Academic Standards Committee (ASC) at its November 2016 meeting agreed to approve the introduction of an additional pathway in Performance for the MLitt Fine Art Practice programme commencing in September 2017.

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) Undergraduate and Postgraduate (UPC) Programme Approval Meeting in September 2016 made the following recommendations and asked that a progress report on these be submitted to relevant GSA committees within twelve months. The enclosed paper which provides an update on progress made was submitted to GSA Academic Council in October 2017.

Recommendation 1: The Approval Panel recommended that the Programme Leader consider the feedback provided by Professor Stockham with regard to the assessment of performance work, and that this is reflected in the Submissions Guidelines, currently in development, for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the School of Fine Art.

Recommendation 2: The Approval Panel recommended that the Programme Leader should consider the bibliography for each of the course specifications and, where appropriate, update these to include more recent publications. This should be undertaken in consultation with the Head of Learning Resources. The Financial Rationale should be updated accordingly following that consultation if necessary. Bibliographies in course specifications should be presented in the Harvard style.

Recommendation 3: In conjunction with the Head of Academic Registry and the Senior Policy Officer, the Programme Leader should revisit Questions 19 and 20 in the Programme Specification to clarify the opportunities for students to transfer in and out of the programme and for advanced entry.

Academic Standards Committee is asked to note the action taken in respect of the recommendations.

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No resource implications for the University have been identified.

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Equality considerations and equality impact assessment is embedded and mainstreamed at GSA. An Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) was carried out for the MLitt Fine Art Practice - Performance Pathway amendment in September 2017. No negative impact on people with a protected characteristic was identified or anticipated. The positive impact of practice identified within the programme level equality impact assessment has been built into the development of this pathway and the outcomes of that EIA have been incorporated into the delivery of the pathway.