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- 27th June 2012
MEETING OF SENATE
Wednesday 27th June 2012 at 2.15pm, in the Senate Room
AGENDA
Items marked with * will not be discussed unless specifically requested by Members by contacting the Secretary no less than twenty-four hours before the meeting.
1* APOLOGIES AND ABSENCES
Attendance, apologies and absences will be recorded in the Minutes.
To approve the attached Minutes of the meeting held on 7th March 2012.
3. MATTERS ARISING
(a) A58. FHEQ
To receive an oral report from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
(b)* A61. Senior Staff Pay
To report that the proposal was approved by Council on 26th April 2012.
A POLICY AND STRATEGY ISSUES (white papers)
A1. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S REPORT TO SENATE
To receive the attached report from the Vice-Chancellor.
A2. STUDENT OFFICERS REPORTS
(a) Report of the President of the Students’ Union
To receive the attached report from the President of the Students’ Union.
(b) Report of the President of the Keele Postgraduate Association (KPA)
To receive the attached report of the President of the KPA.
A3. 2012 ENTRY ADMISSIONS UPDATE REPORT
To receive the attached report on University Admissions for 2012-2013 entry.
A4. DEGREE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME REVIEW
To recieve the attached paper for information
A5. KEELE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW
To receive the attached paper on the University’s preparations for the Institutional Review by the Quality Assurance Agency in 2013.
A6. EXTERNAL EXAMINERS CODE OF PRACTICE
To receive the attached Code of Practice on External Examiners.
To approve the attached paper on the Student Charter for implementation in September 2012.
A8. CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE PERSONAL TUTORING OF UNDERGRADUATES
To approve the attached Code of Practice for the Personal Tutoring of Undergraduate Students.
To receive the attached paper providing an update on the implementation of Key Information Sets.
A10. REVIEW OF THE NEW DEGREE STRUCTURE
To receive the attached paper, which outlines plans to undertake a review of the effectiveness of the New Degree Structure that was implemented across all levels in 2011-2012 and to approve the proposed approach.
A11. REPORT OF THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE
To receive the attached report of the meeting of the Research Committee held on 8th May 2012.
To receive the attached report of the meetings of the University Learning & Teaching Committee held on 28th March 2012 and 23rd May 2012.
B FORMAL APPROVALS BY SENATE (pink papers)
To approve the attached proposal to establish an Approval Group of Senate to approve the awarding of degrees.
B2* ACADEMIC AWARDS
To approve the awards as set out in the attached papers:
(a) Taught degrees, diplomas and certificates
To approve the attached list of awards.
Senate is asked to note that undergraduate degree awards will be conferred at a meeting of an Approvals Group of Senate to be held on 2nd July 2012, as detailed under item B1 above.
(b) Postgraduate Research Awards
To approve the attached awards on the recommendation of the Research Degrees Committee.
To approve internal and external examiners for taught and research degrees, as set out on the attached list from Planning and Academic Administration.
B4*. SENATE MEMBERSHIP 2012-2013
To recommend for approval the election of the following members of the Electoral Roll of Senate as a result of the recent election conducted by the Secretary to Senate:
Faculty of Humanities: Professor Michael Haley (Law)
Dr Nicholas Seager (Humanities)
Dr Nicholas Reyland (Humanities)
Faculty of Natural Sciences: Dr Nigel Cassidy (Physical and Geographical Sciences)
Dr Sue Sherman (Psychology)
Dr Frederic Tripet (Life Sciences)
C RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL (pink papers)
C1*. SPORT AND ACTIVE RECREATION STRATEGY 2012-2015
To recommend that the attached Sport and Active Recreation Strategy 2012-2015 be approved by Council.
C2.* AMENDMENTS TO STATUES, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS
(a) Ordinance V and Regulation 8
To recommend that the amendments set out in the attached paper be approved.
(b) Regulation 1A and Regulation 1B
To recommend that the amendments set out in the attached paper be approved.
To recommend that the amendments set out in the attached paper be approved.
To recommend that the amendments set out in the attached paper be approved.
To recommend that the amendments set out in the attached paper be approved.
To recommend that the amendments set out in the attached paper be approved.
To recommend that the amendments set out in the attached paper be approved.
To recommend that the amendments set out in the attached paper be approved.
To recommend that the amendments set out in the attached paper be approved.
(j) Various Ordinances and Regulations
To recommend that the amendments set out in the attached paper be approved in relation to the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.
To recommend that the proposals set out in the attached paper be approved.
D FOR REPORT (blue papers)
D1.* APPOINTMENTS, RETIREMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS
To report the appointments, retirements and resignations shown on the attached list.
D2*. CHAIR’S ACTION
To report the attached actions have been approved between meetings under Chair’s powers.
E ANY OTHER BUSINESS
