The following are a set of minutes from a class meeting held by the MSc in Media Management group on the 17th of February 2005. The meeting was held as a result of a number of requests from students after the first semester and out of a need to constructively contribute to what the course can offer now and in future. A number of suggestions were made by the class to the class reps in the hope that some of what was suggested could be put into effect while the class is still enrolled in the course, but if not, it is hoped that some of these suggestions could be implemented in later years. Points of discussion: - WebCT: There was a request that the WebCT for the course be made much easier to access. A number of students have had difficulty accessing the WebCT. - BOOKS IN RBR: Could more copies of core text/compulsory text please be put in the RBR of the library. Maybe extra copies of some of the readings could be put in the Pathfoot resource centre. - DISSERTATION PROPOSALS: o The majority of the students felt that there was a lack of support and clear guidance on the writing of the dissertation proposals. Not enough feedback or clear feedback was given to guide the students to make sure that the proposal was clear. Some students have had to rethink their proposals. o Most of the students felt very rushed to deliver the proposal to the department. The students had hoped that clearer feedback would be given on the content, approach to writing and way forward for their dissertation proposals. o The discrepancy between the rough draft mark and the final proposal mark was such in some cases, that the students felt they didn’t understand why the final marks were given. It was suggested that the students get clearer notes to explain the difference or at least have an opportunity to discuss queries regarding this matter. - FIRST 3 DISSERTATION CHAPTERS FOR SUBMISSION: o A request to move the submission date of these chapters to the 23rd of May or at least to the first week after the exams. The week of the 3rd of May does not work well because that is the week of group presentations for the Strategic Management course. - ELECTIVES FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER: The students would like to have the opportunity to enrol in all the courses offered during the second semester. It was felt that with most of the week being left open, there would be enough time to take both Media Rights and Marketing Communications. - INDUSTRY EXPOSURE: The students liked the fact that they had the chance to listen to various speakers from the media during the first semester. That was very valuable. They would like to get guest lecturers in the second semester as well. o Although it is understood that this is not a vocational course, the students would like to have the chance to go to industries where media management principals are implemented. They would like to see what they learn in class put into practice in the real world. o A second request was made by the students to have previous graduates of the course come and give talks on what the degree has done for them and what opportunities were open to them after the degree. - ACCESS TO LAB EQUIPMENT: The request to have access to the editing suites and/or radio broadcast facilities on campus. Seeing as most of the students would eventually go into managerial positions later one, it was felt that a basic understand of how the basic equipment worked would be of value. If access to these facilities is not possible, a brief introduction on how the TV and Radio equipment work would be appreciate. - EXAMS: Could Media Management students be allowed to re-sit exams in courses they share with students from other disciplines who are allowed to re-sit (e.g. Accounting and Finance). As previously mentioned these are suggestions and requests which came from the students. It is hoped these suggestions will go toward improving a course which the students have learned a lot from. It is also hoped that these suggestions will be of value to future students.
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