The elections has finished and the results are below.

Hillary - 26

RON  - 10

Total votes 36

Congratulations Hillary!

The election polls is closed now. The winner will be announced on Wednesday 19th Oct.

A few points should be clarified though. Indeed, it is early in the term for an election to take place, but this is due to the way in which the motion was passed, and the need to create a position as soon as possible for the current intake of VS Students.

In order to vote you need to register on the site. If you have any problems with that, email

anton.hinel@stcatz.ox.ac.uk for help.

The position of VS Rep was created in the last open meeting of Trinity Term 2011. The idea emerged from a former visiting student, who was largely dissatisfied with the treatment of visiting students at Catz. He resolved to establish a position on the JCR Committee, which would allow their concerns and grievances to be directly addressed by the JCR, and encourage more participation by visiting students.

The duties of the Visiting Student Rep are as follows:

i. To act as the voice of visiting students and serve as a liason between visiting students and the JCR committee.

ii. To work with the current visiting student administrator to improve the quality of life and academic structure for visiting students.

iii. To help organize visiting student events and keep a visiting student mailing list.

iv. To organize a smooth transition between incoming and outgoing visiting students.

To vote please go here

Sunday 2 October and Monday 3 October

Evening entertainment in the JCR from 8.00 p.m. for Undergraduate Freshers who arrive early either to attend the Orientation Reception for International Undergraduate Students, or owing to the work commitments of their parents/guardians

Monday 3 October

• 9.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.   - Undergraduate Orientation Programme for European and International Students, Examination Schools, High Street, OX1 4BG (see http://www.ox.ac.uk/students/new/orientation/ for registration information - the code you will need to register is KA800065 and the deadline for registration is Monday 19 September)

Tuesday 4 October

• 12.30 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. - Undergraduate Freshers should not arrive before 12.30 p.m.

• All Undergraduate Freshers should report to the Lodge in the Arumugam Building to collect their room key. Undergraduate Freshers will be shown to their rooms by 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates.
• 3.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. Tea in Hall (for Undergraduate Freshers and their parents)
• 4.00 p.m. - 4.45 p.m. Undergraduate Registration in the JCR Lecture Theatre. A-G: 4.00 p.m. - 4.15 p.m. H-P: 4.15 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. Q-Z: 4.30 p.m.-4.45 p.m.
• 5.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. Introduction to the Junior Common Room in the JCR
• 5.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. Meet your College Parents in the JCR
• 6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. Family Time for College Parents and Children
• 7.00 p.m. - 7.45 p.m. Dinner in Hall with your College Parents
• 8.15 p.m. - 9.15 p.m. Staircase parties on the ground floor of each staircase
• 9.30 p.m. - late Return to the JCR for Catz Welcome Party (tickets for Oxford nightclubs available)
• 9.30 p.m. - Trip to G & D’s Ice Cream Café – meet in the JCR

Wednesday 5 October

• Morning: Meetings with Tutors, for details see notice boards in the JCR Corridor
• 10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. Coffee morning and 6-a-side Sign-up Sheets in the JCR
• 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. University Freshers’ Fair in the Examination Schools (tickets to be distributed at Registration)
• 4.45 p.m. Introduction by the Master, the Senior Tutor, the Academic Registrar, the Home Bursar, the Dean, the Director of Studies for Visiting Students, and the I.T. Manager in the Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
• 5.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. Fire Safety Talk in the Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
• 6.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. Introduction to Rowing at Catz with the Captain of Boats in the JCR Lecture Theatre
• 8.30 p.m. - Pool Tournament and Film Night in the JCR 
• 9.30 p.m. - late: Catz Night Out at Lava Ignite – meet in the JCR

Thursday 6th October

• 10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. - Coffee morning in the JCR
• 11.00 a.m. - Introduction to the College Library for Undergraduate Freshers in Group 1 - meet in the library at the main desk (see notice board in the JCR Corridor for the group your subject is in)
• 11.30 a.m. - Introduction to the College Library for Undergraduate Freshers in Group 2 - meet in the library at the main desk (see notice board in the JCR Corridor for the group your subject is in)
• 12.00 noon - Tour of Oxford led by the JCR Committee – meet in the JCR
• 2.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. - Speed Meeting – novelty social event in the Hall
• 4.45 p.m. - JCR Welfare Talk with the Dean, the College Doctor, the College Nurse, the Panel of Advisors, the Junior Deans, the JCR President, the JCR Welfare Officers, and the Peer Supporters in the Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
• 8.30 p.m. - Board Games in the JCR
• 9.30 p.m. - late - Catz Club Night – meet in the JCR

Friday 7th October

• 10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. - Coffee morning in the JCR
• 11.00 a.m. - Introduction to the College Library for Undergraduate Freshers in Group 3 - meet in the library at the main desk (see notice board in the JCR Corridor for the group your subject is in)
• 11.30 a.m. - Introduction to the College Library for Undergraduate Freshers in Group 4 - meet in the library at the main desk (see notice board in the JCR Corridor for the group your subject is in)
• 1.45 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. - College Treasure Hunt – meet in the JCR
• 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. - Clubs and Societies afternoon in the JCR, plus tea and cakes with the JCR Welfare Officers and Peer Supporters
• 6.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. - Introduction to Rowing at Catz with the Captain of Boats in the JCR Lecture Theatre
• 8.30 p.m. - 10.00 p.m. - Open Mic Night in the JCR (tickets for Oxford nightclubs available)

Saturday 8th October

• 10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. - Coffee morning in the JCR
• 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. - JCR and MCR Sports Day behind Staircase 21 – meet in the JCR
• 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. - JCR and MCR Barbeque outside the Gym
• 8.00 p.m. - late - The Name Game Entz in the JCR 

Sunday 9th October

• 12.00 noon - 2.00 p.m. - Lunches with subject group organised by the JCR
• 2.00 p.m. - Sports trials (details to be announced in freshers’ week)
• 4.00 p.m. - WelFest – an afternoon of entertainment from the best of Catz in the JCR
• 8.30 p.m. - The JCR Quiz in the JCR

Please note that the events marked in bold are compulsory

University Cards may be collected at Undergraduate Registration on the afternoon of Tuesday 4 October and from the College Offices on Monday 3 October during the hours of 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

For information about Bodleian and other library and department /faculty inductions please consult your Registration Pack on arrival

For general questions, 

and pre-term networking with freshers and current students,

the St Catz Facebook group is available -http://www.facebook.com/groups/162254233847693/?id=185114461561670

A copy of the Freshers’ Timetable is ATTACHED below

Hello Catz,

For the third time in my presidency I have been requested to help encourage you all to complete the Tutorial Teaching Questionnaires landing in your pidge's and circulated by email. And this is the first time I am genuinely pleased to do so, as if we take action I believe we can use the forms to bring an end to this wholly inadequate and ineffective system of feedback.

Last month I introduced the idea of simply filling in the questionnaires with 'I want Academic Feedback Sessions' ( http://jcr.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/node/669 ), now it is time to do this, and take three seconds to take back the power to affect your education. 

If you have any questions please feel free to ask, but, for the main, my last request as president is simple, take the time to write one sentence which will have a huge impact in showing the Governing Body that student opinion at St Catherine's is to be taken seriously. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122741331139807

Thank you in advance,

Aidan
 

Background information is below:

Governing Body says that only if Tutorial Teaching Questionnaires sponse rates rose as high as 50-60% (the actual response rates this year still falling well short of 20%) would they consider the JCR’s proposal for an alternative.

Yes, you read that right: only if the Tutorial Teaching Questionnaires began to work, would Governing Body contemplate scrapping them.

I don’t need to tell you this makes no sense whatsoever!

Worst of all, if return rates were to rise, I am certain the college would turn around and say ‘We knew it all along. There’s nothing wrong with the questionnaires.’ What else could they do? It would only be reasonable. We’ve been thoroughly played and, doubtless, will find ourselves going another year without any appropriate means of effecting our education if we do not take action.

So, what is to be done?

We play them at their own game. When this term’s questionnaire lands in your pigeon-hole, I want you and every member of the JCR - if you care a jot over the power you hold over your education – to use it to request Academic Feedback Sessions. We’ll give them their 50%, but they might not like what we have to say.

FILL IN YOUR TUTORIAL TEACHING QUESTIONNAIRE WITH 'I WANT ACADEMIC FEEDBACK SESSIONS.'
 

You can read more about Academic Feedback Sessions here: http://jcr.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/node/656