University of Glasgow

Academic Standards Committee

A meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 9 October 2009 at 9:30 am in the Melville Room

Ms Helen Butcher
Clerk to the Committee

Agenda

Starring Items

This agenda will operate with a system of starred items. Only items highlighted with a (*) will be discussed. At the beginning of the meeting members will be given the opportunity to request that any unstarred items are included in the Committee's discussion.

 
1. Apologies 

 

2. *Minutes of the Meeting held on Friday 29 May 2009 (ASC 09/01) 

 

3. Matters Arising 

 

3.1 *Report from Code of Assessment Working Group (ASC/2008/61.2) (ASC 09/02) 

 

3.2 Report on External Examiners' Reports for Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Programmes/Courses - 2007-08 (ASC/2008/65) 

Improvements in information for External Examiners on the number of courses they cover will be taken forward as part of the current Fee Review. 

4. *Convener's Business 

 

4.1 Outstanding Business from the Code of Assessment Working Group 

 

4.2 Student Lifecycle Project - Terminology 

 

Section A: Items for Discussion

 
 

5. *Items from Academic Regulations Sub-Committee 

 

5.1 Revised Remit and Membership (ASC 09/03) 

 

5.2 Report from Meeting of 12 June 2009 (ASC 09/04) 

 

5.3 Report from Meeting of 1 October 2009 (ASC 09/05) 

 

6. *Update on ELIR Preparations (ASC 09/06) 

To receive a presentation on and to discuss the forthcoming ELIR visit and the Reflective Analysis (RA).

Members have been provided with hard copies of the RA and are asked to bring this to the meeting. Copies are also available at:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/senateoffice/qae/elir/elir2009  

To assist discussion, copies of diagrams showing the University's and the national framework of arrangements for quality assurance and enhancement are provided.

7. *Actions Arising from Annual Course Monitoring for Session 2007-08 (ASC 09/07) 

 

8. *Internal Audit Report: Programme Approval Procedures (ASC 09/08) 

 

9. *Internal Subject Review (DPTLA Review) 

 

9.1 Summary of Actions Arising from ASC Scrutiny of DPTLA Reports on 29 May 2009 (ASC 09/09) 

 

9.2 Full Reports 

9.2.1 Chemistry (ASC 09/10)

9.2.2 Mathematics (For information - approved under Summer Powers) (ASC 09/11)

9.3 12-Month Update Reports 

9.3.1 Computing Science (ASC 09/12 - to follow)

9.4 Summary Reports 

9.4.1 2008-09: Summary of Recommendations (ASC 09/13)

9.4.2 2008-09: Summary of Good Practice / Key Strengths (ASC 09/14)

9.5 Good Practice in Internal Subject Review (ASC 09/15) 

 

10. *Report of the Meeting of the Joint Board of the University of Glasgow and Christie's Education (ASC 09/16) 

 

11. *QAA - Draft Master's Degree Characteristics Reference Point (ASC 09/17) 

 

 

Section B: Items for Formal Approval

 

12. Remit, Composition and Membership 2009-10 

 

12.1 Remit and Composition (ASC 09/18) 

 

12.2 Membership (ASC 09/19) 

 

13. Report of the Meeting of the Joint Board of the University of Glasgow and Free Church of Scotland College (ASC 09/20) 

 

 

Section C: Items for Noting or Information

 

14. Report on Items Approved under Summer Powers (ASC 09/21) 

 

15. Programme and Course Approval 

 

15.1 Report on New Courses and Course Amendments Approved by Faculties (ASC 09/22) 

 

15.2 Programme Approval Groups - Composition and Dates for 2009-10 (ASC 09/23) 

 

16. Report from the Glasgow International College for Session 2008-09 (ASC 09/24) 

 

17. Scottish Agricultural College: Report in Response to the Validation Report of PgCert/PgDip/MSc Applied Poultry Science (ASC 09/25) 

 

18. Any Other Business 

 

18.1 Reserved Business 

 

19. Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 20 November 2009 at 9.30am in Room 321, Boyd Orr Building. 

 

Created by: Ms Helen Butcher