SENATE
SEN07-A1
NOTICE
OF MEETING
An Ordinary Meeting of Senate will be held on Wednesday 7 March 2007 at 9.15am in the
Council Chamber, Administration Building 2.
Dr J C Nutkins, Secretary
AGENDA
1. Business of the Agenda
Any
member wishing to speak to a starred item is asked to give notice to Dr J C Nutkins by noon on Monday 5 March 2007.
Please note that the papers for items in
Sections B and C, unless circulated with this Agenda, are available as web
pages linked to the following url: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/committees/senate/meetings/index.htm
2. Minutes
To
confirm the Minutes of the Ordinary meeting held on 22 November 2006 (SEN06-M11)
and, subject to any correction, to sign them.
3. Matters Arising from the Minutes
3.1
Any matters arising from the Minutes not appearing
elsewhere on the Agenda
SECTION
A – Items for Discussion
4.
SEN07-P1
4.1 Institutional
Validation
To receive
a summary of the report of the Institutional Validation Panel, and approve the
Panel’s recommendation that the validation process continue to its next
stage. (The full report is available at https://internal.lboro.ac.uk/admin/registry/uniwide/BUEReportFinalDraft260207.doc).
SEN07-P2
4.2 Regulations
for Progression and Reassessment
To
consider proposed regulations on progression and reassessment for programmes at
BUE.
5. Amendment to Ordinance XV - Study Leave
and Leave to Accept an Externally Funded Award
SEN07-P3
To consider proposals to amend Ordinance XV on Study Leave and
Leave to Accept an Externally Funded Award.
6. Matters for Report by the
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (
SEN07-P4
To receive a report.
7. Matters
for Report by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching)
SEN07-P5
7.1 Student Recruitment 2007/08.
7.2 National Student Survey 2007.
8. Matters
for Report by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
SEN07-P6
8.1 Research
Applications – Quarterly Analysis by Department.
SEN07-P7
8.2 New Research
Grants and Contracts
8.3 RAE 2008.
8.4 Research
Outputs.
8.5 Other
Matters.
9. Matters for Report by the Vice-Chancellor
SECTION B – Starred Items for Approval
*10. Programme
Proposals
On the recommendation of Learning and Teaching Committee, on
the advice of Curriculum Sub-Committee, to recommend to Council as appropriate:
10.1 New Programmes for introduction in the
2007-08 session
PGCert
Infrastructure in Emergencies
BSc, DPS Information Technology
Management for Business
10.2 Award,
Title or Major Programme Changes from the 2007-08 session (unless stated)
BSc Ergonomics (Human Factors) to BSC Ergonomics (Human Factors Design)
MA Making Performance and Multi-Media Texts to
MA Performance and Multi-Media Texts
BSc Applied Design (Product Performance and Safety) to BSc Design with Engineering Materials
(immediate effect)
*11. Learning
and Teaching Committee
On the recommendation of Learning
and Teaching Committee to approve:
11.1 Academic Credit
Proposals from the
Programme Development and Quality Team.
11.2 Validation Procedure
A revised
validation procedure, on the recommendation of the Validation Working Group.
11.3 Feedback to students on their work
Proposals from the
Programme Development and Quality Team.
11.4 Award of PGCE on MSc in Education with
QTS
A recommendation that students
entering Year 2 having completed the PGCE element be permitted to retain their
PGCE award.
*12. Student
Discipline Committee
To receive a report from the meeting of the Student
Discipline Committee on 28 November 2006, and to approve in principle, the
following recommendations:
12.1
Procedure for Expulsions and Suspensions
12.2
Non-compliance with Penalties
*13. Prizes
Committee
On the recommendation of Prizes
Committee to approve the establishment of new prizes, amendments to prizes, and
the discontinuation of prizes.
SECTION C –
Items for Information
*14. Update
on University Strategy
SEN07-P15
To receive a
report on progress.
*15. Reports
from Committees
To receive reports from the
following Committees:
*15.1 SEN07-P16 Learning
and Teaching Committee of 15 February 2007
*15.2 SEN07-P17 Prizes
Committee of 22 February 2007
*16. QAA
Institutional Audit
To note that the QAA has confirmed the following dates for
Loughborough’s next
institutional audit:
·
Briefing
visit – week commencing 4 February 2008
·
Audit
visit – week commencing 10 March 2008
*17. ATLES – Access to Loughborough
Engineering and Science – an International Science and Engineering Foundation Programme
To
note that articulation agreements have been entered into with
*18. Any Other Business
Any
member wishing to raise an issue is asked to notify Dr J C Nutkins
by noon on Monday 5 March 2007.
*19. Date of Next Meeting
Wednesday
4 July 2007 at 09.15 am
Author – Chris Dunbobbin
Date – February 2007
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