5. Services

5.2 Student Representation and Feedback

 
 
Joint Supervisory Commitee

Students will be able to nominate two representatives (one MSc MTP student, one MMathPhys student) to sit on the Joint Supervisory Committee (JSC) which oversees the course. Volunteers will be sought at the Induction Session and an election held if necessary. The student representatives will be able to raise matters with the JSC on behalf of the cohort. 

Consultative Committee for Graduates – Mathematics 

The Consultative Committee for Graduates meets regularly once a term and discusses any matters that graduate students wish to raise. Students will be invited to nominate a representative to serve as an MSc rep on this committee via email in Michaelmas term.

The Physics Joint Consultative Committee 

The Physics Joint Consultative Committee (PJCC) has elected undergraduate members who meet twice in MT and HT, and once in TT to discuss both academic and administrative matters with academic staff representatives. See https://pjcc.physics.ox.ac.uk/ for more information. 

Divisional and University Representatives 

The MPLS Division also runs a divisional Undergraduate Joint Consultative Forum, a divisional Graduate Joint Consultative Forum, and is establishing a Joint Consultative Forum for Graduate Taught Courses. Each Forum is chaired by the senior MPLS Academic who is responsible for that area across the Division, an undergraduate or graduate representative from each department, the undergraduate or graduate representative on the Academic Committee and Divisional Board, and the Oxford Student Union ( Vice-President (Access and Academic Affairs) or Vice-President (Graduates). 

Student representative sitting on the MPLS Divisional Board are selected through a process organised by Oxford SU. Details can be found on the Oxford SU website along with information about student representation at the University level. 

Opportunities to Provide Feedback 

Students will be asked to complete questionnaires evaluating the teaching received for each unit. Please take time to complete these as your feedback is valuable for future course planning. 

MSc students, like all students on matriculated courses, will be surveyed on all aspects of their course (learning, living, pastoral support, college) through the annual PTES (Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey). Previous results can be viewed by students, staff and the general public at: https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/life/student-surveys. MMathPhys students, as final year undergraduates, will be surveyed through the National Student Survey instead. Results from previous NSS can be found at https://www.thestudentsurvey.com/. 

Key Student Representation Links 

CCG: http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/members/students/postgraduate-courses/doctor-philosophy/ consultative-committee-graduates. (Minutes of meetings and list of student representatives.) 

Oxford SU: http://oxfordsu.org/  

University Surveys: https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/life/student-surveys