AGENDA.

* StuCo Welcome Letter to First Years

* House Rep Roles

* Academic Support

* Non-native Support Update

* Furniture in the Rooms
* Thematic Discussions Strategic Plan

* Sustainability Council

* Staff-Student Agenda

DISCUSSION.

Welcome Letter. The Student Council discussed the Welcome Letter that will be sent to all new students along with the Welcome Pack from the College. The suggestions so far were to include details of: the Swap Shop Glassroom Event, Mission Based Classes, the Facebook group, a list of things to bring, an explanation of the Student Council system and a list of the current House Representatives. Any other suggestions are welcome.

House Rep Roles. The elections for the House Rep Roles will take place next House Meeting. There will be a set of common roles across the Houses. The aim is for there to be more communication between the Reps of these common roles. Other Reps can be decided by Houses.

Non-Native Support Update. Following one of the Thematic Discussions, it has become clear that some students would like greater support for non-native speakers, particularly in Academics. Lily is working on setting up a Service in which second years would learn to tutor first years in English to help build confidence and ability. Solveig and Juan are working with Lily on having better non-native support in general. They would like to do things such as have workshops during August period and Induction for non-natives and have meetings for non-natives to go over things that have been said in Assembly etc that were difficult to understand. The new English B teacher will also be important in this process.

Furniture. Students are currently not allowed to have any additional furniture in their Dorms. There are exceptions to this i.e. Houses with only one Quiet Room are allowed one extra piece. Some students have asked if this rule could be changed. The Student Council will clarify the rules regarding Furniture and hope to take the matter to Staff-Student Council.

Thematic Discussions Strategic Plan. The results of the discussions have been put on the Internal (Mackerel/ College/ Meeting Minutes/ Student Council/ Student Council Reference Folder) Students should now take responsibility for putting the results into effect with the various activities, initiatives and movements.

Sustainability Council. The Sustainability Council agree that it would be beneficial to have a representative come to Student Council, particularly to discuss Environmental issues.

Staff-Student Agenda.

Subject Summary Sheet (A sheet containing important information such as Contact Details and Resources for Subjects. This could be given out during Induction)

Tutor system (Clarification on the inconsistency of the Current System. What is the training procedure for Tutors?)

Code of conduct (Why have the main changes been made?)

Workshops/ Slot in Induction for non-native tutoring (Better help for non-natives on arriving)

The Social Centre (What is the current plan and why have some of the decisions been made?)

Transparency in monthly grades (Would it be possible to have direct access to Monthly Grades instead of through Tutors)

Academic Support.There has been some discussion about the need for better and more structured Academic Support at the College. The Student Council decided that it was less of a problem of resources and more of a problem of publicising the resources we have. The Student Council suggested looking at the current Tutor System, having each teacher produce a page of information about their subject including resources and contact details and creating a peer-tutoring system where students in both years could study together outside of class time.