Faculty of Science

Faculty Board

SCI10-A2

                                                                                                                                                                

 

NOTICE OF MEETING

 

The next Meeting of the Faculty Board will be held on Thursday 11 November 2010 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 10 November 2010. Starred items will otherwise be taken without discussion.

3.         Minutes

SCI10:M1 [previously circulated]

To confirm, subject to any amendment, the Minutes of the Meeting of the Science Faculty Board held on 20 May 2010.

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

                                                                                                                                                                

 

SECTION A: Items for Discussion/Report

5.         IT Services Consultation 2011/12 (2.15pm)

SCI10-P9

Secretary’s Note: Phil Richards, Director of IT Services, and Carys Thomas, Assistant Director of IT Services, will attend for this item.

6.         Constitution and Terms of Reference of the Faculty Board

SCI10-P10, SCI10-P11

To receive the constitution and powers of the Faculty Board and a briefing note for new members and to consider whether they are fit for purpose.

7.         Dean’s Report

       .1  Strategic Issues

       .2  University Restructuring

       .3  Citations

.4  Other issues

8.         Associate Dean’s (Research) Report

.1  Research Excellence Framework (REF)

.2  Research Studentships

.3  PGR Student Issues  

.4  Other issues   

9.         Associate Dean’s (Teaching) Report

.1  Recruitment 2010

a   Overview

SCI10-P12

b   Intake Statistics 2010

SCI10-P13

i.      UG UK/EU

ii.     UG International

iii.    PGT UK/EU full-time

iv.    PGT International full-time

 

.2 Recruitment 2011

.3  National Student Survey

SCI10-P14

.4  Other Learning/Teaching Issues

10.       Periodic Programme Reviews

SCI10-P15

To receive a copy of the report and departmental response from the Periodic Programme Review for the following:

Department of Information Science

 

11.       Advancement and Fundraising

SCI10-P16

To note departments’ plans for advancement and fundraising.        

 


12.       Award of Research Degrees

SCI10-P17 (To be tabled)

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

           

                                                                                                                                                                

SECTION B: Formal 'starred' items - None

                                                                                                                                                                

SECTION C: Items for Information

*13.     Membership

SCI10-P18

To note the membership of the Faculty Board for the session 2010/2011

 

*14.     Programme Proposals

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee has recommended to Learning and Teaching Committee approval of the following:

 

New Awards

MSci Computing and Management

MSci IT Management for Business

MSci Computer Science and Mathematics  (from 2010 entry)

 

Changes to Programme Titles/Awards

From:            MComp Computer Science / Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence

To:      MSci Computer Science / Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence (Oct 2011 entry)

 

From:            BSc Web Development and Design

To:     Information Management and Web Development (2012 entry)

 

Discontinuation of Programmes

MSc Analytical Chemistry and IT (last intake Oct 2010)

 

*15.     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.

 

*16.     Staff-Student Committees

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

 

 

Chemistry

Computer Science

Mathematical Sciences

 

12 May 2010

28 April 2010

2 March 2010 & 20 May 2010

 

*17.     Mathematics Education Centre Report

SCI10-P19  (Available at http://mec.lboro.ac.uk/documents/8th_mec_annual_report.pdf)

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

*18.     SEFS Report

SCI10-P20

To receive a report from the SEFS Programme Director.

*19.     Faculty e-Learning Officer Report

SCI10-P21

To receive a report from the Faculty FeLO.

 

*20.     Faculty Representatives on University Committees

To note that the following will serve as Faculty representatives on University committees during 2010/11:

Dr Derek Stephens                 Learning and Teaching Committee

Professor Paul Thomas          University Health, Safety and Environment Committee

 

*21.     Prizes

SCI10-P22                                                                                                                        

To note University prizes awarded to students within the Faculty in 2009/10.

                                                                                                                                                                

22.       Any Other Business

 

*23.     Date of Next Meeting

2.15pm Thursday 19 May 2011, venue to be confirmed

                                                                                                                                                                

Martine Ashby

November 2010
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