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Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Faculty Board

SSH07-A2

NOTICE OF MEETING

A Meeting of the Faculty Board will take place on Tuesday 13 November 2007 at 9.30 am in the Council Chamber, Administration Building 2.

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 Monday 10 November 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_fb/index.html

3. Minutes (attached)

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To confirm and sign, subject to any amendment, the Minutes of the Meeting of the Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty Board held on 22 May 2007.

4. Matters Arising from the Minutes Not Appearing Elsewhere on this Agenda

4.1 British University in Egypt (BUE)

To note progress on the validation of programmes at BUE - (Professor Allen).

4.2 Information Systems

To note update on new information systems – (SSH Faculty Director of IT).

4.3 School of Sports Science Initiatives

To note progress - (Professor Nimmo).

SECTION A - Items for Discussion/Report

5. Constitution and Terms of Reference of the Faculty Board

SSH07-P6

To receive the constitution and powers of the Faculty Board and consider whether they are fit for purpose.

6. Faculty Business for 2007/08

To consider main Faculty business agenda items for 2007/08.

7. Dean’s and Associate Dean’s Reports

To receive reports from:

7.1 The Dean

7.2 The Associate Dean (Teaching)

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7.3 The Associate Dean (Research)

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8. Periodic Programme Reviews

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To receive the periodic programme review report from the Business School and to consider the School’s response.

9. Award of degrees (tabled)

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

10. Marketing Loughborough University

To receive a verbal report from the Director of Marketing, Ian Cairns.

11. The establishment of History at Loughborough University

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To receive a report from Professor Allen, Head of the Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies, on the reintroduction of History at Loughborough University.

12. Loughborough University – Towards 2016: Strategic Plan 2006/07 (tabled)

To consider the Faculty’s role in the University’s 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. The role of the Faculty Board

SSH07-P11

To receive information on the role of the Faculty and Faculty membership for new Board members.

*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 David Lavallee, SSES (effective from 8th March 07)

Dr Julian Wolfreys, English and Drama (effective from 21st Feb 07)

*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 from the Business School to Learning and Teaching Committee, prior to their meeting on 8 November 2007 (effective date shown in brackets):

Postgraduate Certificate in Management (British Printing Industries Federation) to Postgraduate Certificate in Management and Leadership (Print and Packaging)

Postgraduate Certificate in Management (Federation of Sports and Play Associates) to Postgraduate Certificate in Management and Leadership (Federation of Sports and Play Associations)

Postgraduate Programmes in Management: Higher Education Administration to Postgraduate Programmes in Management and Leadership: Higher Education Administration

Postgraduate Programmes in Management (N G Bailey) to Postgraduate Programmes in Management and Leadership (N G Bailey)

Postgraduate Programmes in Management (Thomas Cook) to Postgraduate Programmes in Management and Leadership (Thomas Cook)

Postgraduate Programmes in Management (Professional) to Postgraduate Programmes in Management and Leadership

BSc (Hons) Retail Management to BSc (Hons) Retailing, Marketing and Management

17.2 Discontinuation of Programmes

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee will be recommending to Learning and Teaching Committee prior to their meeting on 8 November 2007 to discontinue the following programme:

Postgraduate Programme in Management (FKI) from the Business School

*18. Staff/Student Committees

To note that reports of the Staff/Student Committee meetings had been deposited with the Faculty Board Secretary as follows:

Business School (Healthcare Risk Management)	September 2006
Business School (PG Diploma in Management NGB)	7 June 2007
Business School (MSc Management/MSc International Management/ MSc Marketing & Management/MSc Finance & Management)	9 May 2007
Department of Design & Technology	23 May 2007
Department of Geography	9 May 2007

*19. Prizes

To note the following students from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities have been awarded prizes and to offer the Faculty’s congratulations:

Ede and Ravenscroft Prize	· Hayley Giles (PIRES)
Hannah Community Prize	· Joanne Mary Cheetham (Dept of Social Sciences)
John Guest Phillips Memorial Travelling Scholarship	· Beverley Mari David (Dept of Human Sciences) · Lorin Taranis (Dept of Human Sciences)
Loughborough College of Education Commemorative	· Augustina Sarpong (Dept of Design and Technology) · Fangyuan Zhuang (School of Sport and Exercise Sciences)
T S Shipman Awards	· Fiona Jane Jamieson (School of Sport and Exercise Sciences)
Ursula Lockley Travel Bursary	· Julia Karen Grosspietsch (Department of Geography)
Mavis Prize for Music Awarded by the Arts Centre	· Hugh Rashleigh (Department of Design and Technology)
Graduate School Research Student Prizes Social Sciences & Humanities	· William Alexander Langdon Prichard (PIRES)
Loughborough Experience Awards	· Kate Costin (Business School) · Pardeep Dhillon (Dept of English & Drama) · Sophie Driscoll (Dept of Social Sciences) · David Goss (PIRES) · Suzanne Hartwell (Dept of Human Sciences) · Bruce Hutchison (Business School) · Rachel Wilson (Dept of Social Sciences) · Tracey Young (Dept of Social Sciences) · Matthew Rogers (Dept of Education)
Sir David Wallace Trophy	· Sophie Victoria Driscoll (Dept of Social Sciences)

*20 Membership

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To note the membership of the Faculty Board for the session 2007-2008.

*21. Representation on Other Bodies

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To note representation of the Faculty on other bodies.

22. Any Other Business

*23. Date of Next Meeting

The next Faculty Board meeting will take place prior to a Directorate meeting on Tuesday 20 May 2008.

Author – Ms S J McKinley
October 2007