Easter Holidays Academic Meeting Minutes
Thu 02 Apr Meeting MinutesPlanning revision lectures, academic resources, careers events, and BONCS and company talks for Term 3.
Easter Holidays Academic Meeting Minutes (02/04/2026 12:00)
Minutes by Crystal
Attendance
- [President] Thomas F.
- [President] Thomas S.
- [Secretary] Crystal
- [Tech/Gaming] Raven
- [Academic] Kashish
- [Academic] Sean
- [Treasurer/Academic] Bharat
- [Academic] Joseph
- [Publicity] Jakub
- [Academic] Edward Denton
- [Academic] Ali
- [Academic] Santiago
Agenda 1: Revision Lectures
- Formal engagements with revision lectures
- Ask in Academic Announcements to obtain volunteers
- Ping the Higher years (2nd years, 3rd years, PG TAs)
- Talk to module organisers and tutors
- Current execs should take more of an initiatives to make revision materials (eg mock papers)
- Make it clear that it's a "Student Made Resource" and that is it not DCS endorsed + more resources are available
- Potentially change the numbers in the paper
- Not allowed to distribute all past papers
- Allowed to distribute answers to past papers
- CS259 and CS143 joint revision lecture
- Person leading should be aware of the intersection
- Ensure there is demand for the specific revision lectures being run
- Get insight from everyone
- Ali - Revision Lecture Point Person
- Point to members where to find revision sources
Focused Modules
- CS126
- CS130
- CS141
- CS143
- CS259
- CS260
Additional Modules + Ppl interested in running
- CS146 (DM1)
- Bharat + Ed's connection
- CS132
- Jakub
- CS257
- Jakub
Agenda 2: Course Plans and Resources
Term 1
- Scripting and cursing course with Ligang
- Helps with first CS140 coursework
- X-Soc Python
- Kashish to be in charge
- Logic through Haskell Course
- Bharat
Agenda 3: Careers Events
Welcome Week (Potentially)
- LinkedIn Workshop
- CV Workshop
Term 2
- Events and publicise that you can earn PDP points
Term 3
- LinkedIn Workshop
Agenda 4: BONCS
- Adverstise through societies
- Useful contact: Andrew Madison
- Helped with WASD
- If anyone knows anyone in BioTech companies that wants to help with the talk, it'd be useful
- Thomas's connection may be able to help
- Date: Around week 3 when everyone is doesn't have exams
- Turn the lightning talks into charity lightning talks
- Karaoke talks would be better because they're engaging
- Talks can only be uploaded on YT if given permission
Agenda 5: Academic Bible
- Responsibiities
- Coordinate other people to write stuff
- Joseph and Santiago to be in charge
- "Guide on getting a job"
- Potentially collab with AI and Code Soc
Agenda 6: Company Talks
- CoreTech may come (to release their Graduate Challenge)
- Thomas to be the coordinator