Faculty of Science

Faculty Board

SCI08-A1

NOTICE OF MEETING

The next Meeting of the Faculty Board will be held on Thursday 22 May 2008 at 2.15pm in the Council Chamber, Administration Building 2.

M 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 21 May 2008. Starred items will otherwise be taken without discussion.

3. Minutes

SCI07:M2 [previously circulated]

To confirm, subject to any amendment, the Minutes of the Meeting of the Science Faculty Board held on 15 November 2007.

4. Matters Arising from the Minutes not appearing elsewhere on this Agenda

SECTION A: Items for Discussion/Report

5. Teaching Centre (2.15pm)

SCI08-P1
SCI08-P2 (to be tabled)

To receive a presentation on the new Teaching Centre.

Secretary’s Note: Professor Morag Bell, PVC (Teaching) and Jan Tennant, Head of Academic Practice and Enhancement, will attend for this item.

6. Development and Alumni Relations (2.30pm)

To receive a presentation on development and alumni relations initiatives.

Secretary’s Note: Ron Gray, Director of Development & Alumni Relations, will attend for this item.

7. Centenary Celebrations for 2009 (2.45pm)

SCI08-P3

To receive a presentation on plans to celebrate 100 years of tertiary education in Loughborough.

Secretary’s Note: Dr Anne Mumford, Director of Change Projects, will attend for this item.

8. League Tables (3.00pm)

To receive a presentation on factors affecting HEI league tables.

Secretary’s Note: Fidelma Hannah, Director of Planning, will attend for this item.

9. Career Destinations (3.15pm)

SCI08-P4

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

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

10. Dean’s Report

.1 Faculty Financial Position 2007/2008

.2 Staff Survey

.3 Larger Cost Centres

.4 Grants and Contracts

.5 Other issues

11. Associate Dean’s (Research) Report

.1 EPSRC Grants and Contracts

SCI08-P5

.2 Postgraduate Research Student Issues

.3 Review of Research Degree Programmes

.4 RAE/REF Update

.5 Other issues

12. Associate Dean’s (Teaching) Report

.1 Recruitment 2008

i Recruitment Targets

SCI08-P6 (to follow)

ii Application Statistics

SCI08-P7 (to follow)

.2 National Student Survey

.3 QAA Institutional Audit

.4 Other Issues

13. Award of Research Degrees

SCI08-P8 (To be tabled)

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

SECTION B: Formal 'starred' items - None

SECTION C: Items for Information

14. Personal Titles

To note the award of the following personal title since the last meeting and to offer the Faculty’s congratulations:

Dr Steven Kenny, Reader in Mathematical Modelling

*15. Job Specification for Faculty Research Support Officer

SCI08-P9

To note the job specification for the newly-appointed Faculty Research Support Officer

*16. Programme Proposals

1 To note that programme proposals had been circulated to members for approval. No comments were received:

i (major changes) BSc Financial Management/MSc Mathematical Processes in Finance

ii (new) MSc Information Management and Business Technology

iii (new) BSc Physics with Cosmology

The BSc Physics with Cosmology programme has subsequently been approved by Learning and Teaching Committee.

2 To note that Learning and Teaching Committee has approved the following programme proposals:

i Changes to Programme Titles
From: MSc Occupational Health
To: MSc Workplace Health (from October 2008 intake)

ii Discontinuation of Programmes
BSc Information Networks and Physics (no intake)
BSc Information Technology and Physics (Last intake: October 2008)

*17 Annual Programme Review

SCI07-P10

To note a report from the AD(T)

*18. Associate Dean (Teaching): Actions between meetings

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

- appointment of review boards

- appointment of programme boards

- appointment of University examiners

- waivers of programme regulations

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

*19. 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.

*20. 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

Information Science

IPTME

Mathematical Sciences

Physics

Science & Engineering Foundation

20 Feb 2008

5 Dec 2007, 5 Mar 2008

6 Mar 2008

14 Nov 2007, 12 Dec 2007,13 Feb 2008, 23 Apr 2008

13 Feb 2008, 30 Apr 2008

14 Nov 2007, 26 Feb 2008

12 Mar 2008, 7 May 2008

14 Nov 2007

*21. Chair’s Action: Appointment of Prizes Assessors

To note that the Dean has taken Chair’s Action to approve Prizes Assessors for the Faculty.

*22. Faculty IT Support

To receive a report from Dr Steven Kenny.

SCI08-P11 (to follow)

*23. On Line Learning Development Officer Report

SCI08-P12

To note a report from the Faculty OLDO.

*24. Quality Enhancement Officer Report

SCI08-P13

To note a report from the Faculty Quality Enhancement Officer.

*25 Faculty Board Membership

To note up to eight vacancies for co-opted members and the following vacancies for elected departmental representatives of the Faculty Board for the session 2008-2009:

Chemistry (2)

Computer Science (2)

Information Science (1)

IPTME (1)

Mathematics (2)

Physics (1)

26. Any Other Business

27. Valediction for retiring members

*28. Dates of Future Meetings

To be advised

Martine Ashby