Further to my letter of the 7th January 2005 inviting the views of Laws staff and students about the continuance of the Laws Studies Board. I have been sent the following suggestions/comments:

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Taymour Keen (AS): Argues we should continue with 12 noon meetings (in the middle week of term). Someone who cannot attend could send written suggestions. He also proposes: (1) A suggestion box in class and/or use of a fifteen minute break for class ideas (three times per term). (2) Invite students to send ideas for the LSB via email and then post them on the website for comment etc (Dr J says: "The email suggestion is a great idea - this page is such an idea in practice. Tamsin Lansdowne has already developed something similar, which is linked to the Laws Studies Board web page, - see http://www.peterjepson.com/law/Studies%20Board.htm.").

Richard Johnson (AS) : Prefers Option One and suggests that if someone could not attend they could have a substitute (Dr J says: "another great idea."). Richard also believes that it is not unreasonable for EXEAT's to be granted for just 1 or 2 hours per term.

Harriet Levett (AS): Suggests using the 15 minute morning, or afternoon, breaks for LSB meetings - possibly being held more frequently (Dr J says: "This has been considered and it was felt that, with travel time between classrooms, this would only give 10 minutes which does not enable an opportunity for items to be fully discussed.").

Tamsin Lansdowne (A2): Taymour's comments seem fair, though complicated. However, the website I created hasn't been used, therefore maybe students should just email suggestions or give them to students attending the meetings to pass on. From the three options given by letter handout, I believe the best option is the first one. Keeping the meetings running is important, and I feel it has been of benefit to students to have their views heard.

Menh Hua (AS): I personally wouldn't mind turning up at 4:20pm for LSB meetings - but that is because I live close by. I understand that the teachers wouldn't like that idea, but to honest I don't mind any proposals.

Paul Gomm (AS): I feel that it would be best to continue to hold the occasional LSB meeting at either 12noon or 1pm, and hope that student reps would be able to attend. This is because most students may be avaliable at one of these times and as meetings usually only take 10 - 15 minutes most reps. would probably contribute a proportion of their break. I feel that holding individual class meetings will only delay lessons and waste class time." (Dr J says: LSB meetings to-date have lasted around 45 minutes and not 10-15 minutes.)

Sunjay Vasudev (AS Law): I agree with the Principals decision in that we should hold the meetings at 4.20pm. Although, it also depends on whether the students get the coach at 4.30pm and whether they can make it. (Dr J says: We have asked LSB student members and they (and Laws staff) are not happy with 4.20pm meetings - transport home being a major issue.)

Robert Schofield (AS Law): I am in favour of Option One for the continuation of LSB meetings.

Sabahat Afzal (A2 Law): I support keeping the LSB, despite the hassle of doing it in College time. I agree with the idea of using the website as a forum for the LSB (just like Tamsin has done for the Green Team) since all students can add their comments to it (not just LSB members). Everyone has spare time so they can add comments to a topic - with such discussions being time limited.

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At a recent meeting, Department of Laws staff unanimously agreed that we have had some excellent suggestions from students over the LSB. The consensus from students seems to be that we should not abandon LSB meetings, but we should continue to hold them at 12 noon (i.e. towards the middle of term). However, it was felt that we should recommend changes to the LSB constitution so as to allow a LSB student member to nominate a substitute (from the same class) if they cannot attend a meeting.

In addition, we support the idea of using these web pages to enhance discussion on topics.