Faculty of Engineering
A meeting of the Engineering Faculty Board will take on Wednesday
9 November 2005 at
2 pm in the Council Chamber,
This will
be followed immediately afterwards by the next meeting of the Engineering
Directorate
Marie Kennedy, Secretary
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 8 November 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
To confirm, subject to any corrections, the Minutes of the last
meeting of the Board held on 18 May 2005.
4. Matters
arising from the Minutes, not appearing elsewhere on this Agenda
5. Post-qualifications
admissions system
Mr Howard Jones, Senior Assistant Registrar, to
brief the Board on the latest proposals for a post-qualifications admissions
system, as part of the current consultations between UCAS, universities and
other interested parties.
6. Terms
of reference and membership
6.1 Following recommendations from the Group
established to review University committees, to:
(a) Consider whether the Board’s existing
terms of reference remain fit for purpose;
(b) Review members’ responsibilities; and to
make any recommendations for change to Senate.
6.2 To note that Senate had agreed (March
2005) that University committee meetings will no longer be numbered, and
minutes will no longer be signed.
7. Membership
7.1 To ratify the action of the Dean in co-opting five members.
7.2 To note membership of the Board for 2005-06
8. Representation on other bodies
To note:
(a) Board and Faculty representation on other
committees for the current year;
(b) that a vacancy remains
on the Ethical Advisory Committee.
9. Periodic Programme Review
ENG05-P15a and ENG05-P15b
To consider and comment on the
report of the PPR held in the Wolfson School of
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in May 2005, together with the
School’s response.
10. Reports from Faculty Officers
To receive reports from Faculty
Officers:
10.1 Dean
To include:
(a) Research
Schools
i. To note the appointment of Professor David Williams (Professor of Healthcare Engineering) as Director of the Research School of Health and Life Sciences for a 3 year period with effect from 1 November 2005;
ii. To receive an update on other proposed Research Schools.
(b)
10.2 Associate Dean (Research)
10.3 Associate Dean (Teaching)
(a) Admissions including ASN and DTUS
ENG05-P16a, ENG05-P16b, ENG05-P16c, ENG05-P16d, ENG05-P16e
(b) National Student Survey
To note:
i.
That the University had performed very well in the
first (2005) Survey, coming joint first nationally, together with
ii.
That the NSS will run again in early spring 2006,
with only small variations.
(c) Revised Benchmark Statement for
Engineering
To note that:
i.
The recent revision brought together three previous
statements, from QAA, the Engineering Council, and SARTOR 2004, and that if
UKSPEC were updated in future, the Benchmark Statement would be automatically
updated;
ii.
The AD(T) had responded on
behalf of the University, agreeing to the proposed changes.
(d) CETL
ENG05-P17a and ENG05-P17b
To receive
an update on progress.
11. Award of Research Degrees
ENG05-P18 (to follow)
To award degrees as recommended by the Examiners.
12. Personal Titles
To congratulate the following member of the Faculty who has
been awarded a Personal Chair:
Professor P M Carrillo, Professor of Strategic Management in Construction,
and to congratulate the following member of the Faculty who has been awarded a Readership:
Dr S Datta, Reader in Applied Signal Processing
13.* Actions of the Associate Dean (Teaching)
To ratify actions taken by the
Associate Dean (Teaching) on behalf of the Board.
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:
16.1 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):
MSc
Construction Project Management (work-based distance learning)
(for one year only at this stage)
16.2 New programme for introduction in the 2006/07
session (subject to a
number
of issues being resolved to the satisfaction of the AD(T) and Chair of
Curriculum Sub-Committee):
MSc Sustainable Infrastructure
Services Management
16.3 Change of
title from the 2005/06
session:
From
MSc
Construction Innovation and Management
to MSc Engineering Innovation and Management
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:
-
SEFS: 25 November 2004 and 8 March 2005
-
Electronic
and Electrical Engineering: 16 March
2005
-
Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering undergraduate:
27 April 2005
postgraduate:
27 April 2005
-
Aeronautical
and Automotive Engineering undergraduate: 15 June 2005
-
Chemical
Engineering undergraduate: 19 October
2005
18.* Date of the next meeting
Wednesday 24 May at 2 pm in the
Council Chamber
(closing
date for receipt of agenda items 5 pm Monday 15 May 2005)
19. Any other business
Author – Marie Kennedy
Date –October 2005