University of Glasgow

Academic Standards Committee

A meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 16 November 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 Meeting held on Friday 5 October 2012 (ASC 12/22) 

 

3. Matters Arising 

 

3.1 *Report from Academic Regulations Sub-Committee (ASC/2012/2.1) (ASC 12/23) 

Update on development of Generic Regulations for PGT and MRes awards. 

3.2 *Report from the Meeting of Deans of Learning & Teaching re. Programme and Course Approval Process  

RIO have been invited to review their traffic light system for reviewing viability of proposed new programmes. The process for notifying key course changes to relevant parties has been referred to a new Working Group established by the Vice Principal (Learning & Teaching) which is considering Programme Plan and Programme Specification data.  

3.3 ASC Membership (ASC/2012/11.2) (ASC 12/24) 

 

4. *Convener's Business 

 

Section A: Items for Discussion 

 

5. *College Annual Monitoring Summaries 

 

5.1 College of Arts (ASC 12/25 + ASC 12/25(a)) 

 

5.2 College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences (ASC 12/26) 

 

5.3 College of Science & Engineering (ASC 12/27 + ASC 12/27(a)) 

 

5.4 College of Social Sciences (ASC 12/28 - to follow) 

 

6. *Reports from Programme Approval Groups 

 

6.1 College of Arts (ASC 12/29) 

 

6.2 College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences (ASC 12/30) 

 

6.3 College of Science & Engineering (ASC 12/31) 

 

7. *Report from the Meeting of Academic Regulations Sub-Committee - 1 November 2012 (ASC 12/32) 

 

8. *University Guidelines for Boards of Examiners on the Exercise of Discretion (ASC 12/33) 

 

9. Periodic Subject Review 

 

9.1 Reports to be Received during 2012-13 and Proposed ASC Reviewers (ASC 12/34) 

 

9.2 *12-Month Update Report 

9.2.1 Electronics & Electrical Engineering (ASC 12/35) 

9.3 *Update Reports 

9.3.1 Central & East European Studies (ASC 12/36)

9.3.2 Music (ASC 12/37)

9.3.3 Urban Studies (ASC 12/38) 

Section B: Items for Formal Approval 

 

10. Item Referred from Scottish Agricultural College: Interim Use of Changed Title for BSc/BSc (Hons) Applied Bioscience (ASC 12/39) 

 

11. Item Referred from Free Church College - New Staff (ASC 12/40) 

 

Section C: Items for Noting or Information 

 

12. Singapore Institute of Technology: Extended Collaboration - Computing Science Undergraduate Degree Programme (ASC 12/41) 

 

13. Any Other Business 

 

13.1 Reserved Business 

 

14. Date of Next Meeting 

 The next meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 15 February 2013 at 9.30am in the Melville Room.

 

Created by: Ms Helen Butcher