University of Glasgow

Academic Standards Committee

A meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 17 April 2015 at 9:30 AM in the Melville Room

Mrs Lesley Fielding
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. *Minutes of the Meeting held on Friday 13 February 2015 (ASC 14/62) 

 

2. *Matters Arising 

 

2.1 PGT College Annual Monitoring Summaries for 2013-14: College of Science & Engineering (ASC/2014/37.4) 

 

2.2 Report from the Meeting of Academic Regulations Sub-Committee held on 9 December 2014 (ASC/2014/38) 

 

2.3 University of Glasgow Singapore – Year 1 Review of Aerospace Programmes (ASC/2014/41) 

 

2.4 Meeting of Deans of Graduate Studies and Learning & Teaching re. GTAs - Update 

 

3. *Convener's Business 

 

Section A: Items for Discussion 

 

4. *Annual Report on External Examiners’ Reports – Session 2013-14 (ASC 14/63) 

 

5. *Programme Approval 

 

5.1 Review of Course and Programme Approval Process (ASC 14/64) 

 

5.2 Reports from Semester 2 Programme Approval Groups 

5.2.1 College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences (ASC 14/65) 

5.2.2 College of Science & Engineering (ASC 14/66)

5.2.3 College of Social Sciences (ASC 14/67) 

6. *Update on Pilot for Submitting Good Cause Claims on MyCampus (ASC 14/68) 

 

7. *Treatment of Absence with Good Cause from Honours Assessments (ASC 14/69) 

 

8. *Update on Degree Classification (ASC 14/70) 

 

9. *Visiting Student Examination Scheduling in Semester 1 (ASC 14/71) 

 

10. *Periodic Subject Review 

 

10.1 Full Review Reports 

10.1.1 Classics (ASC 14/72) 

10.2 12-Month Update Reports 

10.2.1 Nursing and Healthcare (ASC 14/73) 

10.3 Update Reports 

10.3.1 School of Physics & Astronomy (ASC 14/74) 

Section B: Items for Formal Approval 

 

11. Items Referred from The Glasgow School of Art 

 

11.1 Report from the Programme Approval Event held at The Glasgow School of Art on 11 February 2015 (ASC 14/75) 

 

11.2 Update on Recommendations from the Periodic Review of the Digital Design Studio (ASC 14/76) 

 

11.3 Update on Programme Approval Recommendations from Session 2012-13 for the MSc Visualisation Programme (ASC 14/77) 

 

11.4 *Proposal for Additional Named Awards for the MDes Design Innovation Programmes (ASC 14/78) 

 

12. Item Referred from the Edinburgh Theological Seminary 

 

12.1 Report of the Meeting of the Joint Board of the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ASC 14/79) 

 

13. Items Referred from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) 

 

13.1 Report from the Meeting of the Joint Liaison Committee of the University of Glasgow (UoG) and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) (ASC 14/80) 

 

13.2 Report from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) of the Review of Programmes in the Environment and Countryside Subject Group (ASC 14/81) 

 

Section C: Items for Noting or Information 

 

14. Any Other Business 

 

15. Date of Next Meeting 

The next meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 22 May 2015 at 9.30am in the Melville Room. 

 

Created by: Mrs Lesley Fielding