Faculty of Engineering

FACULTY BOARD

ENG07-A2

The next meeting of the Engineering Faculty Board will take place on Wednesday 14 November 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. Minutes

ENG07-M1 (available on the web at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/committees/engineering_fb/meetings/

To confirm, subject to amending the date given for the November meeting as 21 November 2007, and any other corrections, the Minutes of the last meeting of the Board held on 23 May 2007.

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

3.1 The Guardian ranking of UK universities’ engineering departments

(item 3 refers)

3.2 Pre-masters courses offered by some UK universities for international PGT applicants

(item 8.3 refers)

SECTION A – Items for Discussion/Report

4. Constitution and powers of the Board/ briefing note for members
(ENG07-P7a, ENG07-P7b)

To consider the constitution and powers of the Board together with a briefing note for members.

5. Departmental Administrators’ workload issues
(ENG07-P8)

To consider a report which has been considered by the Science Directorate in October and subsequently by EMG.

6. Reports from Faculty Officers

To receive reports from Faculty Officers:

6.1 Dean

To include:

(a) Implementation of the University Strategy

(b) Director of Internationalisation Strategy

To note the recent appointment of Professor Chris Backhouse as Director of Internationalisation Strategy.

(c) Energy Technologies Institute (ETI)

To note that the Midlands Consortium, comprising with the Universities of Birmingham, Nottingham and Loughborough, was successful in its bid to host the new £1 bn national institute to develop cleaner energies, and that the ETI will probably be situated at Holywell Park.

(d) Midlands Manufacturing Research Centre (MMRC)

To note that:

- Professors Steve Rothberg and Phill Dickens, together with staff from the Enterprise Office, have been in discussions with Rolls Royce regarding the new £20M Centre, and that Holywell Park was under consideration for possible siting;

- Staff interested in involvement should contact Prof Rothberg or Prof Dickens.

(e) BUE

To note the recent appointment of Dr Dave Twigg from the Department of Civil and Building Engineering as AD(T) for BUE.

6.2 Associate Dean (Research)

To include:

(a) Student recruitment 2007-08

(b) Proposed Review Mechanisms for Research Degree Programmes and the Monitoring of Research Student Progress
(ENG07-P9)

(c) Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS)
(ENG07-P10a, ENG07-P10b, ENG07-P10c)

(d) RAE

6.3 Associate Dean (Teaching)

To include:

(a) Recruitment
(ENG07-P11a, ENG07-P11b)

(b) National Student Survey results 2007

(c) Institutional Audit 2008

(d) engCETL update
(ENG07-P12)

(e) Bologna Process – update

(f) Engineering Diploma for 14-19-year-old students – update

(g) E-learning strategy and implementation
(ENG07-P13)

Draft for consultation and members’ comments

7. Science and Engineering Foundation Programmes
(ENG07-P14a, ENG07-P14b, ENG07-P14c)

To consider a report from the Programme Director, Dr S E Dann.

8. Award of Research Degrees
(ENG07-P15 - to follow)

To award degrees to candidates whose examinations have been conducted since the last meeting of Senate.

9. Personal Titles

To congratulate the following six members of the Faculty who have been awarded Personal Chairs:

Professor Neil Dixon, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering (Civil and Building Engineering)

Professor Stephen Ison, Professor of Transport Policy (Civil and Building Engineering)

Professor Richard Hague, Professor of Innovative Manufacturing (Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Professor Graham Hargrave, Professor of Optical Diagnostics (Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Professor Michael Jackson, Professor of Machine Systems (Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Professor Muhammad Sohail, Professor of Sustainable Infrastructure (Water Engineering and Development Centre)

Professor Jonathan Wright, Professor of Building Optimization (Civil and Building Engineering)

SECTION B – Formal ‘Starred’ Items for Approval

No items

SECTION C – Items for Information

10. Membership of the Board
(ENG07-P16)

To note membership of the Board for the academic year 2006-07 including the co-option of additional members.

11. Representation on other Committees
(ENG07-P17)

To note representation of Faculty members on other University committees.

12. Curriculum Sub-Committee

12.1 New programme proposal

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee has recommended to Learning and Teaching Committee the approval of a new Foundation Degree programme in Fundamentals of Powertrain Engineering, subject to: (a) a successful funding bid to HEFCE and a satisfactory validation outcome, and (b) approval of revised drafts of programme regulations, programme specification and module specifications by the Chair of CSC prior to the programme’s commencement.

12.2 Discontinuation of a programme

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee has recommended to Learning and Teaching Committee the discontinuation, with immediate effect, of the following programme (last intake in brackets):

MSc Risk and Reliability Methods (October 2004)

13. Prizes Committee

To note that the following students have been awarded prizes:

Hannah Community Prize:

David George Burton (Mechanical and Manufacturing)

Victoria Cope (Aeronautical and Automotive)

Benjamin Francis Charles Hanson (Aeronautical and Automotive)

Carl Rowley (Aeronautical and Automotive)

T S Shipman Awards:

Ian Mason (Electronic & Electrical)

Graduate School Research Student Prizes

Eugene Raj Arulmuthu (Mechanical and Manufacturing)

Loughborough Experience Awards

Emma Dutton (Electronic & Electrical)

Babak Erfani (Civil & Building)

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. 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	24 October 2007
Civil & Building: EngD programme	PGR	4 October 2006
WEDC	PG	26 October 2006
Civil & Building: Construction Management/ Construction Project Management	PGT	1 November 2006
Civil & Building: Architectural Engineering & Design Management programme	UG	8 November 2006
Civil & Building: Building Services Engineering programme	PGT	16 November 2006
Civil & Building Engineering: Civil Engineering programmes	UG	18 November 2006
Civil & Building: Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying programme	UG	29 November 2006
Civil & Building: Construction Engineering Management programme	UG	13 December 2006
Civil & Building: Construction Management/ Construction Project Management	PGT	21 March 2007
Civil & Building: EngD programme	PGR	9 May 2007
Civil & Building: Construction Management/ Construction Project Management	PGT	17 July 2007
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering	all UG	21 March 2007
Civil & Building: Construction Management/ Construction Project Management	PGT	31 October 2007

16. Date of the next meeting

Wednesday 21 May 2008 at 2 pm in the Council Chamber

(closing date for receipt of agenda items 5 pm Monday 12 May 2008)

17. Any Other Business

Author – Marie Kennedy

Date – November 2007