At the meeting on 29 May 2009, Academic Standards Committee requested a further update to responses to recommendations arising from the Review of the Department of Economics held on 24 January 2008, in relation to the Report’s following Recommendations:

• Recommendation 2: continuation of plans to improve formative element of assessments and feedback for undergraduates and postgraduates;
• Recommendation 3: extension of remit of Assessment Working Group to support new assessment practices and promotion of enquiry-led learning at Levels 1 and 2;
• Recommendation 5: the inclusion of marks from study abroad in the student’s final grade;
• Recommendation 8: feeding back students’ comments to the Careers Service to ensure consistency of advice provided and usefulness of Careers Fair;
• Recommendation 9: encouraging students to engage with employability from programme outset, by offering employability related workshops in Levels 1 and 2 and considering embedding employability in curriculum development;
• Recommendation 11: reviewing PGT programme structures to offer flexibility of choice and avoid duplication of study;
• Recommendation 18: movement towards the inclusion of tutorials within all courses and that, in particular, smaller group sessions be an integral part of PG programmes in the future;
• Recommendation 19: the appointment of student representatives as full members on teaching committees and consideration of the appointment of a student to its departmental committee.

ASC is asked to consider the responses submitted.

Not applicable.

None other than identified in the report.

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Not applicable.