SENATE
SEN10-A5
NOTICE
OF MEETING
An Ordinary Meeting of Senate will be held on
Wednesday 30 June 2010 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 28 June 2010.
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 3 March 2010 (SEN10-M3) 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. University Strategy/Planning
SEN10-P39 (not available on the web)
To receive a
report on progress against Implementation Plans in 2009/10, and note priorities
for 2010/11.
5. School of Business and Economics
To approve the establishment of the School of Business and Economics from
the Department of Economics and the Business School, with effect from 1
August 2010.
6. Future Shape and Structure of the
University
6.1 To note a background paper from the
Vice-Chancellor setting out the reasons for reconsidering the academic
structure of the University.
6.2 To consider the final report of the
Project Management Board and to recommend the principal recommendations to
Council for approval as set out in the cover paper.
6.3 SEN10-P86
To note the resolution of the
meeting of the General Assembly held on 21 June 2010 relating the structure of
the University.
7. British University in Egypt
SEN10-P43 (not
available on the web)
To receive a report on the revalidation
process, and to delegate authority to the BUE Validation Sub-Committee to reach
a decision on revalidation in October 2010.
8. Vacation Distribution
To approve a reduction of the student
Christmas Vacation from four weeks to three weeks in length.
9. Amendment to Regulation XX
Undergraduate Awards
On the recommendation of Learning and Teaching Committee, to approve an increase in the minimum requirements for passing an undergraduate programme Part.
10. Matters for Report by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor
(Research)
SEN10-P46 (not available on the web)
To receive a report.
11. Matters for Report by the
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching)
11.1 Student Recruitment, 2010
Entry.
11.2 Other Matters for Report.
12. Matters
for Report by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Enterprise)
SEN10-P48 (not available on the web)
To
receive a report.
13. Matters for Report by the Vice-Chancellor
14. Committee Effectiveness
To
review the effectiveness of Senate.
SECTION B – Starred
Items for Approval
*15. Design School
*15.1 Location of the Design School within the
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
On the recommendation of Operations
Committee, to approve a proposal that the Design School be in the Faculty of
Social Sciences and Humanities, pending any further changes to the structure of
the University.
*15.2 Establishment of Loughborough University
Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre
To approve the establishment of the Loughborough
University Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre.
*15.3 Change of Name of Vehicle Safety Research
Centre
To
approve a change of name of the Vehicle Safety Research Centre to the Transport
Safety Research Centre in order to make clear that in addition to vehicle
safety research, the Centre also conducts research into infrastructure, road
user behaviour, new technologies and other aspects of traffic safety.
*16. University Ordinances
*16.1 On the recommendation of Student Discipline
Committee, to recommend to Council amendments to Ordinance XVII (Conduct and
Discipline of Students), with effect from 4 October 2010.
*16.2 To recommend to Council amendments to
Ordinance XXIII (Traffic and Parking in the University), with effect from 4
October 2010.
*17. Programme Proposals
On the recommendation of Learning and
Teaching Committee, on the advice of Curriculum Sub-Committee, to recommend to
Council as appropriate:
*17.1 New programmes (with effect from October 2010 unless stated):
BSc,DPS Design Ergonomics (October
2011)
MSc Healthcare Fire Safety
Management
MSc Healthcare Emergency Preparedness and
Business Continuity Management
MSc Powertrain and Vehicle Engineering
*17.2 Award, title or major programme changes (with effect from October 2010 unless stated):
MSc International Relations
MSc Automotive Systems Engineering
MSc Sport Coaching
PGCert Back Care Management (June 2010)
BEng, MEng Product Design and Manufacture to BEng, MEng Product Design
Engineering (for all existing students, already applied to 2008 entry onwards)
MSc Sport Nutrition (DL) to MSc Nutrition for Sport and Physical
Activity (DL) (April 2010)
MSc Back Care Management to MSc
Healthcare Manual Handling Management (September 2010)
BSc Retail Management to BSc Retailing, Marketing and Management (final
year students in 2009/10, already applied to October 2009 entry)
MSc Packaging Technology (MfI) to MSc
Packaging Technology (MST) (October 2010)
BA Illustration, BA Graphic Communication, BA Printed Textiles, BA
Woven Textiles, BA Multimedia Textiles (addition of the award of DIntS) (from 2009-10 session)
*17.3 Suspension of
programmes
MSc Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy (last intake September 2009,
programme to be reconfigured during suspension and re-launched for 2011 intake)
MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice (last intake September 2009, next
intake October 2011)
*17.3 Discontinuation of programmes (last
intake shown in brackets):
MSc European and International Studies (September
2009)
BSc/MComp Computer Science and E-Business
(October 2010)
MSc Mechatronics (Oct 2009)
*18. Learning and Teaching Committee
On the recommendation of Learning
and Teaching Committee:
*18.1 Master in Science (MSci) degree
To approve the introduction of the degree of
Master in Science (MSci), necessitating an amendment to Ordinance IV.
*18.2 Reassessment of undergraduate
project/dissertation modules
To approve an amendment to Regulation XX to
allow undergraduate students who narrowly fail a project/dissertation module the
possibility of revising and resubmitting the original piece of work for the
purpose of reassessment.
SEN10-P56, SEN10-P56a, SEN10-P56b
*18.3 Leave of absence/termination of studies
To approve changes in procedures for handling
leave of absence and termination of studies, and associated changes to
Regulation IX.
*18.4 University Admissions Policy for High
Performance Student Athletes
To approve a University Admissions
Policy for High Performance Student Athletes.
*18.5 Points Based Immigration System
To note actions in response to the new Points
Based Immigration System and approve a recommendation for action.
*18.6 Code of Practice on Placement Learning
To approve a revised Code of Practice on
Placement Learning and associated Health and Safety Documentation for
implementation from the start of 2010-11.
*19. Research Committee
SEN10-P60 (To Follow) (not available on the web)
To receive reports of the meetings of
Research Committee on 4 June 2010, and on the recommendation of Research
Committee, to approve:
*19.1 Amendments to the Regulations for
Higher Degrees by Research - Regulations for Higher Doctorates
*19.2 Amendments to the Regulations for Higher Degrees by Research – Academic Misconduct
*20. Estates Management Committee
SEN10-P63 (not
available on the web)
To receive reports of the meetings on 25
March and 13 May 2010, and to approve:
SEN10-P64 (not available on the web)
*20.1 Amended Terms of Reference for Estates
Management Committee.
*21. Advancement Committee
SEN10-P65 (not
available on the web)
To receive reports of the meetings
on 10 February and 9 June 2010, and to approve:
SEN10-P66 (not available on the web)
*21.1 Amended Terms of Reference for Advancement
Committee.
*22. Arts Committee – Amended Terms of
Reference and Membership
To approve amended Terms of
Reference and Membership for Arts Committee.
SECTION C – Items for Information
*23. Membership of Senate 2010-11
To note the membership of Senate for
2010-11, so far determined.
*24. Annual Report on Student Complaints
2008-09
To receive a report on student
complaints in 2008-09.
*25. Student
Appeals against Programme Board or Review Board Decisions: Report for 2009
To receive a report on the operation
of the Regulation XIV appeals procedure in 2009.
*26. Ethical Advisory Committee
To receive the annual report of the
Ethical Advisory Committee.
*27. Careers Centre Advisory Board Annual
Report
To note the publication of the Careers Centre
Advisory Board Annual Report for 2008-09 (available on the web at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/careers/section/reports/pdf/CSABreport09.pdf).
*28. Graduation Ceremonies 2010
To note the dates of Graduation
Ceremonies in 2010:
Summer: Thursday 15 July 2010 (am and pm)
Friday 16
July 2010 (am and pm)
Monday 19
July 2010 (am and pm)
Tuesday 20
July 2010 (am and pm)
Winter: Monday 20 December 2010 (three ceremonies)
*29. Reports
from Committees
To receive reports from the
following Committees:
*29.1 SEN10-P72 Enterprise
Board of 4 June 2010 (not
available on the web)
*29.2 SEN10-P73 Health, Safety and Environmental Committee
of 9 June 2010
*29.3 SEN10-P74 Learning and Teaching Committee of 3 June
2010.
*29.4 SEN10-P75 Performance
Monitoring Group of 9 March 2010 (not
available on the web)
*29.5 SEN10-P76 Prizes Committee of 15 March 2010.
*29.6 SEN10-P77 Research
Performance Monitoring Committee of 19 January, 26 January, 13
April and 8
June 2010 (not available on the
web)
*29.7 SEN10-P78 Student Discipline Committee of 9 February
and 8 June 2010.
*29.8 SEN10-P79 Student Experience Committee of 24 February
and 16 June 2010
*30. Dates of
Meetings in 2010-11
Tuesday
16 November 2010, 9.15am
Wednesday
26 January 2010, 9.15am (if necessary)
Wednesday
9 March 2010, 9.15am
Wednesday
6 July 2010, 9.15am
*31. Any Other Business
Any member wishing to raise an issue is asked
to notify Dr J C Nutkins by noon on Monday 28 June 2010.
Author – Chris
Dunbobbin
Date – June 2010
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