Meeting no. 287 - 12.12.18

Meeting No. 287 SENATE

Wednesday 12th December 2018 2pm to 5pm

Northampton Suite

Governance Team

City, University of London

Northampton Square

London EC1V 0HB

Tel. 020 7040 8496

www.city.ac.uk/about/governance

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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 business for the meeting2.	Verbal	Chair
*3	Minutes To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 17th October 2018.	Open	Chair
*4	Matters Arising
4.1	Action 14, Sebastian Street Project - To receive an update.	To follow	Keith Simpson
4.2	Action 18, Annual Assurance Report to Council - To receive an update on the report to Council	Verbal	College Secretary/DSAS
4.3	Action 11, AOB – Senate Membership - To receive a recommendation from AGC regarding eligibility of Research Staff to stand and vote in Senate elections.	Open	Chair
4.4	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 this.	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
7.1	Senate Sub Committee Membership To note the updated membership of Senate’s Sub Committees.	Open	College Secretary
7.2	Approval for the award of Fellow Emeritus (subject to AGC recommendation) To note Senate approval for the award of Fellow Emeritus via email correspondence.	Verbal	Chair
7.3	Approval of additional Programme Regulation in SHS To note Chair’s action taken to approve an additional programme regulation in SHS.	Open	Chair
7.4	To consider any other issues brought forward by the Chair.	Verbal	Chair
*8	Senate Calendar To note the annual calendar for Senate business.	Open	Chair
9 2.20pm*	Students’ Union Standing Report To note and discuss issues brought forward by the Students’ Union.	Open	SU President
Part Two – Presentation / Debate Item		*Paper1*	*Main* *Speaker(s)*
10 2.25pm*	Student Mental Health / #StepchangeProgramme To receive a presentation regarding student mental health	Presentation	Chair LEaD BoS
Part Three – Major Items for Discussion		*Paper1*	*Main* *Speaker(s)*
11 2.45pm	Proposals/reports to Senate from AcademicGovernance Committee
11.1	Proposed Revisions to Regulation 7 To consider and approve proposed revisions to Regulation 7: Emeritus Titles.	Open	Chair AGC
11.2	Proposed changes to Regulation 4 (if required after AGC) To approve the proposed changes.	Open	Chair SREC/College Secretary
11.3	Senate Effectiveness To receive an update on Senate Effectiveness.	Open	College Secretary
12 3.00pm*	Reports to Senate from City Graduate School
12.1	Research Students Who Teach To consider the report.	Open	Dean Grad School
12.2	Graduate School Annual Report To consider the report.	Open	Dean Grad School
12.3	Roles & Requirements for external supervisors and consultants – guidance To approve the guidance.	Open	Dean Grad School
12.4	Postgraduate Research Learning Outcomes To receive the report.	Restricted	Dean Grad School
13 3.20pm*	External Examiners Appointments To note the report from Educational Quality Committee	Closed	Assistant Director, S&AS
14 3.30pm*	Proposals/reports to Senate from Education & Student Committee
14.1	Student Engagement & Attendance Update To consider the report.	To follow	Director, S&AS
14.2	Delivering Integrated Student Support from a Student Perspective: Our Future Needs To note the report.	Open	Director, S&AS
15 3.40pm*	Reports from Sub-Committeesand Executive Advisory Committees
15.1	Escalation from SHS Board of Studies HEE paper To consider the paper and recommended actions.	Restricted	Chair of SHS BoS
15.2	Boards of Studies Minutes To note the minutes and consider any matters of concern	Part closed	BoS Chairs
15.3	Reports from the Graduate SchoolCommittee, Research & Enterprise Committee, Educational Quality Committee, Academic Governance Committee, Collaborative Provision Committee To receive a verbal update and consider any matters of concern.	Verbal	Committee Chairs
Part Four – Other Items for discussion		*Paper1*	*Main* *Speaker(s)*
16 3.50pm*	Assessment Feedback Turnaround Times – Spring. To consider the report.	Closed	Assistant Director, S&AS
17 4.00pm*	Overview of Assessment Board Monitoring. To consider the report.	Closed	Assistant Director, S&AS
18 4.10pm*	Nominations for Chairs of Assessment Boards 18/19 To consider the report and approve the nominations.	Open	Assistant Director, S&AS
19 4.20pm*	Internal Audit Report on Progression To consider the report.	Open	College Secretary
20 4.30pm*	Short Courses Report To note the report.	Open	Chair (LEaD BoS)
21 4.35pm*	Sabbatical Leave Monitoring– Interim Report To note the report.	Restricted	VP (R&E)
22 4.40pm*	KPI/PI Review To receive the report.	Closed	VP (S&P)
23 4.40pm*	*The* *Times* &Sunday *Times* University League Table To note the league table.	Open	VP (S&P)
24	Programmes Running in 2018-19 and Programme Suspensions and Terminations in 2017-18 To note the paper.	Restricted	Assistant Director, S&AS
25	Minutes for Information To note minutes from the following meetings:
25.1	Council	Part closed	Chair
25.2	Senate Committees
	25.2.1 Collaborative Provision Committee 25.2.2 Educational Quality Committee 25.2.3 Academic Governance Committee	Open Open Open	Chair CPC Chair EQC Chair AGC
25.3	Executive Advisory Committees 25.3.1 Graduate School Committee	Open	Dean Grad School
26	Annual Research Integrity Report to Council To receive the report.	Open	Chair SREC / VP (R&E)
27	Honorary Visiting Professors To note the appointments and reappointments of Honorary Visiting Professors approved by Chair’s action.	Open	Chair
Part Six – Concluding Items		*Paper1*	*Main* *Speaker(s)*
*28	Freedom of Information Review To identify any changes to the open/restricted/closed classification of papers from this meeting.	Open	Chair
29	Any Other Business To note any other business.	Open	Chair
	Date of Next Meeting 13th March 2019 from 2.00pm to 5.00pm.

Dr William Jordan

College Secretary

William.Jordan@city.ac.uk ____________________________

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