LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
TEACHING COMMITTEE
AND
FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL SCIENCES
TEACHING COMMITTEE
Tuesday 13 March 2012
MINUTES
Chair:
Prof Henry WOUDHUYSEN (Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
Present:
Ms Carla Benzan
Dr Stephanine Bird
Prof Susan Collins
Dr Gregory Dart
Dr Lane DeNicola
Dr Chris Gerry
Prof Marcus Giaquinto
Mr Carl Gombrich
Dr Tom Gretton
Dr Nicholas Grindle
Dr Arne Hofmann
Dr David Hudson
Dr Mark Lake
Dr Valerie Lechène
Dr Maria Loh
Dr Anson Mackay
Ms Helen Matthews
Dr Rob Miller
Prof Sara Randall
Dr Matthew Robinson
Dr Benet Salway
Dr Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen
Dr Paul J Walker
Dr Karen I Wright
Student Representative – History of Art PhD
Faculty Graduate Tutor – Arts and Humanities
Slade School of Fine Art
English
Anthropology
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
Philosophy
BASc
Faculty Graduate Tutor – Social and Historical Sciences
Centre for Advancement of Learning and Teaching (CALT)
Joint Faculty Tutor – AH & SHS
Political Science
Archaeology
Economics
History of Art
Geography
Joint Faculty Academic Administration Manager – AH & SHS
Information Studies
Anthropology
Greek and Latin
History
School of European Languages and Cultures
CALT
Institute of Archaeology
Apologies were received from Prof Wendy Carlin and Ms Lucy Gildersleeves
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37.
MINUTES
37.1.
38.
The minutes of the meeting held on 7 February 2012 were APPROVED.
MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
Minute 27: Higher Education Achievement Record (HEAR)
38.1.
NOTED that Registry was in the process of setting up HEAR activities and
that details of the non-degree related activities tobe included in the HEAR had been
circulated to Departmentsfor final comments by19 March.
Minute 29: National Student Survey
38.2.
REPORTED that the issue concerning students in intermission or year abroad
who had not been included in the correct year had been raised, but no response had
been received to date.
Minute 32: Black and Minority Ethnic Achievement
38.3.
NOTED that CALT had arranged a masterclass on the outcomes of a joint
study into the attainment gap between black minority ethnic (BME) and white
students across two universities,to be held on Friday, 23 March 2012.
Minute 33: Student Academic Representatives (StARs)
38.4
REPORTED that the UCL Data Protection Officer had been consulted
regarding the data protection implications of passing names of StARs to UCLU. He
was of the opinion that the data share was implicit, as the literature provided made it
clear that UCLU was involved in the StARs scheme. However, it would be advisable
to remind students that their details would be passed on with their appointment.
Minute 36: Internationalisation Working Group
38.3.
NOTED that the Working Group had not yet met.
39. FACULTY DEGREE REFORM
39.1.
CONSIDERED proposals for the reform of the Faculty Degree programmes
(paper JFTC 11/03/02).The intention was that students should, where possible, be
supported at departmental level, with the Faculty providing additional support for
problem cases. With effect from 2012/13,the only Faculty degree programme would
be the BA Humanities, for students experiencing problems with the year abroad on a
four-year programme of which no three-year version existed.
40. PROPOSALS FOR NEW MASTERS PROGRAMMES
40.1.
APPROVED in principle:
MA in the Archaeology and Heritage of Asia
MA in Mediterranean Archaeology: (subject to approval of business plan)
41. GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)
41.1.
RECEIVED a report from the Joint Faculty Tutor on the work of the Grade
Point Average Working Group.
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42. ASSESSMENT TYPES
42.1.
CONSIDERED a request from Education Committee in the context of the
Institutional Learning and Teaching Strategy for feedback on whether it would be
useful to gather data on e-assessments and whether any changes were needed to
the terminology of the overarching module assessment component. AGREEDthat it
would be useful to gather data on e-assessments, but it was not thought necessary
to make changes to the terminology of the module assessment component.
43. LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY PROCESS
43.1.
RECEIVED an update from the Joint Faculty Tutor.
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44. REPORTS FROM OTHER UCL COMMITTEES
44.1.
RECEIVED updates from the Joint Faculty Tutor on Learning & Teaching
Information Services group and UCLBE.
44.2.
Quality Management and Enhancement Committee (QMEC): NOTED that

Plans to introduce a new central online repository for all UCL policies and
regulations, to be called Policy Zone, were under discussion;

The Internal Quality Review process hadbeen reviewed and wouldbe continued
for the time being. The Augmented Annual Monitoring process wouldbe subject
to a separate review to consider ways in which the process and engagement
with it might be improved;

QMECdiscussed the concerns about the implementation of the Merit award
raised via the joint FacultyAnnual Monitoring report.A Working Group of the
Joint Faculty Board of Examiners wouldbe preparing a report for Education
Committee in due course explainingthe issues in more detail;

A communication about the implementation of Key Information Sets woud be
circulated to Faculties and Departments in late March/early April.
44.3.
Programme Diets and Module Selection Management Group: This group
had considered the report of the review of the timing of student module selection
and wouldbe making recommendations to Education Committee.
45. DEGREE PROGRAMME AND MODULE APPROVALS AND AMENDMENTS
45.1.
NOTED action taken by Deans and Faculty Tutor in respect of degree
programmes and module approvals and amendments since the last meeting.
46. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
46.1.
Sports: It was felt that there should be very clear guidelines as to what
constituted legitimate absence from tuition due to ‘official UCL business’, with
special emphasis on sports events. It was recommended that the Deans of Students
(Academic and Welfare) should be approached for guidance.
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46.2.
Attendance and performance: DISCUSSED the UCL approach to
attendance monitoring and related issues of performance. The Faculty Tutor
reminded the committee that the mandatory attendance rate was 70% and that
suspension on the basis of academic insufficiency was a procedure that could be
actioned through the Joint Faculty Office.
46.3.
Engagement monitoring: NOTEDthat the Registry had indicated that
students should only be recorded as engaged if present and actively engaged in
study, otherwise they should be flagged as not engaged and a note of any mitigating
circumstancesor action taken should be added.
46.4.
NOTED that the existing published guidance was not entirely clear,
particularly regarding electronic communication, and the Joint Faculty Academic
Administration Manager undertook to seek further clarification. The responsibility of
UCL to remain transparent and accountable for all its students, especially those on
Tier 4 visas, was stressed.
46.5.
Joint Faculty Office Intranet: REPORTED that a new staff intranet site for
information about the Joint Faculty Office, administrative procedures and
committees is being developed and could be found at www.ucl.ac.uk/ah-shs-office
46.6.
Provost’s Teaching Awards: NOTED that the deadline for nominations was
Friday 16 March.
46.7
NOTED that the date for the next JFTC meeting is on Tuesday 15 May at
16.00, Room 235, Foster Court.
Distribution: Joint Faculty Teaching Committee Members, Academic Support
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