University of East Anglia and University of Essex
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SUFFOLK
JOINT ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
27 November 2008
There will be a meeting of the UCS Joint Academic Committee
on 27 November 2008 from 14:00 to 16:00 in the Boardroom on the 6th floor of the
UCS Waterfront Building, UCS Ipswich
AGENDA
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General business
1
Introduction and Announcements
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General business
2
Starring of Agenda Items
Members are asked to indicate under this item any item which they wish to
star for discussion or question, including Matters Arising and Any Other
Business. Only starred items will be discussed at the meeting; all other items
will be deemed noted and/or approved by the Committee as appropriate.
For approval
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Minutes of Previous Meeting (Paper JAC/08/61)
General business
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Matters Arising from the Minutes
To note
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Chairs’ Action (Paper JAC/08/62)
For approval
6
Membership and Terms of Reference (Paper JAC/08/63)
7
QAA Activity Update
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For information
a) Oral update on Essex QAA Collaborative Provision Audit (Dean of
Academic Partnerships, UoE)
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For information
b) Oral update on QAA Integrated Quality and Enhancement Review
(Executive Dean, Directorate of Academic Development, UCS)
To note
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Ofsted ITT report (Paper JAC/08/64)
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For information
and discussion
9
UEA and UoE Review of Quality Assurance at UCS (Paper JAC/08/65)
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For information
10
Recruitment and Admissions 2008/09 (Paper JAC/08/66)
To note
11
Report on Academic Appeals, Academic Misconduct and Professional
Misconduct 2007/08 (Paper JAC/08/67)
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To note
a) Report on 2007/08 graduation ceremonies (Paper JAC/08/68)
For information
b) Summary of process for Honorary Degrees Selection by UCS (Paper
JAC/08/69)
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Programme Validation and Revalidation Activity
For information
a) List of all currently validated provision (Paper JAC/08/70)
To note
b) Update on responses to validation and revalidation conditions 2007/08
(Paper JAC/08/71)
For information
c) Report on the validation process 2007/08 (Paper JAC/08/72)
For approval
d) Validation Report for FdSc Health Sciences (Diagnostic Imaging); FdSc
Health Sciences (Radiotherapy and Oncology); CertHE Health Sciences
(Diagnostic Imaging) and CertHE Health Sciences (Radiotherapy and
Oncology) (Paper JAC/08/73)
For approval
e) Validation Report for FdA/BA (Hons) Football Development and
Coaching (Paper JAC/08/74)
For information
f)
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Schedule of planned validation and revalidation activity in 2008/09
(Paper JAC/08/75)
Quality Monitoring
a) Summary of external examiner appointments for 2008/09 (Paper
JAC/08/76)
For information
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Graduation Ceremonies
b) Oral update on outcome of UEA’s evaluation of SARE reports for
2006/07 under the transitional arrangements (UCS Head of Quality)
For information
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Quality Enhancement Activity
For information
a) Update on UCS academic planning fora pilot (Paper JAC/08/77)
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For information
b) Oral update on academic subject links (Director of Partnerships, UEA
and Dean of Academic Partnerships, UoE)
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For information
c) Oral update on staff development activities (UCS Head of Quality)
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Minutes of the Policies and Procedures Working Group meetings held on 14
July 2008 and 13 November 2008 (Paper JAC/08/78)
To note
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To note
UCS Policies and Procedures
Report from UCS Academic Board
Minutes of meeting held on 6 November 2008 (Paper JAC/08/79)
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Report from UCS Learning, Teaching and Quality Committee
Minutes of meetings held on 8 July 2008 and 14 October 2008 (Paper
JAC/08/80)
To note
General business
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Any Other Business
General business
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Date of Next Meeting
Thursday 5 March 2009, 2-4pm
Future Meetings
Thursday 25 June 2009, 2-4pm
Dr Kay Thompson
Academic Partnerships Officer
University of Essex
November 2008
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