University of Glasgow

Academic Standards Committee

A meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 19 May 2017 at 9:30 AM in the Melville Room

Ms Ruth Cole
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 24 March 2017 (ASC 16/63) 

 

2. *Matters Arising 

 

2.1 Report from the Meeting of Academic Regulations Sub-Committee held on 16 March 2017 (ASC/2016/35) – Masters assessment and threshold grades: Update from EdPSC 

 

2.2 PSR Update reports: General points (ASC/2016/36.3) – GTA issues: Update from EdPSC 

 

3. *Convener's Business 

 

Section A: Items for Discussion 

 

4. *Credit Rating of University Widening Participation Programmes (ASC 16/64) 

 

5. *Interim Responses to College Annual Monitoring Summaries for 2015-16 (ASC 16/65) 

 

6. *Report from Meeting of Academic Regulations Sub-Committee held on 5 May 2017 (ASC 16/66) 

 

7. *Additional Time/Related Arrangements for Students with Disabilities for Short Examination/Class Tests (ASC 16/67) 

 

8. *Report on the External Examiners’ Reports for Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Programmes/Courses for Session 2015-16 (ASC 16/68) 

 

9. Periodic Subject Review 

 

9.1 Full Review Reports 

9.1.1 Accounting & Finance (ASC 16/69)

9.1.2 Central & Eastern European Studies (ASC 16/70-revised)

9.1.3 Information Studies (formerly HATII) (ASC 16/71)

9.1.4 School of Life Sciences (ASC 16/72)

9.1.5 School of Psychology (ASC 16/73) 

Section B: Items for Formal Approval 

 

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

 

10.1 Report from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) of the Review of Programmes in the Horticulture and Landscape Subject Group - Revalidation of: (ASC 16/74) 
  • BSc (Hons) Horticulture
  • BSc (Hons) Horticulture and Plantmanship
  • BSc (Hons) Garden and Greenspace Design

 

10.2 Report from the Meeting of the Joint Liaison Committee of the University of Glasgow and Scotland’s Rural College held on 25 November 2016 (ASC 16/75) 

 

11. *Item Referred from Edinburgh Theological Seminary 

 

11.1 Report from the Meeting of the Joint Board of the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh Theological Seminary held on 23 November 2016 and Statement of Intent for a Proposed New Programme: MTh in Missiology at the Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ASC 16/76) 

 

12. *Items Referred from The Glasgow School of Art 

 

12.1 Report from the Meeting of the Joint Liaison Committee of the University of Glasgow and The Glasgow School of Art held on 1 February 2017 (ASC 16/77) 

 

12.2 Proposed Degree Regulation Amendment: PhD by Published Work (ASC 16/78) 

 

12.3 Periodic Subject Review: Responses to Recommendations Arising from the Review of the School of Design, The Glasgow School of Art, held on 24 and 25 February 2016 (ASC 16/79) 

 

12.4 Programme Approval 2015-16 Update: MSc in Environmental Architecture, The Glasgow School of Art (ASC 16/80) 

 

12.5 Proposed Amendments to the Programme Approval (Validation) Process for The Glasgow School of Art (ASC 16/82) 

 

Section C: Items for Noting or Information 

 

13. Interim Report on Programme Approval 2016-17 (ASC 16/81-Revised) 

 

14. Dates for Next Session 

Friday 29 September 2017

Friday 24 November 2017

Friday 26 January 2018

Friday 23 March 2018

Friday 18 May 2018

15. Any Other Business 

 

16. Date of Next Meeting 

The next meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 29 September 2017 at 9.30 a.m. in the Melville Room. 

 

Created by: Ms Ruth Cole