The next Meeting of the Faculty Board will be held on Thursday 21 May 2009 at 2.15pm in the Council Chamber, Administration Building 2.
M Ashby, Secretary
AGENDA
Any member wishing to unstar an
item is asked to notify the Secretary by midday on Wednesday 20 May 2009. Starred items will otherwise be taken without
discussion.
SCI08:M2 [previously circulated]
To confirm, subject to any amendment, the Minutes of the Meeting of the Science Faculty Board held on 19 November 2008.
SCI09-P1
To receive a presentation on the University’s Internationalisation strategy.
Secretary’s Note: Professor Chris Backhouse, Director of
Internationalisation Strategy, and Christina Yan Zhang, LSU International
Development Officer, will attend for this item.
SCI09-P2
To receive a presentation on Career Destinations for graduates of the Faculty.
Secretary’s Note: Susan Reed,
Careers Advisor, will attend for this item.
8. Single Equality Action Plan (2.45pm)
SCI09-P3 (to follow)
To receive a presentation regarding:
i the
decision by the Equality and Diversity Sub-Committee that all of the University’s
equality action plans should be incorporated into one document;
ii the
implications of these changes for departments.
Secretary’s Note: Lesley Mansell,
Equality and Diversity Advisor, will attend for this item.
9. Dean’s Report
.1 RAE
.2 Faculty Financial Position
2008/2009
.3 Staff Survey
.4 HOD Appointments
.5 Other issues
10. Associate Dean’s
(Research) Report
.1 Postgraduate Research Student Issues
.2 REF Update
.3 Other issues
11. Associate
Dean’s (Teaching) Report
.1 Recruitment 2008
i Recruitment Targets
SCI09-P4
ii Application
Statistics
a. UG Home Applications
SCI09-P5 (to be tabled)
b. UG International Applications
SCI09-P6
c. PGT FT Home Applications
SCI09-P7
d. PGT FT International Applications
SCI09-P8
g. PGT Outstanding Decisions
SCI09-P9
(to be tabled)
.2 Other Issues
SCI09-P10 (To be tabled)
To award Higher Degrees to candidates whose examinations
have been conducted since the last meeting of Senate.
13. Personal Titles
To note the
award of personal titles since the last meeting and to offer the Faculty’s
congratulations.
1 To note that the following proposals had been circulated to members for approval:
New Programme:
MSc
Digital Imaging Computer Graphics and Vision
Major Changes:
MSc
Information and Knowledge Management
2 To note that Learning and Teaching Committee has approved the
following programme proposals:
i New
Programme Proposals
MSc Digital Imaging Computer
Graphics and Vision
ii Changes
to Programme Titles
BSc
Mathematics and Computing to
BSc Computer Science and
Mathematics (last intake: October 2010 entry)
iii Discontinuation of Programmes
BSc (DIS/DPS) Chemistry and Information Technology (last intake: October 2007
entry)
To note a
report from the AD(T)
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.
*17. 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.
To note that reports of Staff-Student Committee meetings
have been deposited with the Secretary as follows:
|
Chemistry Computer Science Human Sciences Information Science Materials Mathematical Sciences Physics |
26 November 2008. 25 February 2009 26 November 2008, 25 February 2009 20 November 2008 10 December 2008, 18 February 2009 5 November 2008,
11 February 2009 26 November 2008, 12 March 2009 25 February 2009 |
To note that the Dean has taken
Chair’s Action to approve Prizes Assessors for the Faculty.
20. Faculty IT Support
To receive a report from the Faculty IT Coordinator.
SCI09-P12
*21. Faculty
E-Learning Officer Report
SCI09-P13
To note a
report from the Faculty FeLO.
*22. Quality
Enhancement Officer Report
SCI09-P14
To note a
report from the Faculty Quality Enhancement Officer.
*23 Faculty Board Membership
1 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 2009-10:
Computer Science (1)
Human Sciences (1)
Mathematics (2)
Physics (1)
2 To note that Senate will be asked to
consider a proposal for an amendment to Regulation X to allow academic staff to
stand for re-election without the expiration of a year between one term of
office and the next.
25. Valediction for retiring members
To be advised
Martine Ashby
May 2009
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