Faculty of Science

Faculty Board

SCI07-A2

NOTICE OF MEETING

The next Meeting of the Faculty Board will be held on Thursday 15 November 2007 at 2.15 pm in the Council Chamber, Administration Building 2.

M A Ashby, 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 midday on Wednesday 14 November 2007. Starred items will otherwise be taken without discussion.

3. Minutes

SCI07:M1 [previously circulated]

To confirm, subject to any amendment, the Minutes of the Meeting of the Science Faculty Board held on 24 May 2007.

4. Matters Arising from the Minutess

SECTION A: Items for Discussion/Report

5. Career Destinations – UK and EU First Degree Graduates 2006 (2.15pm)

SCI07-P8

To receive a presentation on Career Destinations for graduates of the Faculty.

Secretary’s Note: Susan Reed will attend for this item.

6. Enhanced Learn: Loughborough’s New Virtual Learning Environment (2.30pm)

To receive a presentation on the University’s new virtual learning environment.

Secretary’s Note: Lee Barnett and Ruth Stubbings will attend for this item.

7. Constitution and Terms of Reference of the Faculty Board

SCI07-P9a, SCI07-P9b

To receive the constitution and powers of the Faculty Board and a briefing note for new members.

8. Faculty Business for 2007/08

To consider main Faculty business agenda items for 2007/08

9. Dean’s Report

9.1 Internationalisation

9.2. RAE

9.3 Faculty Role in implementing the Strategic Plan

9.4 School of Sport and Human Sciences

9.5 New Appointments:
- Director of Development and Alumni Relations
- Director of Internationalisation
- Associate Dean (Teaching ) for BUE

9.6 Departmental Administrators Workload

10. Associate Dean’s (Research) Report

10.1 Research Grants and Contracts

10.2 RAE Update

10.3 Other Research Issues

11. Associate Dean’s (Teaching) Report

11.1 SCI07-P10

Intake Statistics 2007

11.2 Recruitment 2008

11.3 SCI07-P11

e-learning Strategy and Implementation Plan
To receive a draft of the e-learning Strategy and Implementation Plan for comment

11.4 National Student Survey

11.5 QAA Institutional Audit

11.6 Other Learning/Teaching Issues

12. Periodic Programme Reviews

SCI07-P12

To receive a copy of the report and departmental response from the Periodic Programme Review of the Department of Chemistry.

13. Award of Research Degrees

SCI07-P13 (To be tabled)

To award Higher Degrees to candidates whose examinations have been conducted since the last meeting of Senate.

14. Mathematics Education Centre

SCI07-P14

To receive a report, in absentia, from the Director of the Mathematics Education Centre.

15. SEFS
To receive a report from Dr Sandy Dann.

16. Faculty IT Support

To receive a report from Dr Steven Kenny.

SECTION B: Formal 'starred' items - None

SECTION C: Items for Information

*17. Membership

SCI07-P15

To note the membership of the Faculty Board for the session 2007/2008

*18. Membership of Health, Safety and Environmental Committee

To note that Professor Peter Warwick has been appointed as a member of the University Health, Safety and Environmental Committee.

*19. Membership of Prizes Committee

To note that Professor Ray Jones has been elected as a member of the University Prizes Committee.

*20. Programme Proposals

To note that the following programme proposals have been approved by the Learning and Teaching Committee:

20.1 Changes to Programme Titles

From: PG Cert Mathematics Support for Students with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia in HE/FE

To: PG Cert Mathematics Support and Dyslexia/Dyscalculia in HE/FE

(with immediate effect)

From: MSc Chemistry and Information Technology

To: MSc Analytical Chemistry and Information Technology

(from October 2007 entry)

20.2 Discontinuation of Programmes

MEng Chemical Engineering with Professional Development (Last intake: October 2006)

MSc Chemical Product Design ((Last intake: October 2006)

MSc Electronic Publishing (October 2006)

BSc Information Science (Last intake: October 2007)

MSc Mathematical Processes in the Environment (Last intake: October 2007)

20.3 Major Programme Changes

MA/MSc Information and Library Management

*21. Associate Dean (Teaching)'s Actions

To note the action of the Associate Dean (Teaching) in approving the following:

- appointment of University examiners

- waivers of programme regulations

Full details of these actions are available from the Secretary upon request.

*22. External Examiners’ Reports

To note that reports of External Examiners, and Departmental responses, have been deposited with the Secretary, and are available for consultation on request.

*23. Staff-Student Committees

To note that reports of Staff-Student Committee meetings have been deposited with the Secretary as follows:

Chemistry

Computer Science

Human Sciences

9 May 2007

17 October 2007

31 May 2007

*24. Award of University Prizes within the Faculty

SCI07-P16

To note students from the Faculty who have won University prizes.

25. Any Other Business

*26. Dates of Future Meetings

Thursday 22 May 2007

Martine Ashby