University of Glasgow

Academic Standards Committee

A meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 25 May 2018 at 9:30 AM in the Melville Room

Ms Ruth Cole
Clerk to the Committee

Agenda

 
Only items listed under Sections A and B will be discussed. At the beginning of the meeting members will be given the opportunity to request that any items listed under Section C be included in the Committee's discussion. 

 

1. Minutes of the Meeting held on Friday 23 March 2018 (ASC 17/67) 

 

2. Matters Arising 

 

2.1 PGT College Annual Monitoring Summaries for 2016-17: College of Science & Engineering (ASC2017/29.1) (ASC/2017/35.1) 

 

2.2 Periodic Subject Review: Update Reports: English Literature (ASC/2017/30.1.2) (ASC/2017/35.3) 

 

2.3 PGT Review: Criteria for Award of Merit and Distinction (ASC/2017/38.1) 

 

3. Convener's Business 

 

Section A: Items for Discussion 

 

4. Transformation Project Presentation 

 

5. Responses to Issues Raised in the Undergraduate and Postgraduate College Annual Monitoring Summaries 2016-17 (ASC 17/68) 

 

6. Report from Meeting of Academic Regulations Sub-Committee held on 4 May 2018 (ASC 17/69) 

 

7. Report on the External Examiners’ Reports for Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Programmes/Courses for Session 2016-17 (ASC 17/70) 

 

8. Periodic Subject Review 

 

8.1 Full Review Reports 

8.1.1 School of Law  (ASC 17/71)

8.1.2 Management (ASC 17/72)

8.1.3 Music (ASC 17/73)

8.1.4 School of Physics & Astronomy (ASC 17/74) 

8.2 Update Reports 

8.2.1 Central & East European Studies (ASC 17/75)

8.2.2 History of Art (ASC 17/76)

8.2.3 School of Psychology (ASC 17/77)

8.2.4 School of Life Sciences (ASC 17/92) 

 

 

Section B: Items for Formal Approval

 

9. Item Referred from Christie’s Education 

 

9.1 Report from the Meeting of the Joint Board of the University of Glasgow and Christie's Education held on 10 April 2018 (ASC 17/78 TO BE SUBMITTED TO OCTOBER ASC MEETING) 

 

10. Items Referred from Edinburgh Theological Seminary 

 

10.1 Summary Report of the Validation Event for the Re-Validation of the Bachelor of Theology and Master of Theology, and Validation of the Master of Theology in Missiology held on 19 February 2018 (ASC 17/79) 

 

10.2 Report from the Meeting of the Joint Board of the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh Theological Seminary held on 2 February 2018 (ASC 17/80-revised) 

 

11. Items Referred from The Glasgow School of Art 

 

11.1 Report from the Periodic Review Report 2017/18: School of Fine Art (ASC 17/81) 

 

11.2 Programme Approval Report: MSc Visualisation (Major Programme Amendment) (ASC 17/82) 

 

11.3 Programme Proposal: MDes Silversmithing and Jewellery (ASC 17/83) 

 

11.4 Programme Proposal: MLitt Art, Society and Culture (ASC 17/84) 

 

11.5 Programme Proposal: MLitt Design Intersections (ASC 17/85) 

 

11.6 Report from the Meeting of the Joint Liaison Committee of the University of Glasgow and The Glasgow School of Art held on 5 March 2018 (ASC 17/86) 

 

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

 

12.1 Report from the Meeting of the Joint Liaison Committee of the University of Glasgow and Scotland’s Rural College held on 23 March 2018 (ASC 17/87) 

 

12.2 Report of the Validation Meeting for the BSc/BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing (ASC 17/88) 

 

12.3 Report of the Institution-led Review of Education Programmes in the Agricultural and Business Management Department, incorporating Revalidation of: 
  • BSc (Hons) Agriculture
  • BA (Hons) Rural Business Management
  • MSc Agricultural Professional Practice
  • MSc Organic Farming (ASC 17/89)

 

Section C: Items for Noting or Information 

 

13. Items Referred from The Glasgow School of Art 

 

13.1 Programme Approval 2017-18 (School of Fine Art): Update on the Recommendations for the MLitt Art Writing Programme (ASC 17/90) 

 

13.2 Major Programme Amendment Approval 2017-18 (School of Design): Update on the Recommendations for the MEd in Learning, Teaching and Supervisory Practices in the Creative Disciplines (ASC 17/91) 

 

14. Dates for Next Session 

Friday 5 October 2018

Friday 23 November 2018

Friday 25 January 2019

Friday 22 March 2019

Friday 24 May 2019

15. Any Other Business 

 

15.1 Proposed Amendment to the Code of Assessment Concerning Reassessment for the Award of the Ordinary/Designated Degree (ASC 17/93) 

 

16. Date of Next Meeting 

The next meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on Friday 5 October 2018 at 9.30 a.m. 

 

Created by: Ms Ruth Cole