Newly elected School Presidents met for the first time this afternoon. 19 School Presidents along with 1 Student Assoc President, 1 Director of Representation, I SRC Education Officer, 2 Deans, I Vice Principal , as well as The Master and The Rector meant that there was a lot of firepower in Venue 2 of the Union to discuss key issues of the student academic experience including the need for early feedback ( Prof Pat Wilmer the VP (Teaching) promised 'a blitz' this semester to secure improved practice) ; the role of student opinion in assessing teaching staff; the prospect of changing the academic calendar (with potentially sub honours exams at the end of semester 1.) I thought the meeting was engaged and purposeful and and a step forward from the class reps forums which attracted over 100 reps but made it difficult to progress a strategic agenda.