ASC 14/78

University of Glasgow

Academic Standards Committee - Friday 17 April 2015

Proposal for Additional Named Awards for the MDes Design Innovation Programmes at The Glasgow School of Art

Cover Sheet

Robbie Mulholland, Clerk, Joint Liaison Committee of the University of Glasgow and The Glasgow School of Art

 
Brief description of the paper 

The attached report outlines a proposal from The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) for the approval of three additional named awards for the MDes in Design Innovation programme as follows:

  • MDes in Design Innovation and Interaction Design
  • MDes in Design Innovation and Transformation Design
  • MDes in Design Innovation and Collaborative Creativity

The current approved named awards are as follows:

  • MDes in Design Innovation and Citizenship
  • MDes in Design Innovation and Service Design
  • MDes in Design Innovation and Environmental Design

The Committee should note that, as requested, GSA has provided rationale in the paper as to why the pathways were not approved at the same time as the others.

Action Requested 

The Committee is asked to approve in principle the above additional named awards for the MDes in Design Innovation programme at The Glasgow School of Art. Subject to approval by the relevant GSA committees in Term 3 of session 2014/15, documentation would be brought to Academic Standards Committee in May 2015 for approval.

Recommended Person/s responsible for taking action(s) forward 

The Glasgow School of Art.

Resource implications 

None.

Timescale for Implementation 

Not applicable.

Equality implications 

There are not equality implications in the Report.

 

Prepared by: Karen Robertson