Learning and Teaching
Committee
NOTICE
OF MEETING
A meeting of the Committee will take place on
Thursday 9 June at 9.30 am in
V207,
Admin 2,
(the old Council Chamber).
Rob Pearson, Secretary
AGENDA
1. Apologies
for absence and welcome to new members
2. Business
of the Agenda
Any member wishing to unstar an item is asked
to notify the Secretary by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 7 June 2011. 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 > Meetings:
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 the Minutes of the Meeting of the
Committee held on 17 February 2011.
4. Matters Arising from the Minutes not
otherwise appearing on the Agenda
11/08 University Re-organisation: report from the
Learning and Teaching Working Group
To note that the Working Group has delivered its final report to the
Project Management Board, and that discussions are on-going through Programme
Quality Team about the delivery of processes such as APR and PPR, and the
composition of the sub-committees of LTC.
SECTION A ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
5. The
Student Charter
LTC11-P12
To consider the development of the Student
Charter.
6. The
processing of student evaluation forms
To consider proposals for developing the
paper-based student evaluation of modules (minute
11/05, LTC 17 February 2011 refers).
7. Proposed Policy for Admitting Students under
the Age of 18
To receive a paper from the Director of Student
Recruitment and Admissions.
8. Annual Programme Reviews
To consider reports from the AD(T)s on the
Annual Programme Reviews in their respective Faculties:
8.1 Engineering
8.2 Science
8.3 Social
Sciences and Humanities
LTC11-P17, LTC11-P17a, LTC11-P17b, LTC11-P17c, LTC11-P17d, LTC11-P17e, LTC11-P17f, LTC11-P17g
9. Periodic Programme Review
9.1 School of the Arts response to additional
queries on PPR
To
consider a further response requested by LTC at its November 2010 meeting.
10. Curriculum
Sub-Committee 12 May 2011
To consider the following issues referred for discussion from CSC:
1. Annual Update of Module Specifications and Programme Regulations/Specifications
2. Criteria for Passing a Part
11. University
Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research-Informed Teaching
To consider
criteria for an award.
12. Reassessment without attendance analysis
To consider a review of current reassessment
practice and the impact of proposed changes to the assessment regulations
(minute 11/03, LTC 17 February 2011 refers).
13. E-Learning Strategy and
Implementation Plan
14. BUE Validation
Sub-Committee
To receive a report (to follow) on the
Annual Institutional Level Review.
SECTION B ITEMS FOR APPROVAL
*15. Curriculum
Sub-Committee 12 May 2011
To recommend new programme proposals and other strategic changes to
Senate on the advice of Curriculum Sub-Committee.
*16. Learning
and Teaching Implementation Planning
To receive a report on learning and teaching implementation plans for
2010/11 and planning priorities for 2011/12.
*17. University Risk Schedule
To approve the ratings assigned to the various risks identified in the
Learning and Teaching section of the University Risk Schedule.
*18. PSB validation report
To
receive a report of the re-validation of School of Business and Economics
provision delivered in partnership with PSB Singapore.
*19. Loughborough College validation report
To receive a report of the
re-validation of provision delivered at Loughborough College.
*20. Academic Governance Working Group
LTC11-P28, LTC11-P28a, LTC11-P28b, LTC11-P28c, LTC11-P28d, LTC11-P28e, LTC11-P28f, LTC11-P28g, LTC11-P28h, LTC11-P28i, LTC11-P28j, LTC11-P28k
To receive recommendations for changes to the
ordinances and regulations arising from the University re-structuring.
SECTION C ITEMS FOR INFORMATION
*21. Curriculum
Sub-Committee 12 May 2011
*22. E-Learning
Advisory Group
To note the minutes of the meeting
held on 3 February 2011.
*23. Annual report on cases of Academic Misconduct,
2009-2010
To receive a report.
*24. Annual report on student appeals under
Regulation XIV
To receive a report.
*25. The Centre for Enterprise Education
To
receive an implementation plan for information.
*26. QAA Subject Benchmark Statement Masters
degrees in Computing
To note
publication of a new Subject Benchmark Statement.
*27. QAA Institutional Review
To note that the QAA has confirmed the
following dates for Institutional Review in 2011/12:
First Team visit: Tuesday 17 and Wednesday
18 April 2012
Review visit: week commencing 28 May 2012
*28. National Student Survey 2011
To note that the final University response
rate was 74%, compared with a final figure of 75% in 2010. The National
response rate was 66%, compared with 63% in 2010.
29. Any Other Business
Author Rob Pearson
Date May 2011
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