ASC 14/08
University of Glasgow
Academic Standards Committee - Friday 3 October 2014
Cover Sheet
Mrs C Omand, Senior Academic Policy Manager
At its meeting on 15 April 2014, ASC received the 12-month update report from the review of PGT Medicine which detailed the responses and the progress made to date in implementing the recommendations. It was noted that the PSR Convener confirmed that, from the documentation provided, MVLS had taken the recommendations very seriously and had responded with appropriate action, and that no more could be expected at this stage. The ASC reviewers agreed that MVLS should be commended for the detailed response to the recommendations, and noted that their strategy document had resulted from detailed discussions between the key stakeholders. It was also noted that the restructuring of PGT provision and the renewed vigour for international recruitment and collaboration had been well thought out.
A number of small points for clarification were referred to the College of MVLS:
- Confirmation was sought on whether the market assessment had incorporated recruitment opportunities associated with a January start, and if this has been considered by the College a reference on this would be informative.
- In noting the intention to stop the sharing of UG and PGT courses, confirmation is sought on whether courses will be available to senior undergraduates studying at level 11.
- It was noted that the review of PGT annual monitoring reports would be undertaken by the PTC, but it would be useful to know whether there will be a mechanism for coordination with the review of the UG reports, and any common themes identified.
As a final point, it was not clear whether the restructuring of the PGT programmes had included any rationalising of the number of programmes, for example by offering a range of specialisations from a core set of MSc programmes. It was noted that this approach had recently been proposed within Engineering and might be something for the College of MVLS to consider.