Physics PG SSLC Minutes October 2011
Physics PG-SSLC
Minutes of the meeting held on 14 October 2011, P564
1. Welcome and Apologies
Present: Nixon Yu (chair), Nessa Fereshteh Saniee (secretary), Gavin Bell, David
Leadley, Geetha Balakrishan, Helen Ireland, Sam Hill, James Mudd, Susan Tatlock,
Rachel Edwards, Simon Walker, Kevin McAughey
Apologies: Asaf Federman, Robin Ball
2. Minutes of the Last Meeting
(a) Agreement of Minutes
• The minutes from the last meeting September 2011 were agreed to be
correct and accurate.
(b) Matters Arising
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There has been no raise in the stipends and teaching/demonstration money
from university this year.
MSc students like to teach or demonstrate laboratories as a part-time job to
help their expenses.
3. Academic Matters
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First year research plan and 2nd, 3rd year progress reports deadline was by the end
of week 3 (20 October)
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In 2010/2011 the stipend money was raised at the beginning of the academic year
unlike this year and there is not much that students can do about it to ask for the
raise in the stipends or teaching rates.
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There is no chance for M.Sc. students to involve in teaching undergraduates at
physics department. Considering the fee they have to pay for their degree and
living cost it might be worth thinking about changing the policy although there
are sufficient number of PhD students to take the positions in labs and classes.
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New Warwick login for e-journals has been rolled out by the library to improve
security of access to electronic resources. The new system seems to be working
and no further complains were received regarding the access. The followings are
the links suggested by Helen Ireland at the SSLC meeting, to Research Match
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/researchexchange/postgraduates
and to 23 Things for the Digital Professional
http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/rex23phd11
For accessing Library e-resources, James Fisher has now updated the page of
guidance on the Warwick Library proxy
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/main/tealea/proxy
4. Events
Social Events:
• Physics Induction day on 3rd October was successful and alcoholic drinks
and snacks were served to welcome new PG students.
• First PG-seminars held on 13th October was in the physics common room
with a few problems with the projector but nearly 50 PG students turned
out which made the seminar a success.
• It has been asked by the member of staff to tidy up after the seminar as it’s
not cleaners’ duty to clean the common room’s kitchen. PG seminar’s
coordinator should ask students to help before they leave.
For more information please contact Robert Cook pg.sslc.social@gmail.com.
5. Any Other Business
Election
The results of the elections for the new committee are as follows:
Chair:
Nessa Fereshteh Saniee (Surface & Interface)
Secretary:
To be elected
Social Secretary:
Catarina Antunes Casteleiro
International:
Natalia Parzyk
Condensed Matter (UF): James Mudd (Surface & Interface)
Condensed Matter (LF): Kevin McAughey (Ultrasound)
Millburn House:
To be elected
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Astronomy & Astro:
Particle Physics:
Medical Physics:
CFSA:
Theory:
Simon Walker
To be elected
Nixon Yu
To be elected
To be elected
Unfilled positions will be reopened for nomination at the next meeting.
The PG Seminar Co-ordinator had already been elected to be Robert Cook .
1. Next Meeting
December 9th 2011 (P523)