Minutes of Meeting on 04/11/2015

Bjoern reminded the Reps that you can comment on the Student Blog page.

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It was asked by one of the INF1C-CG students if they had their own mailing list which included the non Informatics students taking the course.  Bjoern contacted Support and Undergraduate Cognitive Science students can be reached via the cgb-degree-students@inf.ed.ac.uk

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INF2C-SE coursework one was released slightly later than planned but the submission deadline was moved to accommodate this.  The students would have liked more communication from the lecturer regarding this.

INF2C-SE Bjoern has spoken to the course lecturer and there will be a review on the course with the possible involvement of further Software Engineering teaching staff in the School

INF2A the students said the communication was very good and prompt from the lecturer on Piazza.

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CD Students asked if the software for this course could be made available on all DICE machines. Contacted Nigel.

DBS coursework one is now active but the queries are very ambiguous.

AILP the second coursework was due tomorrow, and the students only got the feedback today which isn’t good.  The coursework deadline has now been moved to the 10th November.  They also feel the marking was lenient and maybe another marker is required in order to avoid late feedback for the next part of the coursework.

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CG the students felt the feedback lacked any explanation why there was marks deducted.
HCI said the template for coursework 2 was badly written, the students have mentioned it to Arvind.

CT has received contradictory reviews. Some students praised its organisation, others reported it to be badly organised. Christophe is very open to any suggestions, so it was suggested the students contact him directly.

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EXC the students received a fast reply from the lecturer on the previously reported cluster issues.

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The request for last years grades to be published was acted on promptly, but there was no grades available for TCM and CM, this could be due to the size of the class, if it is was a very few, then they wouldn’t be made available.

General
The students has asked about a microwave and vending machines, these are still being looked into.

The Informatics Summer School of Code is now on the Informatics webpage (https://isoc.inf.ed.ac.uk/home), there are only a few projects available at the moment but more will be added in time.

Students asked if printing instructions could be displayed in the labs.

CP1 course is available to non Informatics students, but some students feel that C is not a good programming language to learn at first.  This course is requested by other Schools, so Informatics would need to talk to the other Schools before making a decision.

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3 Responses to Minutes of Meeting on 04/11/2015

  1. bfranke says:

    Nigel Topham has asked Graham Dutton to assess the feasibility of making available the software used in the CD course on all DICE machines.

  2. bfranke says:

    Response from the Safety Advisor regarding microwaves in FH:

    More an issue of maturity and responsibility than there being increased risk from a microwave presence.

    Having seen how the student pantry areas were treated in A.T. I would not be in favour of giving them access to a microwave but I have no real H+S grounds regarding the machine itself. It is one of the safer ways of cooking/heating food in the hands of a responsible person.

    I suspect keeping it clean it would be a major issue with such a large group of users. It will not be cleaned by Uni. cleaners (unless we can manage something like the additional Forum pantry area cleans, whereby we make special payments to individuals, I think)

    The other issue, although I suspect the Fire Office may already have covered this in the pantry areas, is that any smoke alarms in the area of a microwave should be switched from the normal smoke detection to heat detection (which will prevent cooking fumes from setting off a fire alarm).

  3. bfranke says:

    Response from the ITO:

    The students ask for this every year! The answer has always been no in the past as previous experience shows that fridges/microwaves are not taken care of and end up having to be thrown out for hygiene reasons.

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