University of East Anglia and University of Essex
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SUFFOLK
JOINT ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
7 March 2012
There will be a meeting of the UCS Joint Academic Committee
on Wednesday 7 March 2012 from 10:00 to 12:00 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/12/01)
To note
3
Chairs’ Report (Paper JAC/12/02)
SECTION A: ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION
For approval
4
Institutional review of UCS Great Yarmouth (Paper JAC/12/03)
For approval
5
Update on response to institutional review conditions and
recommendations
(a) UCS Bury St Edmunds (Paper JAC/12/04)
(b) UCS Great Yarmouth (Paper JAC/12/05)
(c) UCS Lowestoft (including updated HE Strategy) (Paper JAC/12/06)
For information
6
Update on UCS Otley institutional review and NSS action plan followup (Paper JAC/12/07)
For information
7
Merger proposal for Otley College and Easton College: consultation
document (Paper JAC/12/08)
For information
8
Verbal update on discussions regarding HNC/D developments within
UCS Learning Network Centres
UCS Director of Academic Development
For approval
9
UCS Annual Academic Report 2010/11 (Paper JAC/12/09)
For information
10
Ofsted Initial Teacher Education inspection report (Paper JAC/12/10)
and action plan (Paper JAC/12/11)
For information
11
External Examiner reports summary 2010/11 (Paper JAC/12/12)
For information
12
Verbal update on 2011 NSS action plans
UCS Head of Quality Enhancement
For information
13
Verbal update on Key Information Sets
UCS Director of Planning and Partnerships
For information
14
Recruitment update (Paper JAC/12/13)
For information
15
Employability in the Curriculum Initiative (Paper JAC/12/14)
For information
16
UCS Ipswich senior staff appointment update (Paper JAC/12/15)
For information
17
QAA Integrated Quality and Enhancement Review
Update on preparations for summative review (UCS Director of Academic
Development and UCS Learning Network Centre representatives)
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 Monday 5 March 2012.
These agenda papers can be found online at http://www.essex.ac.uk/partners/JAC/agenda.aspx.
For approval
18
Updates to UCS policies and procedures
Intercalation Policy (Paper JAC/12/16)
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 Monday 5 March 2012.
These agenda papers can be found online at http://www.essex.ac.uk/partners/JAC/agenda.aspx.
For information
19
Chairs’ Action (Paper JAC/12/17)
For information
20
School, Centre and Support Services SARE reports 2010/11
UCS Ipswich
(a) School of Applied Social Sciences (Paper JAC/12/18)
(b) School of Arts and Humanities (Paper JAC/12/19)
(c) School of Business, Leadership and Enterprise (Paper JAC/12/20)
(d) School of Nursing and Midwifery (Paper JAC/12/21)
(e) School of Science, Technology and Health (Paper JAC/12/22)
UCS Learning Network Centres
(f) UCS Bury St Edmunds (Paper JAC/12/23)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
UCS Great Yarmouth (Paper JAC/12/24)
UCS Lowestoft (Paper JAC/12/25)
UCS Otley (Paper JAC/12/26)
UCS at Suffolk New College (Paper JAC/12/27)
UCS Central Support Services
(k) Elevate Team (Paper JAC/12/28)
(l) Learning Development (Paper JAC/12/29)
(m) Library Services (Paper JAC/12/30)
(n) Student Support Services (Paper JAC/12/31)
For information
21
Schedule of validation, revalidation and periodic review events 2011/12
(Paper JAC/12/32)
To note
22
Report from the UCS Policies and Procedures Working Group
Minutes of the meeting held on 1 December 2011 (Paper JAC/12/33)
To note
23
Report from UCS Academic Board
Minutes of the meeting held on 9 February 2012 (Paper JAC/12/34)
To note
24
Date of next meeting
Thursday 29 May 2012, 14.00 - 16.00, UCS Ipswich
Dr Kay Thompson
Academic Standards and Partnerships Manager
University of Essex
March 2012
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