Learning and Teaching Committee
LTC06-A3
NOTICE OF MEETING
A meeting of the Committee will take place on Thursday 9 November 2006 at 9.30 am
in the Council Chamber,
Administration Building 2.
R A Bowyer, Secretary
AGENDA
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Welcome to new members
3. Business of the Agenda
Any member wishing to unstar an
item is asked to notify the Secretary by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 7 November 2006.
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.
4. Minutes
To confirm, subject to any
correction, the Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on 8 June 2006.
5. Matters
Arising from the Minutes not otherwise appearing on the Agenda
5.1 Open Source VLE (M.06/21.1)
To receive an update from the PVC(T) and to
note the establishment of a Steering Group.
*5.2 Validation of new FD programmes at
To report that the College has
addressed outstanding issues and made adjustments to the programme
documentation to the satisfaction of the AD(T) SSH and the PVC(T), thus
allowing validation of the two programmes, in Sports Coaching and Sports
Performance (Motorsport), to proceed, as recommended by the Committee and approved
by Senate, w.e.f. September 2006.
*5.3 Senate actions
To note that
Senate approved the recommendations of the Committee in the following other
matters:
(i)
Academic Misconduct Committee – amendments to
Regulation XVIII (M.06/26)
(ii)
Revalidation of existing programmes at
(iii)
Revalidation of BA Honours programme in
Graphic Communication at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (
(iv)
Student Committees in Departments (M.06/36)
(v)
New programmes and strategic changes (M.06/25,
06/34)
5.4 Any other matters arising not appearing elsewhere on the
agenda
SECTION A – ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
6. Terms of reference
To
consider the terms of reference of the Committee with a view to reflecting on
(i)
their fitness for purpose
(ii)
members’ responsibilities.
7. Draft Corporate Strategy
To consider and comment on the draft Corporate Strategy for 2006-16.
8. Development
of new subject areas and new programmes
To receive a report from Howard Jones on the strategic
importance of developing new subject areas and new programmes.
9.
To receive an update on the
partnership with the
10. Indian
Institute of Technology,
To receive a report on the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Indian Institute of Technology,
11. Major
issues for the Committee 2006/07
To identify major issues for the
Committee’s consideration in 2006/07.
12. Periodic
Programme Reviews
To consider the reports of Periodic Programme Reviews held
during the summer of 2006 and the responses of the relevant departments:
12.1 Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
12.2 Computer Science
12.3 English and Drama
12.4 Geography
13. Group work
To recommend to Senate a
University policy statement on student group work.
14. Programme specifications
To approve revisions to the University template for
programme specifications.
15. Module specifications
To approve the addition of a ‘Method of
Feedback’ field to the University template for module specifications.
SECTION B – ITEMS FOR APPROVAL
*16. Curriculum Sub-Committee – 19 October 2006
(A)
To recommend new programme proposals and other strategic changes to Senate on the advice of Curriculum Sub-Committee.
*17. Amendments
to Regulations
To approve amendments to the
following for recommendation to Senate:
17.1
Regulation
XIV Student Appeals
17.2
Regulation
XXI Postgraduate Awards
SECTION C – ITEMS
FOR INFORMATION
*18. Constitution and Membership
To note.
*19. Curriculum Sub-Committee – 19 October 2006 (B)
To note further discussions of the Sub-Committee.
*20. National Student Survey
LTC06-P53
To note the results of the NSS 2006 and plans for the NSS
2007.
*21. The
To note the University’s response to the second ‘Burgess
Group’ consultation.
*22. Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund 2006/07 –
2008/09
To note the contextual statement of priority activity areas
submitted to HEFCE with the University’s action plans for the allocation of
TQEF funding; and that HEFCE has approved the release of funding against these
plans, amounting to £380116 in each of the three years starting 2006/07.
*23. Additional Capital Funding for Learning and Teaching
To note the proposals submitted to HEFCE for the allocation
of this funding, amounting to £961461.
*24. E-learning funds
To
note proposals for use of the remaining HEFCE e-learning funds allocated in
2005/06 (subject to Operations Sub-Committee approval).
*25. QAA Institutional Audit
To note that the QAA has turned down the University’s
request that the next Institutional Audit be postponed until spring 2009 and it
is therefore scheduled to take place in spring 2008. Our preference is that the audit visit take
place in the week 10 -14 March 2008.
*26. Dates of
Meetings for remainder of 2006/07
15 February 2007
7 June 2007
both Thursdays at 9.30am
27. Any Other Business
Author – Robert Bowyer
Date – October 2006
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