Here is the Faculty meetings report for October. Some of the topics being discussed are:

raising the preferential entry level for students from 120 to 150 points to exceed Victoria and Otago
teaching spaces on Dovedale will be more constrained for 2015 with Engineering students being taught there and classes will be scheduled until 7pm
the Library was noted in the Arts report as a source of advice and assistance for staff in relation to improving the student experience
Cuiying has organised a workshop for academic staff on how to improve research impact which will include citations tools, citation report, journal impact, tips to increase citation counts
Law School have agreed to keep only one copy of all items published before 2004.

Peter Lund