Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Faculty Board

SSH08-A1

NOTICE OF MEETING

A Meeting of the Faculty Board will take place on Tuesday 20 May 2008 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 19 May 2008. 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 (attached)

SSH07-M2

To confirm and sign, subject to any amendment, the Minutes of the Meeting of the Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty Board held on 13 November 2007.

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

4.1 Establishment of History at Loughborough

To provide an update – (Professor Allen)

4.2 School of Sport and Exercise Sciences

To note progress in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences and the Department of Human Sciences - (Professor Nimmo).

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)

SSH08-P1; SSH08-P2

5.3 The Associate Dean (Research)

SSH08-P3

6. Award of degrees (tabled)

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

7. Estates Strategy

To receive a verbal report from Andrew Burgess, Director Estates Services, on the Estates strategy for the campus.

8. Careers Destination Statistics (tabled paper)

To receive a report from David Lilley, Careers Advisor, on the destination of graduates from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.

9. Teaching Centre

SSH08-P4

To receive a progress report on the Teaching Centre from Professor Morag Bell,

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching), and Jan Tennant, Head of Academic Practice and Enhancement, Professional Development.

SECTION B: Formal ‘starred’ items for Approval

*10. 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

*11. 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.

*12. 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.

*13. Personal Titles

To note the award of personal titles. following Senate on 21 November 2007, and to offer the Faculty’s congratulations:

Dr Alan Bairner, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences: Professor Sport and Social Policy

Dr Tracey Skelton, Department of Geography: Professor of Critical Geographies

Dr Anne Souchon, Business School: Professor of International Marketing

Dr Eitan Gerstne, Business School: Storaid Chair in Marketing and Retail

*14. Members of Assessor Panels

To note Chair’s action in approving the appointment of the following staff in the Faculty as members of the Sir Robert Martin Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Prizes Assessor Panel:

Dr Jeremy Leaman

Professor Kathy Armour

Professor Mike Pickering

*15. Curriculum Sub-Committee

15.1 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 5 June 2008:

MSc Criminal Justice Research to MRes Criminal Justice Research

MA in Performance and Multi-Media Texts to MA in Performance and Multi-Media

MA in Texts in Performance to MA in Drama

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

15.2 Changes to Programme Regulations and Programme Specifications

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee will be recommending the following proposed changes to programme regulations and programme specifications to Learning and Teaching Committee, prior to their meeting on 5 June 2008:

MA in English (with Pathways in Modern and Contemporary Writing; Victorian Writing; Early-Modern Writing; American Writing; Creative Writing)

MA in Creative Writing

15.3 Discontinuation of Programmes

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee will be recommending to Learning and Teaching Committee prior to their meeting on 5 June 2008 to discontinue the following programmes:

MA in Early-Modern Writing 1560-1780

MA in Modern and Contemporary Writing

15.4 New Programme Proposals

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee will be recommending to Learning and Teaching Committee prior to their meeting on 5 June 2008 the following new programme proposals:

MA Cultural Sociology commencing October 2009

MSc Cultural Sociology commencing October 2008 or 2009

MSc Medical Management commencing October 2008

Postgraduate Certificate in Management and Leadership (The Sports and Play Construction Association) commencing January 2009

MSc Globalization, Space and Sport

*16. Staff/Student Committees

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

Department	Level	Date
Business School	MSc Management/MSc International Management/MSc Marketing & Management/MSc Finance & Management/MSc Business Analysis & Management	5 December 2007, 23 April 2008
Business School	Postgraduate Diploma in Management (NGB)	3 April 2008
Department of English & Drama	All	16 May, 17 October, 21 November 2007, 5 March 2008
Business School	Undergraduate	13, 15 Nov 2007, 21 February 2008
Business School	MBA Semester 2	20 November 2007
Business School	BSc (Hons) Business Studies, Singapore, BSc (Hons) Business Studies with Human Resource Management, Singapore	26 November 2007
Politics, International Relations & European Studies	Undergraduate	15 November 2006, 2 Feb, 2 May 2007

*17. Membership of the Faculty Board

To note the following vacancies for elected departmental representatives of the Faculty Board for the session 2008-2009:

Department of Design & Technology ((1)

Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies (2)

Business School (1)

Social Sciences ((1)

School of Sport & Exercise Sciences (2)

Department of English & Drama (1)

18. Any Other Business

*19 Date of Next Meeting

The next Faculty Board meeting will take place prior to a Directorate meeting on Tuesday 11 November 2008.

Author – Ms S J McKinley
May 2008