Learning and Teaching Committee
LTC05-A4
NOTICE OF MEETING
A meeting of the Committee will take place on Thursday 10
November 2005 at 9.30 am in the
Council Chamber, Administration Building 2.
R A Bowyer, Secretary
AGENDA
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Welcome to new members
3. Business of the Agenda
Any member wishing to unstar an
item is asked to notify the Secretary by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 8 November 2005.
Starred items will otherwise be taken without discussion.
Please note that the papers for this Agenda can be found on the web site
linked to the following URL: -
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/committees/learning_teaching/index.htm
Normally, papers for Section A only
will be circulated in hard copy.
4. Minutes
To confirm, subject to any
correction, the Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on 2 June 2005.
5. Matters
Arising from the Minutes not otherwise appearing on the Agenda
*5.1 Changes in General Regulations (M.05/27)
To note discussions at Senate on 29 June 2005.
*5.2 Academic Misconduct (M.05/28)
To note that amendments to Regulation XVIII:
Academic Misconduct were approved by Senate with effect from 3 October 2005 and
that advice was provided by the Programme
Development & Quality Team on the section of the document discussed
at the previous LTC meeting on penalties available to the Academic Misconduct
Committee.
*5.3 Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (M.05/30)
To note discussions at Senate on 29 June 2005.
*5.4 Senate actions on other recommendations
To note that Senate approved the
recommendations of the Committee in the following other matters:
(i)
Six-month pre-sessional course (M.05/19)
(ii)
Year-long modules (M.05/20)
(iii)
Schemes for allowing Programme Boards to move
candidates out of rank order as defined by their Programme Mark (M.05/21)
(iv)
Student Appeals – amendments to Regulation XIV
(M.05/29)
(v)
Programme proposals (M.05/37)
(vi)
Assessment policy for students who have a
disability (M.05/38)
(vii)
Employment of postgraduate students for
teaching and marking (M.05/39)
5.5 Any other matters arising not appearing elsewhere on the
agenda
SECTION A – ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
6. Terms
of Reference
To consider the terms of reference
of the Committee with a view to reflecting on
(i) their fitness for purpose
(ii) members’ responsibilities.
7. Major issues for 2005/06
To identify major issues for the
Committee’s consideration in 2005/06.
8. Learning and Teaching
Strategy
To consider a revised ‘working’
version of the Learning and Teaching Strategy.
9. Periodic Programme Reviews
To consider the Reports of Periodic Reviews held during the
summer 2005 and the responses of the relevant departments:
9.1 Information Science
9.2 Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
9.3
9.4 Department of Design and Technology
10. University
responses to Universities
To consider
draft responses to the following:
10.1 The
10.2 Proposals for National
Credit Arrangements for Use of Academic Credit
Both consultation documents are
available at:
http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/consultations/universitiesuk/
11. Use of HEFCE e-learning
capital funding
To receive a report and offer
comment on the options under consideration.
12. Condonement
To consider a report on the operation of the
use of the new condonement provisions in the Regulations in 2004/05.
13. Joint Degrees
To consider, on the advice of the PDQ Team, the report of a Working
Group on Joint Degrees.
14. Master of Research (MRes)
To consider proposals from the PDQ Team concerning the introduction of
the degree of Master by Research.
15. Establishment of a Student Diversity Working
Group
To consider the
establishment of a Student Diversity Working Group.
SECTION B – ITEMS FOR APPROVAL
*16. Curriculum Sub-Committee – 13 October 2005
(A)
16.1 To approve an amendment to the terms of reference of the Curriculum Sub-Committee.
16.2 To recommend new programme proposals and other strategic changes to Senate on the advice of Curriculum Sub-Committee.
*17. External
Examiners
17.1 Statement of
responsibilities
To approve a statement on the responsibilities
of external examiners, on the advice of the PDQ Team following consultation
with departments.
17.2 Code of Practice
Subject to approval of 17.1 above,
to recommend to Senate a revised version of the University Code of Practice on
External Examining, which incorporates the criteria for external examiner
appointments and revised procedure for handling external examiners’ reports
approved at the previous meeting, as well as the above statement of
responsibilities.
SECTION C – ITEMS
FOR INFORMATION
*18. Constitution and Membership of the Committee
To note.
*19. Curriculum Sub-Committee – 13 October 2005 (B)
To note further discussions of the Sub-Committee.
*20. Calculators in University examinations
To note that the Chair has taken action on behalf of the
Committee to approve a revised list of calculators for use in University
examinations (Regulation VII, para 26) and guidelines for students with
dyslexia or dyspraxia on choosing a calculator.
*21. Award of Academic Practice Awards and
Mini-Projects
To note awards made in the latest
round.
*22. University response to HEA consultation
paper
To note the University’s response to an HEA consultation
paper on ‘A framework for teaching and supporting student learning in Higher
Education’.
The consultation paper is available at
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/news/Consultations.htm
*23. Launch of Teaching Quality
Information (TQI) web-site
To note:
(i)
the
launch on 22 September 2005 of the TQI web-site, incorporating the results of
the 2005 National Student Survey:
(ii)
that
further analyses of Loughborough’s NSS results have been circulated widely within
the University, and aspects are being pursued in discussions between the ADTs
and Departmental Learning and Teaching Co-ordinators. For highlights of the University’s results,
see
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/news-relases/2005/91_student_survey.html
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/prospectus/achievements/nss.html
(iii) that more
detailed results will be disseminated to institutions by Ipsos
*24. National Student Survey
2006
To note that confirmation has been received of the arrangements
for the 2006 NSS. It will have a
similar format and timetable to the 2005 survey. The same questionnaire will be used, though it
is intended to test some additional questions for potential use in subsequent
surveys. There will be an added facility to aggregate
the results for the two years of the survey to enable reporting on smaller
areas of provision. Following the 2006
NSS, the frequency of the survey will be reviewed. Information has been
circulated to departmental TQI contacts.
*25. QAA Institutional Audit
2004
To note that during the summer the University has responded
to a request from QAA for a progress report on actions taken in response to the
Report of the Institutional Audit one year on.
Copies available from the
Secretary on request.
*26. QAA Special Review of Research
Degree Programmes
To note that the QAA is undertaking a one-off desk-based
review of research degree programmes. It
will use a questionnaire designed to provide information on the University’s
quality assurance framework for RDPs and particularly on how the framework
aligns with the precepts of the revised Section
1 Postgraduate research programmes of the QAA Code of Practice. The
University’s response is being co-ordinated by Brigette Vale in the Research
Student Office.
For the operational description of the special review, see http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/postgraduate/default.asp
*27. DfES consultation paper on
‘Improving the Higher Education Applications Process’
To note that the DfES is consulting on changes to enhance
the current system of applications to higher education, including options for
moving to a ‘post-qualifications applications’ system. The University’s response is being handled
through the Student Recruitment and Admissions Team. See http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/
*28. Dates of Future
Meetings 2005/06
Thursday
9 February 2006
Thursday 8 June 2006
29. Any Other Business
Author – Robert Bowyer
Date – November 2005
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