Issues Raised at the Curriculum Committee Meeting

For student interest I have cut and pasted the issues that were raised on behalf of the BOH1 class from the Curriculum Meeting Minutes WEDNESDAY 1^ST AUGUST 2007.
Note: THESE ARE ONLY MEETING NOTES AND NO UPDATE ON FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE TOPICS IS AVAILABLE YET. i WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON ANY FEED BACK.

BOH Student representative spoke to the committee on problems that had been communicated to him from other students;

(1) Not enough emphasis on Human Biology
(2) Request for more frequent assessments and hence less topics covered in each assessment
(3) Recognition of Prior Learning – request for this be considered
(4) Methods of how student participation marks were being presented
(5) Students were complaining about the marking schemes being used
(6) There were complaints concerning one lecturer who students had difficulty understanding
(7) BOH Bridging to BDS – what monitoring processes are in place for current intake?
(8) Can BOH students “fill” places in BDS program where students have dropped out?

Neville pointed out that many of these concerns should be raised via the Staff-Student Liaison Committee in the first instance. Tracey indicated that issues relevant to other committees would be directed to the relevant committee, eg, Year committee or Selection Committee.