University of Glasgow

Academic Standards Committee

A meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 4 October 2013 at 10:00 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 24 May 2013 (ASC 13/01) 

 

3. Matters Arising 

 

3.1 Periodic Subject Review: Update on Actions identified by ASC from previous PSR Reports (ASC 13/02) 

 

3.2 Supplementary Report from the Meeting of Academic Regulations Sub-Committee (ARSC) 11 March 2013 (ASC/2012/68) 

ARSC will take forward, at its forthcoming meetings, actions to review i) internal translation of year abroad grades and ii) practice/guidance for making Honours assessments for ordinary degree awards. The matter of standard penalties for late submission of coursework for part-time students will also be reviewed. 

3.3 Monitoring of UG Degree Classification Data (ASC/2012/69) 

Access to HESA statistics to obtain comparative subject data will be progressed and reported back to ASC in due course.  

4. *Convener's Business 

 

Section A: Items for Discussion 

 

5. *Proposal for Introduction of MSc Land & Hydrographic Survey with Work Placement Programme - for consideration of in-principle approval (ASC 13/03) 

 

6. *Enhancement-led Institutional Review (ELIR) Reflective Analysis and Case Studies (ASC 13/04) 

 

7. *Revised Degree for Initial Teacher Education - further proposal for 4th Year exit award(s) (ASC 13/05) 

 

8. *Follow-up Report on External Examiners Reports - Session 2011-12 (ASC 13/06) 

 

9. *Actions Arising from College Annual Monitoring Summaries (Session 2011-12) (ASC 13/07) 

 

10. *Guidance on Discretion: Review of Initial Implementation (ASC 13/08) 

 

11. *Periodic Subject Review 

 

11.1 Summary Reports 

11.1.1 2012-13: Summary of Recommendations (ASC 13/09)

11.1.2 2012-13: Summary of Good Practice / Key Strengths (ASC 13/10)

11.2 Outstanding Reports from 2012-13 

11.1.1 Open Studies - To be submitted to ASC in November 

12. *Development of Good Cause Claims in MyCampus (ASC 13/11) 

 

 Section B: Items for Formal Approval

 

13. Remit, Composition and Membership 2013-14 

 

13.1 Remit and Composition (ASC 13/12) 

 

13.2 Membership (ASC 13/13) 

 

14. Programme Approval Groups - Membership and Dates for 2013-14 (ASC 13/14) 

 

15. *The Glasgow School of Art: Statement of Intent Approval - MFA Global Product Strategies (ASC 13/15) 

 

16. Report from the Meeting of the Joint Board of the University of Glasgow and Free Church College (ASC 13/16) 

 

17. Report from the Meeting of the Joint Board of the University of Glasgow and Christie's Education (ASC 13/17) 

 

 Section C: Items for Noting or Information

 

18. The Glasgow School of Art: Policy Amendments Approved by Academic Council - 2012-13 (ASC 13/18) 

 

19. Report on Items Approved under Summer Powers (ASC 13/19) 

 

20. Report on New Courses and Course Amendments Approved by Schools during 2012-13 (ASC 13/20) 

 

21. Any Other Business 

 

21.1 Reserved Business 

 

22. Date of Next Meeting 

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

 

Created by: Ms Helen Butcher