At its meeting on 21 May 2015, Academic Standards Committee received the 12-month update report from the review of Philosophy which detailed the responses and the progress made to date in implementing the recommendations. ASC noted that the actions taken to address the most of the 22 recommendations appeared to be reasonable and appropriate. It was agreed that reports on further progress should be requested in relation to the following recommendations to the February 2016 meeting of ASC:

Recommendation 7: Update requested further to pending College discussion to consider the balance between essays and exams at Honours levels.

Recommendations 11 and 13: The matter of the SSR appeared to be unresolved and it was not evident that there were any plans by School or College to address this issue. No response had been submitted by the Head of School. ASC considered that further discussion at College level regarding the staffing issues were required and requested an update from the College and Head of School.

Recommendation 13: The situation with regards to securing an adequate budget for the provision of GTAs does not appear to have been resolved. No response had been received from the Head of School. ASC considered that there needed to be further discussion between School and College to establish a sustainable teaching plan for the delivery of Level 1 and 2 Philosophy courses. ASC requested that an update be provided from the Heads of School, Subject and College.

The most recent responses are highlighted in bold.

Academic Standards Committee is asked to consider the adequacy of the responses and the progress made.

As identified in the report.

As identified in the response.

As outlined.

No specific implications identified, although the School should continue to embed consideration of equality and diversity in all its procedures and provision.