Faculty of Engineering
Faculty Board
ENG05-A2
The 42nd meeting of the Engineering Faculty Board
will take on Wednesday 18 May 2005
at 2 pm in the Council Chamber,
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This will be
followed immediately afterwards by the 87th meeting of the
Engineering Directorate
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 17 May 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
ENG05-M1 (previously circulated)
To confirm, subject to any
corrections, and to sign the Minutes of the 41st Meeting of the
Board held on 2 February 2005.
4. Matters
arising from the Minutes, not appearing elsewhere on this Agenda
SECTION A – Items for Discussion/Report
5. Mr C J Bigger
To note,
with sadness, the recent death of Mr C J Bigger, the Library representative
on the Board, and
to record the Faculty’s thanks for his service both as a member of
the Board and as
Academic Services Manager for Engineering..
6. Destination statistics for 2004 graduates
To receive a report from
Mrs Jenny Jones, Deputy Director of the Careers Service.
7. Strategic Review – Research Schools
To consider a proposal from the
Strategic Review Working Group for the establishment of four Research Schools: in Health and Life Sciences, Systems
Engineering, Materials, and Sustainability (the first two at least by October
2005), and to make recommendations to Senate.
8. Strategic Review –
To consider a proposal
from the Strategic Review Working Group for the establishment of a
9. Reports from Faculty Officers
To receive reports from Faculty
Officers:
.1 Dean
.2 Associate Dean (Research)
To include (ENG05-P10, P10a and P10b):
-
Research
degree submission rates 1997-1999 and 1998-2000
-
2007 Research Assessment
Exercise
-
Promotion criteria for
Senior Lecturer through the R route
.3 Associate
Dean (Teaching)
To include:
-
Annual Programme Reviews
-
CETL
-
National Student Survey (NSS)
-
e-learning Working Group
10. Award of Research Degrees
To award degrees as recommended by
the Examiners.
SECTION B – Formal “Starred” Items for Approval
*11. Actions of the Associate Dean (Teaching)
To ratify actions taken by the Associate Dean (Teaching) on behalf of
the Board.
SECTION C – Items for Information
*12. Personal
Titles
To note that in April, the following member of
the Faculty was awarded a personal chair,
and to offer congratulations:
Professor Paul Conway (Professor of
Manufacturing Processes)
*13. Elected departmental representatives of
Faculty Board
To note that HoDs
have been requested to hold elections among members of General Assembly within their departments to replace
departmental representatives who
will complete their term of office at the end of this academic year.
*14. 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).
*15. 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.
*16. Curriculum Sub-Committee
To note that Curriculum
Sub-Committee recommended the following programme proposals to Learning and
Teaching Committee:
.1 New
programme 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 that were subsequently resolved):
MSc
Transport Policy and Business Management
.2 Change
of title from the 2005/06 session:
From BSc Transport Management and Planning to Transport and
Business Management.
.3 Discontinuation of the
following programme:
(last
intake shown in brackets)
*17. 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:
Wolfson
UG,
15 December 2004
Aeronautical
and Automotive Engineering:
UG,
9 March 2005
MSc
Automotive Systems Engineering programme, 11 March 2005
*18. Date of the next meeting
Wednesday 9
November 2005 at 2 pm in the Council Chamber
(closing date for receipt of agenda items Friday 4 November 2005)
19. Any Other Business
Author –
Marie Kennedy
Date – May
2005