Faculty of Engineering

FACULTY BOARD

ENG07-A1

The next meeting of the Engineering Faculty Board will take place on Wednesday 23 May 2007 at 2 pm in the Council Chamber, Administration Building Two.

(This will be followed immediately afterwards by the next 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 22 May 2007. Starred items will otherwise be taken without discussion.

3. Minutes

ENG06-M2

To confirm, subject to any corrections, the Minutes of the last meeting of the Board held on 8 November 2006.

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

4.1 Admissions and recruitment (item 16 refers)

4.2 Draft Corporate Strategy (item 21 refers)

Secretary’s note: no comments were received

SECTION A – Items for Discussion/Report

5. Postgraduate open day

To hear a presentation by Mr John Harper, Director of the Graduate School.

6. Destination statistics for 2006 graduates (papers to be tabled)

To receive a report from Mrs Ruth Grainger, Careers Centre.

7. Changes to Ordinance XV, Study Leave (ENG07-P1a, ENG07-P1b, ENG07-P1c)

To note the recent decision of Council to make some amendments to the Ordinance, and to consider the implications of these changes in its implementation within departments.

8. Periodic Programme Review (ENG07-P2a, ENG07-P2b)

To consider and comment on the report of the PPR held in the Department of Civil and Building Engineering in March 2007, together with the Department’s response.

9. Reports from Faculty Officers

To receive reports from Faculty Officers:

.1 Dean

To include:

(a) Dean of Engineering

(b) HoD of Wolfson School

(c) Faculty IT Co-ordinator

(d) Appointment of Chief Operating Officer

(e) University’s Strategic Plan

(f) Internationalisation

(g) Employer Engagement/Enterprise

(h) Validation of BUE degrees

.2 Associate Dean (Research)

To include:

(a) RAE

(b) Funding Council changes/grants

(c) Proposed review mechanism for research degree programmes (ENG07-P3)

(d) Research students:

- Recruitment

- Changes to regulations

- Faculty research studentships webpage

.3 Associate Dean (Teaching)

To include:

(a) Annual Programme Reviews 2006/07 (ENG07-P4)

(b) National Student Survey 2007

(c) Institutional Audit 2008

(d) Recruitment

(e) Learning and Teaching Strategy Implementation Plan

(f) HEFCE funding for ‘vulnerable’ subjects

(g) engCETL update

.4 Technology Transfer Manager

To receive a verbal report.

10. Award of Research Degrees (ENG07-P5 - to follow)

To award degrees as recommended by the Examiners.

11. Personal Titles

To congratulate the following member of the Faculty who has been awarded a Personal Chair:

Professor Richard Holdich, Professor of Chemical Engineering

SECTION B – Formal “Starred” Items for Approval

*12. Actions of the Associate Dean (Teaching) (ENG07-P6)

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

SECTION C – Items for Information

*13. 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).

14. 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.

15. Curriculum Sub-Committee

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee has recommended the following programme proposals to Learning and Teaching Committee:

Discontinuation of Programmes

(proposed date of last intake shown in brackets):

MEng Chemical Engineering with Professional Development (October 2006)

MSc Batch Processing (October 2006)

MSc Chemical Product Design (October 2006)

MSc Urban Environmental Engineering (2004/05)

*16. 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	Level	Date
Chemical Engineering	all	2 May 2007 7 February 2007
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering	UG	25 October 2006
	UG	13 December 2006

17. Date of the next meeting

Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 2 pm in the Council Chamber

(closing date for receipt of agenda items 5 pm Monday 29 October 2007)

18. Any other business

Author – Marie Kennedy

Date – May 2007