Learning and Teaching Committee
LTC07-A3
NOTICE OF MEETING
A meeting of the Committee will take place on Thursday 8 November 2007 at 9.30 am
in the Council Chamber,
Administration Building 2.
Robert Bowyer, Secretary
AGENDA
1. Welcome to new members
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Business of the Agenda
Any member wishing to unstar an
item is asked to notify the Secretary by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 6 November 2007.
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 the Minutes of the
Meeting of the Committee held on 7 June 2007.
5. Matters
Arising from the Minutes not otherwise appearing on the Agenda
*5.1 Senate actions
To note that Senate
approved the recommendations of the Committee in the following matters:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Sharing External Examiners’ reports with
students (M.07/35)
(iv)
New programmes and strategic changes (M.07/39)
5.2 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. Major issues for the Committee 2007/08
To identify major issues for the Committee’s consideration in 2007/08.
8. QAA
Institutional Audit 2008
To receive a progress report on arrangements.
9. Learning
and teaching spaces
To consider a report from the
Director of Media Services.
10. Periodic
Programme Reviews
To consider the reports of Periodic
Programme Reviews held in the summer of 2007 and the responses of the relevant
departments:
10.1
10.2 Chemistry
11. English
Language entry requirements
To consider amendments to English Language requirements for
entry to postgraduate taught programmes.
12. Widening Participation
Strategy
LTC07-P46, LTC07-P46a, LTC07-P46b
To consider, on the advice of the Student Recruitment Team, a
revised widening participation strategy and supporting documentation.
13. Assessment of students
To consider, on the advice of the Programme Quality Team,
amendments to University assessment procedures as described in the AQPH.
SECTION B – ITEMS FOR APPROVAL
*14. Curriculum Sub-Committee – 18 October 2007
(A)
To recommend revised terms of reference, new programme proposals and other strategic changes to Senate on the advice of Curriculum Sub-Committee.
*15. Procedures for the approval, monitoring and
review of collaborative provision
To recommend to Senate revised procedures, drawing together
existing validation procedures and the code of practice for collaborative
provision.
*16. Code
of Practice on Use of the OMR CAA Bureau Service for undergraduate and
postgraduate examinations
To
approve a revised version of the above code, with the associated service level
statement.
*17. Code of Practice on the use
of Question Mark Perception for coursework testing
To approve
a revised version of the above code.
SECTION C – ITEMS
FOR INFORMATION
*18. Constitution and membership
To note.
*19. Curriculum Sub-Committee – 18 October 2007 (B)
To note further discussions of the Sub-Committee.
*20. The
To note developments.
*21. National Student Survey 2007
LTC07-P55 (attachments not available on the web)
To note the results of the 2007 NSS.
*22. ‘Beyond the Honours degree
classification’. The final report of the Burgess Group
To note the publication of the
above, available at:
http://bookshop.universitiesuk.ac.uk/downloads/Burgess_final.pdf
*23. Dates of Meetings for the remainder of 2007/08
14 February
2008
5 June 2008
both meetings to begin at 9.30am.
24. Any Other Business
Author – Robert Bowyer
Date – October 2007
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