University of Glasgow

Academic Standards Committee

A meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 6 October 2017 at 10:00 AM in the Melville Room

Ms Ruth Cole
Clerk to the Committee

Agenda

 
1. *Minutes of the Meeting held on Friday 19 May 2017 (ASC 17/01) 

 

2. *Matters Arising 

 

2.1 PSR Update Reports: General Points (ASC/2016/36.3) GTA Issues: Update from EdPSC (ASC/2016/43.2) 

 

2.2 Interim Responses to College Annual Monitoring Summaries for 2015-16 (ASC/2016/46) 

 

2.3 Report on the External Examiners’ Reports for Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Programmes/Courses for Session 2015-16 (ASC/2016/49) 

 

2.4 Items Referred from The Glasgow School of Art – Proposed Degree Regulation Amendment: PhD by Published Work (ASC/2016/53.2) 

 

3. *Convener's Business 

 

Section A: Items for Discussion 

 

4. *Programme Approval 

 

4.1 Report from the ASC Programme Approval Group, held on 1 September 2017 (ASC 17/02) 

 

4.2 Feedback from College Deans of Learning & Teaching/College Boards of Studies on the Revised Programme & Course Approval Processes (ASC 17/03) 

 

5. *Periodic Subject Review 

 

5.1 Summary Reports 

5.1.1 2016-17: Summary of Recommendations (ASC 17/04)

5.1.2 2016-17: Summary of Good Practice / Key Strengths (ASC 17/05)

5.2 Update Reports 2015-16 

5.2.1 Academic Development Unit (ASC 17/06)

5.2.2 English Literature (ASC 17/07)

5.2.3 Interdisciplinary Studies (ASC 17/08)

5.2.4 Mathematics & Statistics (ASC 17/09)

5.2.5 Scottish Literature (ASC 17/10) 

 

Section B: Items for Formal Approval 

 

6. Remit, Composition and Membership 2017-18 

 

6.1 Remit and Composition (ASC 17/11) 

 

6.2 Membership (ASC 17/12) 

 

7. Items Referred from The Glasgow School of Art 

 

7.1 Major Programme Amendment Proposal: MDes Sound for the Moving Image (ASC 17/13) 

 

7.2 Major Programme Amendment Proposal: MLitt Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) (ASC 17/14) 

 

7.3 Major Programme Amendment Proposal: MSc Visualisation (ASC 17/15) 

 

8. Items Referred from Scotland’s Rural College 

 

8.1 New Programme Proposal: BSc/BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing (ASC 17/16) 

 

8.2 Proposal to Change the Date of the Revalidation of the MSc Agricultural Professional Practice (ASC 17/17) 

 

Section C: Items for Noting or Information 

 

9. Item Referred from The Edinburgh Theological Seminary 

 

9.1 Report from the Meeting of the Joint Board of the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh Theological Seminary held on 27 April 2017 (ASC 17/18) 

 

10. Audit Reports on Course Approval Activity 

 

10.1 College of Arts (ASC 17/19) 

 

10.2 College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences (ASC 17/20) 

 

10.3 College of Science & Engineering (ASC 17/21) 

 

10.4 College of Social Sciences (ASC 17/22) 

 

11. Report on Items Approved under Summer Powers (ASC 17/23) 

 

12. Equality and Diversity: Equality Impact Assessment (ASC 17/24) 

 

13. Any Other Business 

 

14. Date of Next Meeting 

The next meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 24 November 2017 at 9.30am in the Gilbert Scott Conference Suite 250, Main Building. 

 

Created by: Ms Ruth Cole