07.03.18

Meeting No. 283

SENATE

Wednesday 7 March 2018 at 2pm - 5pm

Northampton Suite

Governance Team

City, University of London

Northampton Square

London EC1V 0HB

Tel. 020 7040 8496

www.city.ac.uk/about/governance

AGENDA

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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 for the meeting².	Verbal	Chair
*3	Minutes To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 13 December 2017	Open	Chair
*4	Matters Arising
4.1	Item 22 - To receive an update on training for staff who may be asked to sit on Stage 2-level panels in relation to student cases.	Verbal	DP&P
4.2	Item 28 - To receive an update on the proposed review of the ARQM process	Verbal	VP(R&E)
4.3	Item 33 - To receive an update on the training of Research Students Who Teach	Verbal	Dean Grad. School
4.4	To note any other matters arising not covered elsewhere on the Agenda	Open	Chair
*5	Conflicts of interest To note any members' conflicts of interest pertaining to this 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 Specially Brought Forward by the Chair To consider any issues brought forward by the Chair	Verbal	Chair
7.1	Deputy Chair of Senate	Verbal	Chair
7.2	Deputy Chair of Board of Studies, Business School	Verbal	Chair
7.3	Quality and Standards Issues in Relation to Industrial Action Statement from Elected Senators on the Ongoing USS Dispute (Tabled paper)	Open	Chair
*8	Senate Calendar To note the annual calendar for Senate business	Open	Chair
9 2.15pm*	Students' Union Standing Reports
*9.1	To note and discuss issues brought forward by the Students' Union	Open	SU President
*9.2	To note the Students' Union Programme Representatives' Report	Open	SU President
Part Two - Debate Item/Presentation		Paper¹	Main speaker(s)
*10 2.25pm	REF2021 To receive a presentation from the VP (R&E) regarding REF 2021	Verbal	VP (R&E)
Part Three - Major Items for Decision or Discussion		Paper¹	Main speaker(s)
*11 2.50pm	Regulation 4: Senate's Committees To approve proposed changes to Regulation 4	Open	Chair AGC/DP&P
12 3.00pm*	Educational Quality Committee Membership To consider the recommendation from the AGC in relation to the process for selection of elected Senators	Open	Chair AGC/DP&P
*13 3.05pm	Establishment of Senate Research Committee: Senate Governance Arrangements Update To approve in principle the proposals for the Senate Research Committee	Open	VP (R&E)
*14 3.15pm	Policy Revisions To approve proposed revisions to the following policies:
*14.1	Admissions Policy	Open	DP&P
*14.2	Personal Tutoring Policy	Open	DP&P
*15 3.30pm	NSS Milestones To consider the paper. Chairs of BoS to comment.	Restricted	DP&P
*16 3.40pm	Annual Programme Evaluation Template for Research Degrees To consider the paper and approve the revised template	Open	Dean Grad. School
*17 3.50pm	Undergraduate Annual Programme Evaluation 2016-17: Quality Review To consider the paper and approve the proposed plans for future reporting	Closed	DP&P
*18 4.00pm	APE Summary Report: Updated Postgraduate Report To consider the updated paper	Open	DP&P
Part Four - Other items for discussion		Paper¹	Main speaker(s)
*19 4.05pm	Reports from Sub-Committees and Executive Advisory Committees
19.1	Boards of Studies Minutes To note the minutes and consider any matters of concern	Part-closed	BoS Chairs
19.2	Reports from the Graduate School Committee, Research & Enterprise Committee, Educational Quality Committee, Collaborative Provision Committee To receive a verbal update and consider any matters of concern	Verbal	Committee Chairs
*20 4.15pm	Research & Enterprise Strategy Action Plan To consider the Action Plan	Open	VP & (R&E)
*21 4.25pm	Ordinance Revisions To consider the proposed revisions	Open	College Secretary
22 4.35pm*	Senate Elections To consider the process for future Senate elections	Open	College Secretary
*23 4.45pm	PSRB Reporting: Report from the School of Health Sciences To consider the report and approve the proposed actions	Open	Dean of SHS
*24 4.50pm	SASS PSRB Register To note the report	Open	DP&P
*25 4.55pm	Updated Assessment Feedback Turnaround Times - Spring 2016/17 To consider the updated report	Closed	DP&P
Part Five - Items for information		Paper¹	Main speaker(s)
26	Office for Students (OfS) Consultation Response To note the OfS consultation response	Open	DP&P
27	Minutes for Information To note the minutes from the following meetings:
27.1	Council:
27.1.1	Council Minutes - 6 October 2017	Part-closed	Chair
27.1.2	Council Minutes - 17 November 2017	Part-closed	Chair
27.2	Senate Committees:
27.2.1	Academic Governance Committee	Open	Chair AGC
27.2.2	Senate Research Ethics Committee	Open	Chair SREC
27.3	Executive Advisory Committees:
27.3.1	Research and Enterprise Committee	Open	VP (R&E)
27.3.2	Graduate School Committee	Open	Dean Grad. School
28	Honorary Visiting Professors To note the appointments and re-appointments of Honorary Visiting Professors approved by Chair's action	Open	Chair
Part Six - Concluding items		Paper¹	Main speaker(s)
*29	Freedom of Information Review To identify any changes to the open/restricted/closed classification of papers from this meeting
	Date of next meeting 16 May 2018 2.00pm to 5.00pm Room AG07B
	Dr. William Jordan College Secretary william.jordan@city.ac.uk
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