University of Glasgow

Academic Standards Committee

A meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 25 May 2012 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 Wednesday 18 April 2012 (ASC 11/73) 

 

3. Matters Arising 

 

3.1 College Annual Monitoring Summaries (ASC/2011/52) 

The items identified for attention within each College report are being collated for dissemination to appropriate officers. Responses will be submitted to the next meeting of ASC. 

3.2 Report from the Meeting of Academic Regulations Sub-Committee - 26 March 2012 (ASC/2011/55) 

EdPSC agreed the proposals from ARSC regarding the Guidelines on Discretion, with the additional provision that exit velocity could be adopted as a further criteria in the exercise of discretion. 

4. *Convener's Business 

 

Section A: Items for Discussion

 

5. *Report on the External Examiners' Reports for Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Programmes/Courses for Session 2010-11 (ASC 11/74) 

 

6. *Academic Regulations 

 

6.1 Report from the Meeting of Academic Regulations Sub-Committee - 11 May 2012 (ASC 11/75) 

 

6.2 Code of Assessment: Amendments for 2012-13 (ASC 11/76) 

 

7. Programme Approval Business 

 

7.1 Follow-up Reports from Programme Approval Groups 

7.1.1  College of Arts (ASC 11/77)

*7.1.2 College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences (ASC 11/78)

7.1.3  College of Science & Engineering (ASC 11/79)

*7.1.4 College of Social Sciences (ASC 11/80)

7.2 Update Report from Programme & Course Approval Working Group (ASC 11/81) 

 

8. *Timetable for Annual Monitoring Process (ASC 11/82) 

 

9. *Periodic Subject Review (formerly DPTLA Review) 

 

9.1 Full Review Reports - 2012 

9.1.1 Management (ASC 11/83)

9.1.2 School of Education (ASC 11/84)

9.1.3 School of Law (ASC 11/85)

9.1.4 School of Medicine - U/G (ASC 11/86)

9.1.5 School of Physics & Astronomy (ASC 11/87) 

9.2 12-Month Update Reports 

9.2.1 Central & East European Studies (ASC 11/88)

9.2.2 Music (ASC 11/89)

9.2.3 School of Chemistry (ASC 11/90 - item added in error)

9.2.4 School of Psychology (ASC 11/91) 

10. *Termination of an Academic Collaboration (ASC 11/92) 

 

Section B: Items for Formal Approval 

 

11. Joint Board Reporting (Degrees delivered jointly with external institutions) (ASC 11/93) 

 

12. *Report of the Meeting of the Joint Board of the University of Glasgow and Christie's Education - 8 February 2012 (ASC 11/94) 

 

13. Items Referred from The Glasgow School of Art 

 

13.1 Periodic Review for the School of Fine Art (ASC 11/95) 

 

13.2 Programme Approval Update (ASC 11/96) 

 

14. Items Referred from Scottish Agricultural College 

 

14.1 Report of the Meeting of the Liaison Committee of the University of Glasgow and Scottish Agricultural College - 31 January 2012 (ASC 11/97) 

 

14.2 Validation Report – BSc/BSc (Hons) Garden and Greenspace Design (ASC 11/98) 

 

14.3 Report on the Review and Revalidation of the Programmes in the Agricultural Subject Group – April 2012 (ASC 11/99) 

 

Section C: Items for Noting or Information 

 

15. Dates for Next Session (ASC 11/100) 

 

16. Any Other Business 

 

16.1 Reserved Business 

 

17. Date of Next Meeting 

The next meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 5 October 2012. 

 

Created by: Ms Helen Butcher