Minute SEC/12.16: New Arrivals Planning. SEC noted that Personal Tutoring will now be considered by this committee; Personal Tutoring Report update to be brought to December meeting of SEC - see minute 13.12 Minute SEC/12.21: AOB. Medway travel costs and cost of printing for student meeting representatives each Faculty to donate £250 to a student petty – expenses fund, to be coordinated by the Faculty student representatives. SEC 13.2: Follow that Student initiative. Chair to report on current status at the December meeting - see minute 13.11 i) SEC 13.3: Student Complaints. SEC to assist in promoting student awareness of the processes and early dispute resolution via the Faculty Student Experience Committees issue fed back and under discussion at FSECs – SEC 13.4: Employability. SEC members to provide at one comment or suggestion to the DVC prior to the next University SEC and to communicate issues to FSECs completed by all Faculty representatives – SEC 13.5: Student safety. i) University safe-neighbourhood report: SUUG to provide update on awareness campaign at December meeting item postponed to Jan 2014 – meeting of SEC ii) Woolwich Incident: members to communicate the current status via the FSECs - actioned SEC 13.7: Matters for Information. SEC portal site portal site now up and – running, see minute 13.14 d) 13.10 NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY (NSS) Results (PAS) The Head of PAS presented a report on the issues arising from the NSS 2013 Results Report highlighting and clarifying the contents of the results tables. SEC was advised that a greater depth of information is available on request from PAS. Detailed discussion raised the following issues of note: SEC that the survey results still indicted overall improvement but that the level of improvement is still lagging the rest of the sector in some areas, the wider context being a general increase in scoring in other institutions. There are some persistent weak spots in the Greenwich results. ACTION: PVC to request that departments/services a) feedback on one action taken last year which worked; and b) scrutinise the results and develop NSS action plans which should be presented to the Faculty SEC. SEC that issues around social opportunity continued to score below the preferred level. Secondly, it was noted that the SUUG requested additional support in recruiting students to clubs and societies in the form of both petty expenses and help from members of staff.
Minute SEC/12.16: New Arrivals Planning. SEC noted that Personal Tutoring will now be considered by this committee; Personal Tutoring Report update to be brought to December meeting of SEC - see minute 13.12 Minute SEC/12.21: AOB. Medway travel costs and cost of printing for student meeting representatives – each Faculty to donate £250 to a student petty expenses fund, to be coordinated by the Faculty student representatives. SEC 13.2: Follow that Student initiative. Chair to report on current status at the December meeting - see minute 13.11 i) SEC 13.3: Student Complaints. SEC to assist in promoting student awareness of the processes and early dispute resolution via the Faculty Student Experience Committees – issue fed back and under discussion at FSECs SEC 13.4: Employability. SEC members to provide at one comment or suggestion to the DVC prior to the next University SEC and to communicate issues to FSECs – completed by all Faculty representatives SEC 13.5: Student safety. i) University safe-neighbourhood report: SUUG to provide update on awareness campaign at December meeting – item postponed to Jan 2014 meeting of SEC ii) Woolwich Incident: members to communicate the current status via the FSECs - actioned SEC 13.7: Matters for Information. SEC portal site – portal site now up and running, see minute 13.14 d) 13.10 NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY (NSS) Results (PAS) The Head of PAS presented a report on the issues arising from the NSS 2013 Results Report highlighting and clarifying the contents of the results tables. SEC was advised that a greater depth of information is available on request from PAS. Detailed discussion raised the following issues of note: SEC that the survey results still indicted overall improvement but that the level of improvement is still lagging the rest of the sector in some areas, the wider context being a general increase in scoring in other institutions. There are some persistent weak spots in the Greenwich results. ACTION: PVC to request that departments/services a) feedback on one action taken last year which worked; and b) scrutinise the results and develop NSS action plans which should be presented to the Faculty SEC. SEC that issues around social opportunity continued to score below the preferred level. Secondly, it was noted that the SUUG requested additional support in recruiting students to clubs and societies in the form of both petty expenses and help from members of staff.