Faculty of Engineering

FACULTY BOARD

ENG10-A1

The next meeting of the Engineering Faculty Board will take place on Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 1.15 pm in the Council Chamber, Administration Building 2.

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

(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

ENG09-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 11 November 2009.

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

.1 Mathematics Education Centre Annual Report

(action on Dr Carol Robinson, item 10 refers)

.2 Research Excellence Framework

(action on all members, item 7.2 (a) refers)

.3 Recruitment

(action on AD(T), item 7.3a) refers)

SECTION A – Items for Discussion/Report

4. Graduate destination data (ENG10-P1) (to be tabled)

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

5. Reports from Faculty Officers

To receive reports from Faculty Officers:

7.1 Dean

To include:

(a) University financial position

(b) Proposed restructuring of the University

(c) Faculty Strategy Implementation Plan (ENG10-P2)

7.2 Associate Dean (Research)

To include:

Research Excellence Framework

7.3 Associate Dean (Teaching)

To include:

(a) Recruitment (ENG10-P3) (PGT data to follow)

(b) Annual Programme Reviews (ENG10-P4)

To consider the AD(T)’s reports on the Departments of:

Aeronautical & Automotive Engineering (ENG10-P4a)

Chemical Engineering (ENG10-P4b)

Civil & Building Engineering (ENG10-P4c)

Electronic and Electrical Engineering (ENG10-P4d)

Secretary’s note:

The report on the Periodic Programme Review of the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, together with the School’s response, will be considered at the next meeting of the Board.

(c) NSS

To note:

- That the final response rate for the University was 75.91%;

- That the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Civil and Building Engineering achieved the 1^st and 3^rd highest response rates of all departments, and that other Faculty departments achieved between 68% and 80%;

- That the final response rates for previous years were: 2005: 75.08%, 2006: 69.98%, 2007: 77.77%, 2008: 78.54%, 2009: 73.75%.

6. Award of Research Degrees (ENG10-P5) (to follow)

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

7. Personal Titles

To congratulate the following member of Faculty staff, who has been awarded a Personal Title:

Professor Tarek Hassan, Professor of Construction Informatics

8. Membership of Faculty Board

To thank the five members of Faculty Board who will retire at the end of the current academic year, Dr James Flint, Dr Danish Malik, Mr Mohamed Osmani, Dr Jon Petzing and Dr Stephen Walsh, and to note that there will therefore be four vacancies for elected departmental representatives from the 2010-11 session, each for a term of three years. Nominations are especially welcomed from the Departments of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Civil and Building Engineering, and Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.

SECTION B – Formal ‘Starred’ Items for Approval

9. Actions of the Associate Dean (Teaching) (ENG10-P6)

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

SECTION C – Items for Information

10. Curriculum Sub-Committee

.1 New programmes/Major programme changes:

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

MSc Construction Business Management/ MSc Construction Management/ MSc Construction Project Management

PGDip/PGCert in Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and their Application

(taught element of the PhD)

MSc Sustainable Engineering

.2 New programmes/ Major programme changes:

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):

MRes Built Environment: Energy Demand Studies

MSc Automotive Systems Engineering

MSc Powertrain and Vehicle Engineering

11. 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	UG/PG	24 February 2010
Civil and Building Engineering: AEDM CEM CEM Civil Engineering Transport (x2) CMQS CMQS Construction/Construction Project Mgt BSE Low Carbon Building Design and Modelling Transport (x2) EngD CICE WEDC Transport Studies	UG UG UG UG UG UG UG PGT PGT PGT PGT PGR PGT UG	4 November 2009 13 March 2009 17 November 2009 12 November 2009 17 November 2009 13 March 2009 2 December 2009 21 October 2009 30 November 2009 1 December 2009 22 October 2009 28 October 2009 17 November 2009 16 February 2010
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering	PG UG	3 February 2010 18 November 2009 10 February 2010 24 March 2010

12. Date of the next meeting

Wednesday 10 November 2010 (TBC) at 1.15 pm in the Council Chamber.

A sandwich lunch will be served at 1 pm.

13. Any other business

Author – Marie Kennedy

Date – May 2010