SENATE
SEN12-A1
NOTICE
OF MEETING
An Ordinary Meeting of Senate will be held on
Wednesday 25 January 2012 at 9.15am,
in the Council Chamber, Hazlerigg Building.
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 23 January 2012.
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 16 November 2011 (SEN11-M7)
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. Developing an Academic Activity on the
Olympic Park
SEN12-P1 (to follow)
To receive an update on the project.
5. Amendments to Regulation XXVI and to the Code of Practice on
Research Degree Programmes
On the recommendation of Research Committee, to approve a proposal to enable candidates for a research degree to register directly for the award of PhD, rather than register initially on an MPhil programme, with effect for students registering from 12 October 2012.
6. Matters
for Report by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
SEN12-P3
To receive a
report.
7. Matters
for Report by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching)
SEN12-P4
To receive a
report.
8. Matters for Report by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor
(Enterprise)
SEN12-P5
To receive a
report.
9. Matters for Report by the
Vice-Chancellor
SECTION B –
Starred Items for Approval
*10. Learning
and Teaching Committee
To receive a report of the meeting held on 15
December 2011, and on the recommendation of Learning and Teaching Committee to
approve:
*10.1 Timetabling Policy.
To approve a new Timetabling Policy.
*11. Term
Dates
To approve term dates for the
2013-14, 2014-2015, and 2015-16 academic years.
SECTION C – Items for Information
*12. Reports from Committees
To receive reports from the
following Committees:
*12.1 SEN12-P9 Advancement
Committee of 26 October 2011 (not available on the web)
*12.2 SEN12-P10 Enterprise
Committee of 10 November 2011 (not available on the web)
*12.3 SEN12-P11 Finance
Committee of 7 December 2011 (not available on the web)
*12.4 SEN12-P12 Research
Committee of 7 November and 5 December 2011 (not available on the web)
*12.5 SEN12-P13 Research
Performance Monitoring Committee of 25 October and 22 November
2011.
*13. Dates of Future Meetings
Friday 9 March
2012
Wednesday 4 July 2012
*14. Any
Other Business
Any member wishing to raise an issue is asked
to notify Dr J C Nutkins by noon on Monday 24 January 2012.
Author – Chris
Dunbobbin
Date – January
2012
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