Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Faculty Board
SSH07-A1
NOTICE OF MEETING
A Meeting of the Faculty Board will take place on Tuesday 22 May 2007 at 9.30 am in the Council Chamber, Administration Building 2.
AGENDA
2. Business of
the Agenda
Any
member wishing to unstar an item is asked to notify the Secretary by midday on
Monday 21 May 2007. Starred items will otherwise be taken without discussion.
Please
note that those papers for items in Section B and C which are not circulated
with this agenda will be found on the University Web pages linked to the
following URL:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/committees/ssh/index.html
3. Minutes (previously circulated)
To
confirm, subject to any amendment, the Minutes of the Meeting of the Social
Sciences and Humanities Faculty Board held on 14 November 2006.
4.
Matters Arising
from the Minutes Not Appearing Elsewhere on this Agenda
4.1
National Student Survey (item 15.3
(iii) refers)
To note an
update.
SECTION A - Items for Discussion/Report
5. Dean’s and Associate Dean’s Reports
To receive reports from:
5.1 The Dean
5.2 The Associate Dean (Teaching)
SSH07-P1 (to be electronically
circulated)
5.3 The Associate Dean (Research)
SSH07-P2
6. Award of degrees (to follow)
SSH07-P3
To award Higher Degrees to candidates whose examinations have been
conducted since the last meeting of Senate.
7. Destination statistics
for 2006 Graduates (paper to
be tabled)
To receive a report from David Lilley, Careers
Service.
8.
Changes to
Ordinance XV, Study Leave
SSH07-P4
To note the recent decision of Council to make some
amendments to the Ordinance, and to consider the implications of these changes
in the implementation of the Ordinance within departments.
9. Periodic Programme
Review
To receive a verbal report on the
10. Health and
To receive a verbal report from Professor David
Williams.
11. Establishment
of History at Loughborough
SSH07-P5 (to be electronically circulated)
To receive a proposal from
Professor Dave Allen reintroducing History as an undergraduate subject at
12. University
Strategic Plan (item 18 refers)
To receive a verbal report on progress of the University Strategic Plan.
SECTION B: Formal ‘starred’ items for Approval
*13. Associate
Dean (Teaching) Action
To ratify
actions taken by the Associate Dean (Teaching) in approving the following:
i. Waivers
of Programme Regulations
ii. Appointment
of Programme Boards
iii. Credit Transfers
Further details of the actions are available from the Faculty Board
Secretary upon request.
SECTION C: Items for Information
*14. Appointment of Examiners
of the University, External Examiners and External Programme Assessors
To note details of appointments made by the AD(T) are available from the Faculty Board Secretary on
request.
*15. External
Examiner Reports
To note that reports of External Examiner’s
have been deposited with the Faculty Board Secretary and are available for
consultation on request.
*16. Personal
Titles
To note the award of personal titles and to offer the Faculty’s
congratulations:
Dr Michael Pickering (Social Sciences) - Personal Chair in Media and
Cultural Studies
Dr Phillip Hubbard (Geography) - Personal Chair in
Human Geography
*17. Curriculum
Sub-Committee
17.1 Changes to Programme Title/Awards
To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee will be recommending the
following proposed programme title changes to Learning and Teaching Committee,
prior to their meeting on 7 June 2007 (effective date shown in brackets):
BSc Sport and Leisure Management
to BSc Sport Management (October 2008 entry)
BSc Geography and Sport
and Leisure Management to BSc Geography and Sport Management (October 2007
entry)
MSc Sport and Leisure Management to MSc Sport Management
(October 2007 entry)
17.2 New
Programme Proposals
To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee will be
recommending to Learning and Teaching Committee prior to their meeting on 7
June 2007 a programme proposal from the Department of English and Drama for a
new full-time/part-time MA in English with effect from October 2007.
*18. Staff/Student Committees
To note that reports of Staff/Student Committee meetings have been deposited with the Faculty Board Secretary as follows:
Department |
Level |
Date |
|
Postgraduate Diploma in
Management: HEA |
31 October 2006, 14
March 2007 |
|
|
|
|
MBA Semester One |
28 November 2006 |
|
MSc Management/MSc
International Management/MSc Marketing & Management/MSc Finance &
Management |
6 December 2006 |
|
MBA Semester Two |
17 April 2007 |
Economics |
UG |
28 February 2007 |
English and Drama |
All |
6 December 2006, 14
March 2007 |
Geography |
All |
8 November 2006, 21
February 2007 |
*19. Membership
of Faculty Board
To note 7 vacancies for elected departmental representatives of the Faculty Board for the session 2007-2008:
Department of Economics (1)
Department of Geography (2)
LUSAD (2)
20. Any
Other Business
*21. Date
of Next Meeting
The next Faculty Board meeting will
take place prior to a Directorate meeting on Tuesday 13 November 2007.
Author – Ms S J McKinley
May 2007
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