University of East Anglia and University of Essex
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SUFFOLK
JOINT ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
9 June 2011
There will be a meeting of the UCS Joint Academic Committee
on Thursday 9 June 2011 from 14:00 to 16:00 in the Boardroom on the 6th floor of the UCS
Waterfront Building, UCS Ipswich
AGENDA
General business
1
Introduction and Announcements
For approval
2
Minutes of Previous Meeting (Paper JAC/11/38)
To note
3
Chairs’ Report (Paper JAC/11/39)
SECTION A: ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION
For information
4
QAA Integrated Quality and Enhancement Review
Developmental engagement reports:
a) UCS Bury St Edmunds (Paper JAC/11/40)
b) UCS Lowestoft (Paper JAC/11/41)
c) UCS Otley (Paper JAC/11/42)
Draft summaries of good practice and recommendations:
d) UCS Great Yarmouth (Paper JAC/11/43)
e) UCS at Suffolk New College (Paper JAC/11/44)
For approval
5
UCS Otley institutional review report (Paper JAC/11/45)
For information
6
Update on Quality Enhancement Strategy 2010/11 action plan
(Paper JAC/11/46)
For information
7
Update on Ofsted Initial Teacher Education action plan
(Paper JAC/11/47)
For information
8
Verbal update on internal student survey and National Student Survey
2011 response rates (UCS Head of Quality Enhancement)
For information
9
Student entry questionnaire outcomes 2010/11 (Paper JAC/11/48)
For information
10
Draft UCS Student Charter (Paper JAC/11/49)
For information
11
UCS Teaching and Learning Strategy (Paper JAC/11/50)
For approval
12
Changes to SARE templates for 2011/12 (Paper JAC/11/51)
For information
13
UCS recruitment update 2011/12 (Paper JAC/11/52)
SECTION B: ITEMS WHICH CONTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS BUT WHERE NO
DEBATE IS ANTICIPATED
Items in Section B contain recommendations which will be deemed to have been approved at the
meeting unless members of the Committee ask for them to be discussed. Any member of the
Committee may ask for an item from Section B to be moved to Section A by contacting the Secretary,
Kay Thompson (kmthom@essex.ac.uk) before 5pm on Tuesday 7 June 2011.
These agenda papers can be found online at http://www.essex.ac.uk/partners/JAC/agenda.aspx.
For approval
14
Membership and terms of reference 2011/12 (Paper JAC/11/53)
For approval
15
Revalidation proposals
UCS Ipswich
a) Master of Business Administration (Paper JAC/11/54)
b) PGDip Clinical Practice: District / Home Nursing (Paper JAC/11/55)
c) DipHE Operating Department Practice (Paper JAC/11/56)
d) PGCE (Suffolk and Norfolk Secondary SCITT) (Paper JAC/11/57)
e) Preparation for Mentorship programme (Paper JAC/11/58)
UCS Bury St Edmunds
f) FdA / BA (Hons) Counselling (Paper JAC/11/59)
g) FdSc Computing and Networking (Paper JAC/11/60)
h) FdA / BA (Hons) Music Production (Paper JAC/11/61)
i) FdA / BA (Hons) Computing and Management (Paper JAC/11/62)
UCS Great Yarmouth
j) FdA Fashion and Textiles (Paper JAC/11/63)
k) FdSc Applied Computing (Paper JAC/11/64)
Multi-site provision
l) BSc (Hons) Applied Computing (level 6 progression route) (UCS Bury St
Edmunds and UCS Great Yarmouth) (Paper JAC/11/65)
m) PGCE / CertEd (Lifelong Learning Sector) (UCS Bury St Edmunds, UCS
Great Yarmouth, UCS Lowestoft, UCS Otley and UCS at Suffolk New
College) (Paper JAC/11/66)
For approval
16
Validation and revalidation reports
UCS Bury St Edmunds
a) Business Management, English, History, Psychology, Sociology
combined suite of programmes (Paper JAC/11/67)
UCS Bury St Edmunds and UCS Great Yarmouth
b) CertHE/FdSc Electrical Engineering (BSE only); CertHE/FdSc Electronic
Engineering; CertHE/FdSc Mechanical Engineering (Paper JAC/11/68)
UCS Bury St Edmunds, UCS Great Yarmouth and UCS Ipswich
c) Event, Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism suite of programmes (Paper
JAC/11/69)
UCS Bury St Edmunds and UCS Ipswich
d) Criminology, Early Childhood Studies, Psychology, Sociology and Youth
Studies suite of programmes (Paper JAC/11/70)
UCS Great Yarmouth
e) FdA Creative Music; BA (Hons) Arts Practice (level 6 progression route)
(Paper JAC/11/71)
UCS Ipswich
f) CertHE / DipHE / BSc (Hons) Bioscience (Paper JAC/11/72)
g) PGCert / PGDip / MA Childhood and Youth Studies (Paper JAC/11/73)
h) CertHE / DipHE / BA, BA (Hons) Children, Young People and Policy
(Paper JAC/11/74)
i) PGCert / PGDip / MA Clinical Effectiveness (previously Clinical Practice);
PGCert, PGDip, MA Leadership and Service Innovation (Paper
JAC/11/75)
j) BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography; BSc (Hons) Radiotherapy and
Oncology; BSc Applied Radiation Sciences in Healthcare (Paper
JAC/11/76)
k) PGDip Human Resource Management (previously PGDip Personnel
Management); MA Human Resource Strategy (Paper JAC/11/77)
l) PGCert / PGDip / MA Learning and Teaching; PGCert Higher Education
Practice (Paper JAC/11/78)
m) PGCert / PGDip / MA Marketing (Paper JAC/11/79)
n) DipHE / BA / BA (Hons) Photography (Paper JAC/11/80)
o) PGCert / PGDip / MSc Regenerative Medicine and PGCert, PGDip, MSc
Science of Healthy Ageing (Paper JAC/11/81)
UCS Lowestoft
p) CertHE / DipHE / BA / BA (Hons) Design (formerly Design (Design
Crafts) and Design (Graphic and Typographic Design)) (Paper
JAC/11/82)
q) BEng (Hons) Operations Engineering (level 6 progression route) (Paper
JAC/11/83)
For approval
17
Course discontinuation
UCS Bury St Edmunds
a) FdSc Architectural Technology (Paper JAC/11/84)
b) BSc (Hons) Construction Management full-time level 6 progression route
(Paper JAC/11/85)
c) FdA Fine Art Practice (Paper JAC/11/86)
UCS Ipswich
d) BA (Hons) Graphic Design (Motion Graphics) (Paper JAC/11/87)
SECTION C: ITEMS FOR REPORT
Items in Section C are for information only. Any member of the Committee may ask for an item from
Section C to be moved to Section A by contacting the Secretary, Kay Thompson
(kmthom@essex.ac.uk) before 5pm on Tuesday 7 June 2011.
These agenda papers can be found online at http://www.essex.ac.uk/partners/JAC/agenda.aspx.
For information
18
Chairs’ Action (Paper JAC/11/88)
For information
19
Validation and revalidation update
a) Summary of validation and revalidation outcomes 2010/11 and
evaluation of key themes (Paper JAC/11/89)
b) Schedule of validation, revalidation and periodic review events for
2011/12 (Paper JAC/11/90)
For information
20
PSRB reports
a) Health Professions Council visitors’ report: BSc (Hons) Diagnostic
Radiography, UCS Ipswich (Paper JAC/11/91)
b) Health Professions Council visitors’ report: BSc (Hons) Radiotherapy and
Oncology (Paper JAC/11/92)
To note
21
Report from the Policies and Procedures Working Group
To note that the next meeting will take place over the summer and that a
student representative will be invited to join the group.
To note
22
Report from UCS Academic Board
Minutes of the meeting held on 26 May 2011 (Paper JAC/11/93, to follow)
To note
23
Report from the Senior Academic Appointments Committee
Minutes of the meeting held on 25 February 2011 (Paper JAC/11/94)
To note
24
Annual report from the UCS Partnership Management Team (Paper
JAC/11/95)
To note
25
Dates of meetings for 2011/12 academic year
Thursday 9 November 2011, 10.00 - 12.00, UCS Ipswich
Tuesday 20 March 2012, 14.00 - 16.00, UCS Ipswich
Thursday 7 June 2012, 14.00 - 16.00, UCS Ipswich
Dr Kay Thompson
Academic Partnerships Manager
University of Essex
May 2011
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