Meeting 19

Minutes

Education & Student Committee Agenda - Meeting 19

Thursday 9 November – 14.00 - 17.00 hrs

Room D427, Rhind Building

Part 1 Preliminary Items			Paper ¹	Speaker	Time
1	*	Welcome and apologies and to agree: * (for discussion); # (discussion only matters of importance/concern arising); all others (for information)²	Verbal	Chair	14.00
2	#	Minutes To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 21 September 2017	Open	Chair
3	#	Matters Arising To note matters arising from previous meetings, which do not appear elsewhere on the agenda	Open	Chair
4	*	Chair's Business To receive a report on important institutional business from the Chair	Verbal	Chair	14.05
5	*	Governance To consider the relationships between committees in the proposed revised governance structure and note the proposed membership and composition Appendix 1 Proposed Committee Structure Appendix 2 Existing Committee Structure Governance Structure Diagram	Open	Chair	14.10
6	*	Students’ Union Standing Report			14.20
6a	*	To receive a report from the Students’ Union	Open	SU President
6b	*	To receive an update on the Segmentation Project	Restricted	SU President
Part 2 - Strategy, Planning and City Developments and Priorities			Paper¹	Speaker
7	*	Office for Students To receive an update and consider the current consultation	Open	Chair	14.30
8	*	Education and Student Strategy			14.40
8a	*	To receive a proposal for reporting Education and Student Strategy performance indicators	Restricted	Head of Student Experience & Engagement
8b	*	To consider and approve a project plan for the proposed Distinctive Offer project	Restricted	Head of Student Experience & Engagement
8c	*	To receive an update on continuing professional development for learning and teaching and consider the next steps	Restricted	Director of LEaD
9	*	Student Satisfaction To consider and approve a project plan for the proposed Student Representation project	Restricted	Head of Student Experience & Engagement	15.55
10	*	Progression			15.05
10a	*	To receive an update on the intentions for personal support	Restricted	Head of Student Experience & Engagement
10b	*	To receive the minutes of the Progression Improvement Working Group (Meetings 6, 7 & 8)
10bi	*	Meeting 6 - 17 August 2017	Restricted	Head of Student Experience & Engagement
10bii	*	Meeting 7 - 25 September 2017	Restricted	Head of Student Experience & Engagement
10biii	*	Meeting 8 - 23 October 2017	Restricted	Head of Student Experience & Engagement
10c	*	To receive an update on personal tutoring and consider the draft revision to the Personal Tutoring Policy	Open	Dept. Director LEaD
11	#	Employability			15.20
11a	#	To receive an update on the strategic plan for 2017 DLHE outcomes initiative	Restricted	Head of Careers
11b	#	To receive an update on the School 2016 DLHE reports Cass Business School City Law School School of Arts and Social Sciences School of Health Sciences School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering	Restricted	Head of Careers
12	#	Student and Academic Services Standing Report To receive a report on activities of the Directorate	Verbal	Director S&AS	15.25
13	#	LEaD Standing Report To receive a report on the activities of LEaD	Verbal	Director LEaD	15.30
14	#	Undergraduate Assessment Strategy Review To receive an update on the review	Open	Dept. Director LEaD	15.35
15	#	English Language Support To receive an update on English for Academic Purposes	Open	Deputy Dean SASS	15.40
BREAK 15.45-15.50 Committee members (excluding those only attending for the Strategic Development items) continue for Part 3
Part 3 - Educational Quality			Paper¹	Speaker
16	#	Annual Assurance Report to Senate and Council To note the draft report which was approved by Senate in October 2017 and will be presented to Council in November 2017	Closed	Chair	15.50
17	*	Assessment Regulations			15.55
17a	*	To consider the feedback received in relation to the Assessment Regulations and approve the recommendations	Open	Assistant Registrar (Quality)
17b	*	To consider the key findings of the UUK/GuildHE Understanding Degree Algorithms Report	Open	Assistant Registrar (Quality)
18	*	Assessment Boards 2016/17 To consider a summary report on Assessment Board Operation and approve the recommendations	Closed	Assistant Registrar (Quality)	16.05
19	*	Senate Policies			16.10
19a	*	Student Attendance and Engagement – to note the policy	Open	Head of Student Experience & Engagement
19b	*	Extensions and Late Participation - to consider a draft consultation paper	Open	Head of Student Experience & Engagement
19c	*	PSRB Policy – to approve revisions to the policy and annual reporting formats	Open	Assistant Registrar (Quality)
20	#	Programme Approval and Development			16.30
20ai	#	To receive a summary report on current programmes and programme terminations	Open	Assistant Director (QUAD)
20aii	#	To receive a summary report on Board of Studies amendments - Overview Report	Open	Assistant Director (QUAD)
20aiii	#	To receive a summary report of Board of Studies Amendments by School	Open	Assistant Director (QUAD)
20b	#	To receive an update on the Credit Framework Register	Verbal	Assistant Registrar (Quality)
21	#	External Examiners To receive an updated summary of appointments/re-appointments for 2017/18	Closed	Assistant Registrar (Quality)	16.35
22	#	GraduateSchool To receive the minutes of the meeting held in June 2017	Open	Chair Graduate School	16.40
23		Collaborative Provision Committee To note that the first meeting will be held in November 2017	-	Assistant Director (QUAD)
24	*	Sector Update - QAA Guidance on preventing cheating in Higher Education To receive an update on the guidance and approve the recommendations for next steps for City	Open	Assistant Registrar (QUAD)	16.45
25	#	Sector Update – Consultation on the review of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education To receive an update	Open	Assistant Director (QUAD)	16.50
26	#	University of London Quality Enhancement Review To note City’s 2016/17 submission to University of London	Closed	Assistant Director (QUAD)	16.55
27	#	Any Other Business

Next meeting		February 2018 - To be confirmed
Secretary: Helen Fitch Email: Helen.Fitch.1@city.ac.uk Telephone: 020 7040 8793
¹City, University of London’s Publication Scheme, produced in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, makes clear that the papers and minutes of meetings of Council and Senate and their committees are routinely published on the web. Restricted and closed papers are exempt under the Scheme. All other papers are Open and are published without hesitation on the web. “Restricted” papers are made available to staff. Staff should treat “Restricted” papers as confidential and not to share or discuss them with anyone other than City staff.² Recommendations included in papers not starred and not discussed will be taken as approved.