Engineering
Faculty Board: briefing note for new
members
Formally constituted
powers:
To consider the progress and conduct of Students in the Faculty
and to report to the Senate thereon. |
To recommend to the Senate examiners for appointment. |
To deal with any matter which may be referred to it by the
Senate. |
In practice, many of these powers have been
delegated to the ADT, and come to the Board for ratification or information. However, Faculty Board still formally
approves the award of research degrees.
What the Faculty Board does
in practice:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/ar/policy/aqp/3/index.htm
Board meetings
are Chaired by the Dean, and are attended by ex-officio members (AD(T), AD(R)
and HoDs), together with co-opted members, making it a serious forum for
discussion.
Elected members
represent the views of staff in their departments, acting as an alternative route
for communication to that of the HoD. They
can also bring issues directly to the Board independently of other routes - any
member can ask that an item be added to the agenda by contacting the Board Secretary.
Elected members should feed back to
their colleagues issues raised at Board meetings, via Staff Meetings and other
mechanisms.
All members
are encouraged to contribute to the discussions at Faculty Board so that it
acts as a collegiate body. The Faculty
Board is intended to give members an opportunity to work together on key issues
and contribute to Faculty decisions or opinions in a formal capacity.
Details of
Faculty Board terms of reference, membership etc, together with agendas, papers
and minutes, are available at::
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/committees/engineering_fb/index.htm
Marie Kennedy, Board Secretary