Faculty of Engineering

Faculty Board

ENG05-A1

The 41^st meeting of the Engineering Faculty Board will take on Wednesday 2 February 2005 place at 2 pm in the Council Chamber, Administration Building Two.

Marie Kennedy, Secretary

AGENDA

1. Apologies for absence

2. Business of the Agenda

Any member wishing to unstar an item is asked to notify the Secretary by 12 noon on Tuesday 1 February 2005. 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

3. Minutes

ENG04-M3 (previously circulated)

To confirm, subject to any corrections, and to sign the Minutes of the 40^th Meeting of the Board held on 27 October 2004.

4. Matters arising from the Minutes, not appearing elsewhere on this Agenda

SECTION A – Items for Discussion/Report

5. Reports from Faculty Officers

To receive reports from Faculty Officers:

.1 Dean

To include:

- Strategic Review Working Group

- Recruitment of top flight research active staff

- Tuition fees

- Honorary graduates

- Faculty Marketing Manager

.2 Associate Dean (Research)

To include:

- Peer review college

- RAE sub-panels

- SRIF 3

.3 Associate Dean (Teaching)

ENG05-P1

- CETL bids

- Recruitment

- National Student Survey (NSS)

- Teaching Quality Information (TQI) website: External Programme Assessors’ summary reports

- e-learning Working Group

- Annual Programme Reviews

- East Midlands Master’s Prize

- Widening Participation

6. Award of Research Degrees

ENG05-P2 (to follow)

To award degrees as recommended by the Examiners.

*7. Periodic Programme Review (PPR) – Electronic and Electrical Engineering

ENG05-P3

To receive and consider a report, and the Department’s response.

8. Science and Engineering Foundation Studies

ENG05-P4

To receive and consider the Programme Director’s Annual Report.

SECTION B – Formal “Starred” Items for Approval

*9. Actions of the Associate Dean (Teaching)

ENG05-P5

To ratify actions taken by the Associate Dean (Teaching) on behalf of the Board.

SECTION C – Items for Information

*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 2005/06 session, subject to a

number of issues being resolved to the satisfaction of the AD(T) and Chair

of Curriculum Sub-Committee:

MSc Transport Policy and Business Management

.2 Change of programme title:

BSc in Transport Management and Planning change of title to
Transport and Business Management for the 2005/06 session.

.3 Discontinuation of the following programmes:

(last intake shown in brackets)

MSc Airport Planning and Management (October 2004)

Diploma in Technology for Development (September 2003)

*13. Equal Opportunities Action Plan

ENG05-P6

To note the Faculty’s Plan which was approved by the Equal Opportunities Sub-Committee on 18 January 2005.

*14. 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:

- Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering UG, 9 June and 17 November 2004

- MSc Risk and Reliability Methods, module 04TTP501, 8 October 2004

- MSc Risk and Reliability Methods, module 04TTP503 22 October 2004

- MSc Automotive Systems, 17 November 2004

- Chemical Engineering, 27 October 2004 and 24 November 2004

- Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 20 October 2004

*15. Date of the next meeting

Wednesday 18 May 2005

(closing date for receipt of agenda items Friday 6 May 2005)

16. Any Other Business

Author – Marie Kennedy

Date – January 2005