16.05.18

Meeting No. 284

SENATE

Wednesday 16 May 2018

2pm - 5pm

AG07B

Governance Team

City, University of London

Northampton Square

London EC1V 0HB

Tel. 020 7040 8496

www.city.ac.uk/governance

AGENDA

Members are invited to raise questions of detail with the speakers specified for a paper ahead of the meeting with a view to improving the effectiveness of the meeting. Please notify the Governance Team if you wish to star an item.

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Part One - Preliminary Items		Paper¹	Main speaker(s)
1 2.00pm*	Apologies To note apologies received for the meeting	Verbal	Chair
*2	Highlighted Items To agree the highlighted () items* as the main items of the business of the meeting²	Verbal	Chair
*3	Minutes To agree the minutes of the meetings held on 13 December 2017 and 7 March 2018	Open	Chair
*4	Matters Arising
4.1	Research Items
	Items 2 & 15 - To receive an update on the review into support for PhD students	Verbal	VP(R&E)
	Item 27 - To receive an update on plans for an ARQM Review	Verbal	VP(R&E)
4.2	Education Items
	Item 18 - To receive an update on gender reporting of External Examiners	Verbal	DSAS
4.3	To note any other matters arising not covered elsewhere on the agenda	Verbal	Chair
*5	Conflicts of interest
	To note any members' conflicts of interest pertaining to the meeting's business	Verbal	Chair
*6	Terms of Reference and Governance Regulations To note the terms of reference of Senate and the regulations relating to Senate	Open	Chair
*7	Items Specifically Brought Forward by the Chair
7.1	To note an update on the Office for Students	Open	DSAS
7.2	To note Senate Policies approved by e-mail correspondence	Verbal	Chair
7.3	To receive an update from the Chair of the Industrial Action Quality and Standards Working Group	Open	DP&P
7.4	To consider any further issues brought forward by the Chair
	Innovation Refurbishment and Decant Arrangements To discuss implications for teaching and research	Open	Chair
*8	Senate Calendar To note the annual calendar for Senate business	Open	Chair
*9 2.20pm	Students' Union Standing Reports To note and discuss issues brought forward by the Students' Union	Open	SU President
Part Two - Debate Item/Presentation		Paper¹	Main Speaker(s)
*10 2.30pm	Undergraduate Assessment Strategies Review To note the report and receive a presentation on the Undergraduate Assessment Strategies Review Assessment Review Slides Assessment Review Project Report	Open	LEaD BoS Chair
Part Three - Deferred Items for Decision		Paper¹	Main Speakers
*11 2.50pm	Deferred Items For Approval To consider and approve items deferred for approval from the 7 March agenda. March agenda numbers are in brackets
11.1	Deputy Chair of Senate [7.1] To approve an extension to the term of the Deputy Chair of Senate	Verbal	Chair
11.2	Deputy Chair of BoS in Business Studies [7.2] To approve the nomination of Professor Paolo Volpin for Deputy Chair of the BoS in Business Studies	Verbal	Chair
11.3	Regulation 4: Senate's Committees [11] To approve proposed changes to Regulation 4	Open	Chair AGC/DP&P
11.4	Annual Programme Evaluation Template for research Degrees [16]	Open	Dean Grad School
11.5	Undergraduate Annual Programme Evaluation 2016-17: Quality Review [17] To approve the proposed plans for future reporting	Closed	DP&P
11.6	PSRB Reporting: Report from the School of Health Science [23] To approve the proposed actions	Open	DP&P
Part Four - Major Items for Decision or Discussion
*12 3.15pm	Interdisciplinary Centre To approve the establishment of the Interdisciplinary Centre Outlined in the report	Closed	VP(R&E)
*13 3.30pm	Proposed Revisions to Senate Policies To consider the paper and approve proposed revisions to the following Senate Policies:
13.1	Programme Approval Policy and Guidance	Open	DP&P
13.2	Programme Amendment Policy and Guidance	Open	DP&P
13.3	Periodic Review Policy and Guidance	Open	DP&P
13.4	Programme Termination and Suspension Policy and Guidance	Open	DP&P
*14 3.50pm	Annual Programme Evaluation (APE) Summary Project: Postgraduate Taught Report To note the report	Closed	DP&P
*15 4.00pm	Module Evaluation Reports Period 1 Module Evaluation Outcomes - Autumn To consider the Period 1 Module Evaluation Outcomes	Closed	DP&P
Part Five - Other Items for Decision of Discussion		Paper¹	Main Speaker(s)
*16 4.10pm	Reports from Sub-Committees and Executive Advisory Committees
16.1	Board of Studies Minutes To note the minutes and consider any matters of concern	Part Closed	BoS Chairs
16.2	Reports from the Graduate School Committee, Research and Enterprise Committee, Educational Quality Committee, Academic Governance Committee, Collaborative Provision Committee To receive a verbal update and consider matters of concern	Verbal	Committee Chairs
17 4.30pm*	Arrangements for Senate Elections: Publication of Voting Data To consider the use of the election data in future Senate elections	Open	College Secretary
18 4.40pm*	Recommendations for the Award of Professor Emeritus To consider the nominations and approve the recommendations for the award	Closed	Chair AGC
Part Six - Items for Information		Paper¹	Main Speaker(s)
19	Collaborative Provision Register 2017/18 To note the Register	Open	DP&P
20	PSRB Register APE Update: City Law School To note the report	Open	DP&P
21	Undergraduate APE Update: School of Health Sciences To note the report	Closed	DP&P
22	Minutes for Information To note minutes from the following meetings:
22.1	Council	Open	Chair
22.2	Senate Committees
22.2.1	Academic Governance Committee (AGC)	Open	Chair AGC
22.2.2	Senate Rsearch Ethics Committee (SREC)	Open	Chair SREC
22.2.3	Collaborative Provision Committee (CPC) 14 November 2017 1 March 2018	Open	Chair CPC
22.2.4	Educational Quality Committee (EQC)	Open	Chair EQC
22.3	Executive Advisory Committees
22.3.1	Graduate School Committee	Open	Dean Grad School
23	Honorary Visiting Professors To note the appointments and re-appointments of Honorary Visiting Professors approved by Chair's action	Open	Chair
Part Seven - Concluding Items		Paper¹	Main Speaker(s)
*24	Freedom of Information Review
	To identify any changes to the open/restricted/closed classification of papers from this meeting.
	Date of next meeting 11 July 2018 2.00pm to 5.00pm Convocation Suite
	Dr. William Jordan College Secretary william.jordan@city.ac.uk
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