Faculty of Engineering

FACULTY BOARD

 

ENG09-A1


The next meeting of the Engineering Faculty Board will take place on Wednesday 20 May 2009 at 1.15 pm in the Council Chamber, Administration Building Two.  

A sandwich lunch will be served at 1 pm for all Board members   

(Professor Dennis Loveday, Dr Helen Fletcher and Ms Ruth Grainger will join members for lunch.)

 

The Board meeting will be followed immediately afterwards by the next meeting of the Engineering Directorate.

 

Marie Kennedy, Secretary


 

AGENDA

 

1.                  Apologies for absence

 

2.                  Minutes

ENG08-M2 (available on the web at:  http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/committees/engineering_fb/meetings/

To confirm, subject to any corrections, the Minutes of the last meeting held on 12 November 2008.

 

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

 

3.1 SEFS (Science and Engineering Foundation Studies) Programmes Annual Report (action on HoDs and AD(T), item 5 applies)

 

3.2 Research Excellence Framework (action on AD(R), item 9.2 applies)

 

3.3 Research Degree Regulations and Code of Practice on Research Degree Programmes (action on AD(R), item 9.2 (c) applies)

 

3.4 NSS 2008 results (action on HoDs, item 9.3 (b) applies)

 


 

SECTION A – Items for Discussion/Report

 

4.                  ETI Update

 

Professor Dennis Loveday and Dr Helen Fletcher will provide a progress report.

 

5.                  Graduate destination data (ENG09-P20)

 

To receive a presentation from Ms Ruth Grainger of the Careers Centre.

 

6.                  Single Equality Action Plan (ENG09-P21)

 

To receive a presentation from Ms Lesley Mansell, Equality and Diversity Adviser, regarding:

i.                             the decision by the Equality and Diversity Sub-Committee that all the University’s equality action plans be incorporated into one document;

ii.                           the implications of these changes for departments.

 

7.                  Reports from Faculty Officers

 

To receive reports from Faculty Officers:

 

7.1 Acting Dean

 

To include:

 

(a)   Centenary celebrations

 

(b)  Staff survey

 

7.2 Associate Dean (Research)

 

To include:

 

Research Excellence Framework

 

7.3 Associate Dean (Teaching)

 

To include:

 

(a)   Recruitment (ENG09-P22 to follow)

 

(b)  Annual Programme Reviews (ENG09-P23a, ENG09-P23b, ENG09-P23c, ENG09-P23d and ENG09-P23e)

 

(c)   NSS

 

8.                  Award of Research Degrees  (ENG09-P24 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 member of Faculty staff, who has been awarded a Personal Title:

Dr Ian Ashcroft, Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,  Personal Readership

 

10.             Membership of Faculty Board

 

To thank the four members of Faculty Board who will retire at the end of the current academic year, and to note that there will therefore be four vacancies for elected departmental representatives from the 2009/10 session, each for a term of three years.  Nominations are especially welcomed from the Departments of Civil and Building Engineering, Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.

 


 

SECTION B – Formal ‘Starred’ Items for Approval

 

11.             Actions of the Associate Dean (Teaching) (ENG09-P25)

 

To approve actions of the AD(T) taken on behalf of the Faculty Board.

 


 

SECTION C – Items for Information

 

 

12.             Curriculum Sub-Committee

 

12.1

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee had recommended to Learning and Teaching Committee the approval of the following:

 

New programmes:

MSc Infrastructure in Emergencies (part-time) (extension of existing PGCert programme)

MSc Low Carbon Building Design and Modelling

 

Additional pathway to an existing programme:

MEng Innovative Manufacturing Technology

 

Major programme changes:

MSc Building Services Engineering

 

Changes to programme titles or awards:

BEng/MEng Product Design and Manufacture to

BEng/MEng Product Design Engineering (Sept 2009 entry)

BEng/MEng Manufacturing Engineering and Management to

BEng Manufacturing Engineering (Sept 2009 entry)

 

Discontinuation of a programme:

MSc Advanced Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (no recruitment)

BSc/BSc,DIS Process Technology and Management (last intake October 2009)

 

12.2

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee had also recommended to Learning and Teaching Committee the approval of the following, subject to certain matters being agreed to the satisfaction of the AD(T):

 

New programmes:

BSc Engineering Management

MSc Signal Processing in Communication Systems

MSc Road and Vehicle Safety

 

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, as well as any areas of good practice, have been brought to the attention of the appropriate Head of Department and the Associate Dean (Teaching).

 

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:

      

Department

Level

Date

Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

UG

UG

17 June 2008

19 November 2008

Chemical Engineering

UG/PG

UG/PG

5 November 2008

2 March 2009

Civil and Building Engineering:

AEDM

CMQS

CEM

Transport Studies

B/MEng Civil Engineering

Transport Studies

MSc Building Services Engineering

WEDC

PGT

UG

UG

UG

UG

UG

UG

PGT

PGT

30 October 2008

5 November 2008

5 November 2008

12 November 2008

12 November 2008

19 November 2008

18 February 2009

27 November 2008

4 March 2009

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

PG

UG

24 October 2008

3 February 2009

 

15.             Date of the next meeting

 

Wednesday 11 November 2009 (TBC) at 1.15 pm either in the Council Chamber or in the engCETL Design Centre (TBD).

A sandwich lunch will be served at 1 pm.

 

16.             Any other business

 


Author – Marie Kennedy

Date   May 2008

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