Learning and Teaching Committee
LTC05-A3
NOTICE OF MEETING
The thirty-first meeting of the Committee will take place on
Thursday 2 June 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 31 May 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
LTC05-M1; LTC05-M2
To confirm and sign, subject to
any correction, the Minutes of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Committee held
on 10 February 2005 and the Thirtieth Extraordinary Meeting held on 14 April
2005 .
4. Matters
Arising from the Minutes not otherwise appearing on the Agenda
*4.1 School of Sport and Exercise Sciences PPR
(M.05/4.2)
To report that the
working group on Joint Degrees will submit a report to the PDQ team at its next
meeting. The degree classification rules
were clarified at the extraordinary meeting of LTC in April (subject to
recommendation to Senate on 29 June). A
paper seeking to clarify the role and responsibilities of external examiners
has been discussed by the PDQ Team and will be circulated to departments for
consultation. Seminars involving
postgraduate research students were at undergraduate level with the exception
of some on Advanced Research Skills to which PGRs contributed. The points concerning accommodation were
referred to the Director of Estates Services: the scope for a new building
accommodating Health and Exercise Bio-Sciences Labs is currently being
discussed; the issue of accommodation for visiting academics is being pursued
between SSES and Estates Services directly.
*4.2 Human
Sciences PPR (M.05/4.3)
To report that the
wording of the report was revisited before publication on the TQI
web-site. It has been possible to
indicate in the response to the report that the
Department is expecting to regain occupancy of its refurbished accommodation
[in Wavy Top] over the summer vacation, prior to the start of the 2005/06
academic year.
*4.3 Impaired
Performance Claims (M.05/5)
Policy on student absences for participating in sporting and cultural
activities is still under discussion.
*4.4 Departmental
Reviews Group (M.05/7)
It has been agreed via the PDQ Team that Derek Blease (now employed on a
part-time basis in Professional Development on issues relating to student
assessment) will progress work on the development of policy relating to the
supervision of students undertaking projects or dissertations.
4.5 Any other matters arising not appearing
elsewhere on the agenda
SECTION A – ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
5. Annual Programme Reviews
To consider reports from the
AD(T)s on the Annual Programme Reviews in their respective Faculties:
5.1 Engineering
5.2 Science
5.3 Social
Sciences and Humanities
6. Changes in General Regulations
LTC05-P18 (to follow)
Further to the
issues of principle agreed at the April meeting, and subsequent further
consultation with departments, to consider proposed revisions to General
Regulations and make recommendations to Senate.
(The revisions are being submitted
in parallel through Ordinances and Regulations Committee.)
7. Academic
Misconduct
LTC05-P19
To consider a report on incidents of academic misconduct in 2002/03 and 2003/04.
8. Amendments
to Regulation XIV – Student Appeals
To
consider proposed amendments and make recommendations to Senate.
9. Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
To consider a report from the Department on its ‘pilot’ year of operating
undergraduate programmes with 15-credit modules and offer advice to Senate.
10. Procedure for handling external
examiners’ reports
On the advice of the PDQ Team, to consider
revised procedures for handling external examiners’ reports and make
recommendations to Senate.
11. Criteria for external examiner appointments
On the
advice of the PDQ Team, to consider proposed criteria for external examiner
appointments and make recommendations to Senate.
12. TQI update
To receive an update on developments in respect of the Teaching Quality
Information web-site.
13. NSS update
To receive an update on the National Student Survey and consider
actions in readiness for the publication of the results.
14. Online
Learning
The
Chair of the Online Learning Strategy Group to report on developments.
15. Establishment
of
(A minute from the
Engineering Faculty Board of 18 May 2005 is attached as Appendix I.)
To consider proposals from the Strategic
Review Working Group and offer advice to the Group.
SECTION B – ITEMS FOR APPROVAL
*16. Curriculum Sub-Committee –
5 May 2005 (A)
To recommend new programme proposals and other strategic changes to Senate on the advice of Curriculum Sub-Committee.
*17. Assessment
Policy for Students who have a Disability
To approve a paper clarifying aspects of the current
assessment policy for students who have a disability.
*18. Employment of Postgraduate Students for
Teaching and Marking
To recommend
to Senate a Code of Practice on the employment of postgraduate students for
teaching and marking.
SECTION C – ITEMS
FOR INFORMATION
*19. Curriculum Sub-Committee –
5 May 2005 (B)
To note further discussions of the Sub-Committee.
*20. Teaching Prizes, Academic Practice Awards
and Mini-Projects
To
note awards made in the current session.
*21. Access Agreement
To note that the University’s proposed Access Agreement has
been approved by OFFA:
http://www.offa.org.uk/acc_agr/statemnts/H-0152.pdf
*22. E-learning Strategy
To note the contents of HEFCE circular letter 05/2005
announcing the publication of the HEFCE strategy for e-learning and allocations
of capital funding to support investment in e-learning:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/circlets/2005/cl05_05
*23. QAA Review of
Foundation Degrees
23.1 FD
in Leisure Management at
To report that the draft Review Report indicates that
(i) the reviewers have confidence in the standards and
achievements of students;
(ii) the reviewers have confidence in the quality of
learning opportunities.
23.2 FD in Sports
Science with Sports Management at
The reviewers hold their ‘judgement
meeting’ on 2 June 2005.
*24. Dates of
Meetings 2005/06
The following dates are proposed ,
all meetings to start at 09.30 am:
Thursday 10 November 2005
Thursday 9 February 2006
Thursday 8 June 2006
*25. Date of Next Ordinary
Meeting
Thursday 10 November at 9.30 am.
26. Any Other Business
Author – Robert Bowyer
Date – May 2005
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