Learning and Teaching Committee
LTC05-A1
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Committee will take place on
Thursday 10 February 2005 at 9.15 am in the Council Chamber,
Administration Building 2.
R A Bowyer, 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 5.00 pm on Tuesday 8 February 2005.
Starred items will otherwise be taken without discussion.
Please note that the papers for this Agenda can be found on the web site
linked to the following URL: -
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/committees/learning_teaching/index.htm
Normally, papers for Section A only
will be circulated in hard copy.
3. Minutes
To confirm and sign, subject to
any correction, the Minutes of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Committee held
on 11 November 2004.
4. Matters Arising from the Minutes not
otherwise appearing on the Agenda
*4.1 M.04/51.2 Use of
calculators in examinations
The recommendations were approved by Senate,
including a list of approved calculators, to take effect from 2005/06.
*4.2 M.04/54 Foundation
degrees: policy statement
The policy statement, revised in the light of
the comments of LTC, was approved by Senate.
*4.3 M.04/59 Curriculum
Sub-Committee
New programme proposals and other strategic
changes were approved by Senate.
*4.4 M.04/60 Diploma in
International Studies
The ‘combined’ route to the Diploma was
approved by Senate in principle.
4.5 Any other matters arising not appearing elsewhere on the
agenda
SECTION A – ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
5. Periodic Programme Reviews
To consider the reports of Review
Panels on programmes in the following departments, and the departments’
responses:
5.1 Electronic and Electrical Engineering
5.2 School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
5.3 Human Sciences
6. Impaired Performance Claims
To consider a further
report from the Working Party on Impaired Performance Claims.
N.B. The report
being circulated has not yet been confirmed by the Working Party members and a
revised version may be provided before LTC on 10 February.
7. Regulation
XIV, Student Appeals against Programme Board or Module Board decisions: Reports
for 2002, 2003, 2004
To consider a report on the operation of the appeals procedure in the last three years.
8. Departmental
Reviews Group
To consider a report from the PDQ Team Departmental Reviews Group.
9. Other PDQ Team Sub-Groups
To receive an update on the activities of the
following sub-groups:
Online Learning Strategy
Group
Audit Steering Group
TQEF Group
Professional Standards Group
10. TQI update
To receive an update on developments in respect of the Teaching Quality
Information web-site: http://www.tqi.ac.uk/home/index.cfm
11. NSS update
To receive an update on the National Student
Survey.
SECTION B – ITEMS FOR APPROVAL
*12. Curriculum Sub-Committee –
13 January 2005 (A)
To recommend new programme proposals and other strategic changes to Senate on the advice of Curriculum Sub-Committee.
SECTION C – ITEMS
FOR INFORMATION
*13. Curriculum Sub-Committee –
13 January 2005 (B)
To note further discussions of the Sub-Committee.
*14. Centres for Excellence in
Teaching and Learning
To
note the University’s success in bidding for the following CETLs to be created
at Loughborough:
*15. Access Agreement
To note the University’s proposed Access Agreement, as
submitted to OFFA.
*16. Student
Feedback – Support Services 2003/04
To receive a report from the Head of Academic Practice and
Quality, Professional Development on student feedback 2003/04 in relation to
the support services.
*17. Extraordinary Meeting
To note that an extraordinary meeting of the Committee is
being arranged to take place in early April in order to consider further
changes in awards regulations.
*18. Date of Next Ordinary
Meeting
Thursday 2 June 2005 at 9.15 am.
19. Any Other Business
Author – Robert Bowyer
Date – February 2005
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