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Faculty of Engineering
Faculty Board
ENG04-A3
The 40th meeting of the Engineering Faculty Board
will take on Wednesday 27 October 2004 place at 2 pm in the Council Chamber,
Administration Building Two.
Marie Kennedy, Secretary
AGENDA
- Apologies for absence
- Business of the Agenda
Any member wishing to unstar an item is asked to notify the Secretary
by 12 noon on Tuesday 26 October 2004.
Starred items will otherwise be taken without discussion.
Papers for items in Sections B and
C can be found at:
http//www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/committees/eng/index.html
- Minutes
ENG04-M2 (previously circulated)
To confirm, subject to any
corrections, and to sign the Minutes of the Thirty Ninth Meeting of the Board
held on 19 May 2004.
4.
Matters arising from the
Minutes, not appearing elsewhere on this Agenda
SECTION A – Items for
Discussion/Report
- Reports from Faculty Officers
To receive reports from Faculty
Officers:
.1 Dean
To include:
-
Structure of the Academic Year
-
Strategic Working Group (formerly the Moderation Working
Group)
-
Report from Human Resources Committee on the award of
personal chairs to Dr Michael Kong as Professor of Biolectrics Engineering and
Dr Stephen Rothberg as Professor of Vibration Engineering.
.2 Associate Dean (Research)
.3 Associate Dean (Teaching)
To include:
-
National Student Survey (ENG04-P7)
To note the briefing paper
recently circulated to departments by the Student Feedback Working Group
-
Admissions and recruitment:
update (paper to be tabled)
-
QAA Institutional Audit:
to note that the formal report has been received and is on the QAA
website, together with the University’s formal response, at: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/revreps/instrev/loughborough2004/main.htm
6.
Cranwell Validation Visit Report
To receive a report on the recent
visit to Cranwell, to note that Senate
subsequently approved extending
validation of the MSc Aeronautical Systems
Engineering for a further five
years, and that the programme will be included with
Department of Aeronautical and
Automotive Engineering in future Programme
Reviews.
SECTION B – Formal
“Starred” Items for Approval
*7. Award of Research Degrees
To award Research degrees.
*8. Actions of the Associate Dean (Teaching)
To ratify actions taken by the
Associate Dean (Teaching) on behalf of the Board.
*9. Periodic Programme
Review (PPR)
To note that the PPR of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, which
was delayed because of the QAA Institutional Audit, took place on 21 October
2004, and that the report, together with the department’s response, should be
available at the next meeting.
*10. External Examiners’ Reports
To note
that reports of External Examiners, and Departmental responses, have been deposited
with the Secretary, and are available for consultation on request. Any major issues have been brought to the
attention of the appropriate Head of Department and the Associate Dean
(Teaching).
*11. Appointment of Boards of Examiners, Module Boards and External Examiners
To note that details of
appointments made by the Associate Dean (Teaching) are available from the
Secretary on request.
*12. Curriculum Sub-Committee
To note that Curriculum
Sub-Committee recommended the following programme proposals to Learning and
Teaching Committee:
.1 New programmes for introduction in the 2004/05
session, subject to a
number of issues being resolved to the satisfaction of
the AD(T) and Chair
of Curriculum Sub-Committee:
MSc Advanced Methods in
Aeronautical Engineering
MSc Pharmaceutical Engineering
.2 New
programme for
introduction in the 2004/05 session, approved in
principle subject to a
number of issues being resolved to the satisfaction of the AD(T) and Chair of
Curriculum Sub-Committee,
and to approval of UG 15-credit modules:
BEng Systems Engineering
.3 Major programme changes from the 2004/05 session:
MSc Water
and Environmental Management
MSc Water
and Waste Engineering
MSc Construction Project
Management
.4 Discontinuation of the following programmes
(last
intake shown in brackets)
MSc Technology and Management for
Rural Development (2003)
MSc Urban Water Supply (September
2003)
MSc Planning and Management of
Urban Services (2003)
MSc Urban Engineering (2003)
MSc Waste and Environmental Risk
Management (1998/9)
*13. Staff-Student
Committees
To note that reports of the following
Staff-Student Committees have been deposited with the Secretary, and are
available for consultation on request:
Department of Aeronautical and
Automotive Engineering: 3 March 2004
Department of Civil and Building
Engineering:
Construction Engineering
Management: 10 March 2004
Building
Services Engineering MSc: 2 February
2004
Transport
Studies: 5 May 2004
Department of Electronic and
Electrical Engineering:
5 May 2003, 5 November 2003, and 4
February 2004
Wolfson School of Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering:
UG: 7 January and 17 March 2004
*14. Membership 2004/2005
To note membership of the Faculty
Board for the current year, to note that Dr S Datta has been appointed to the
Board, and to ratify the action of the Dean in co-opting five members.
*15. Constitution and Powers
To note terms of reference,
constitution and powers of the Faculty Board.
*16. Representation on other Bodies
To note Board and Faculty representation on
other Committees for the current year, and to note that Mr A Chandra has been
appointed to the Ethical Advisory Committee (leaving one vacancy on this
Committee).
*17. Degree Congregation
To note that degrees for programmes and
research in the Faculty will be awarded at the Congregation on the morning of
Monday 20 December 2002.
*18. Calendar of Meetings
To note dates of Faculty Board
Meetings in the Academic Year 2004/2005 (Wednesdays at 2.00pm):
*2 February 2005
18 May 2005
19. Any Other
Business
* closing date for the receipt of items for the agenda: 20 January 2005
Closing
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Author – Marie Kennedy
Date –October 2004
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