University of East Anglia and University of Essex
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SUFFOLK
JOINT ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
29 MAY 2012
There will be a meeting of the UCS Joint Academic Committee
on Tuesday 29 May 2012 from 14:00 to 16:00 in the Boardroom on the 6th floor of the UCS Waterfront
Building, UCS Ipswich
AGENDA
General Business
General
Business
1
Introduction and Announcements
For approval
2
Minutes of Previous Meeting (Paper JAC/12/35)
To Note
3
Chairs’ Report (Paper JAC/12/36)
Section A – Items for discussion and action
For approval
4
UCS Ipswich institutional review report (Paper JAC/12/37)
5
Update on response to UCS Learning Network institutional reviews
conditions and recommendations
(a) UCS Bury St Edmunds (Paper JAC/12/38)
(b) UCS Great Yarmouth (Paper JAC/12/39)
(c) UCS Lowestoft (Paper JAC/12/40)
6
Verbal update on UCS Otley institutional review and NSS action plan
follow-up
UCS Otley Representative
For information
7
Verbal update on the Proposed Merger of Easton College and Otley
College
The Report on the Statutory Public Consultation on the Proposed Merger of
Easton College and Otley College can be viewed at:
http://readingroom.lsc.gov.uk/SFA/Report_on_Proposed_Merger_Easton_Colleg
e_and_Otley_College.pdf
For information
8
Verbal update on HNC/D developments within UCS Learning
Network Centres
UCS Director of Academic Development
9
Update on internal student survey outcomes (Paper JAC/12/41) and
National Student Survey 2012 response rates (Paper JAC/12/42)
UCS Head of Quality Enhancement
10
Recruitment update (Paper JAC/12/43)
UCS Director of Planning and Partnerships
For information
11
Memorandum of Understanding for External Relationships (Paper
JAC/12/44)
UCS Provost
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, Stephen Knock
(S.Knock@uea.ac.uk), before 12 noon on Monday 28 May 2012.
These agenda papers can be found online at
http://www.uea.ac.uk/partnerships/committeepapers/ucscommittees/Joint+Academic+Committee+(JAC)/2
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For approval
Updates to UCS policies and procedures
(a) Management of Course Policy
i)
ii)
Report of the working party (Paper JAC/12/45)
Proposed management of courses policy (Paper JAC/12/46)
For approval
(b) Admissions Policy (Paper JAC/12/47)
For approval
(c) Mitigating Circumstances (Paper JAC/12/48)
For approval
(d) Safeguarding Policy (Paper JAC/12/49)
For approval
For approval
13
Validation, revalidation and periodic review reports
UCS Ipswich
(a) Professional Graduate Certificate in Education [Suffolk and Norfolk
Secondary SCITT] (Paper JAC/12/50)
(b) Master of Business Administration, PgC/PgD Management (Paper
JAC/12/51)
(c) Preparation for Mentorship [level 6], Preparation for Mentorship [level 6
non-credit rated], Supporting Practice Learning [level 7] (Paper
JAC/12/52)
(d) DipHE Operating Department Practice (Paper JAC/12/53)
(e) MA/PgD/PgC Arts Practice (Paper JAC/12/54)
(f) MA/PgD/PgC Journalism (Paper JAC/12/55)
(g) BA (Hons) Care Practice [progression route] (Paper JAC/12/56)
(h) FdSc Communications Technologies: Software Engineering (Paper
JAC/12/57)
For approval
UCS Bury St Edmunds
(i) FdA Music Production, BA (Hons) Music Production [progression
route] (Paper JAC/12/58)
(j) FdA/BA (Hons) Counselling (Paper JAC/12/59)
For approval
UCS Great Yarmouth
(k) FdA/CertHE Fashion and Textiles (Paper JAC/12/60)
For approval
Multi-site provision
(l) FdSc Computing and Networking (Bury St Edmunds), FdSc Applied
Computing (Business Information Technology) (Great Yarmouth), FdA
Computing and Management (Bury St Edmunds), BA (Hons)
Computing and Management [progression route] (Bury St Edmunds),
BSc (Hons) Applied Computing [progression route] (Bury St Edmunds
and Great Yarmouth) (Paper JAC/12/61)
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For approval
Proposals to proceed to publicity and validation (CAT 1/2/1R/2R)
CAT 1 (Proposal to Proceed to Publicity and Validation)
UCS Ipswich
(a) BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing; BSc (Hons) Child Health Nursing; BSc
(Hons) Mental Health Nursing (Paper JAC/12/62)
(b) MA Healthcare Education (Paper JAC/12/63)
For approval
CAT 1R (Proposal to Proceed to Periodic Review)
UCS Ipswich
(c) BSc (Hons) Health and Wellbeing (Paper JAC/12/64)
(d) BSc (Hons) Acute Healthcare Practice (with pathways in Accident and
Emergency; Coronary Care; Intensive Care; Peri-Operative Practice;
Renal) (Paper JAC/12/65)
(e) BSc Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting;
School Nursing) PgD Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
(Health Visiting; School Nursing) (Paper JAC/12/66)
(f) BA (Hons) History (Paper JAC/12/67)
(g) FdA Healthcare Practice (with speciality) (Paper JAC/12/68)
(h) PGCE [North East Essex Confederation Secondary SCITT] (Paper
JAC/12/69)
(i) FdA Health Administration (Paper JAC/12/70)
(j) BA (Hons) Business Management with minor routes in Finance;
Marketing; Human Resource Management; Entrepreneurship (Paper
JAC/12/71)
(k) BSc (Hons) Midwifery [shortened] (Paper JAC/12/72)
For approval
UCS Bury St Edmunds
(l) FdA/BA (Hons) Business Management (Paper JAC/12/73)
(m) FdA Management (Uniformed Public Services) (Paper JAC/12/74)
(n) FdA Salon Management (Paper JAC/12/75)
For approval
UCS Lowestoft
(o) FdA Supporting Inclusive Learning and Practice (Paper JAC/12/76)
For approval
CAT 2R (Proposal to Proceed to Periodic Review (multi-site))
Multi-site provision
(p) BA (Hons) Children’s Care, Learning and Development (UCS Bury St
Edmunds and UCS Lowestoft) (Paper JAC/12/77)
(q) FdA Children’s Care, Learning and Development [changing course title
to FdA Early Years Practice] (UCS Great Yarmouth, UCS Ipswich, UCS
Lowestoft, UCS Bury St Edmunds) (Paper JAC/12/78)
For information
15
Changes to validated provision (CAT 3)
UCS Ipswich
(a) BA (Hons) History and BA (Hons) Family, Local and Community
History (CAT3340 (Paper JAC/12/79) and CAT3341(Paper JAC/12/80))
(b) BSc (Hons) Bioscience (4 year programme) (Paper JAC/12/81)
(c) BA (Hons) Film (Paper JAC/12/82)
(d) BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography, BSc (Hons) Radiotherapy and
Oncology (Paper JAC/12/83)
(e) MSc Science of Healthy Ageing/Regenerative Medicine (Paper
JAC/12/84)
(f) Foundation Degree in Public Health Practice (Paper JAC/12/85)
UCS Lowestoft
(g) FdA Football Development and Coaching (Paper JAC/12/86)
For approval
16
Proposals for course discontinuation (CAT 4)
UCS Ipswich
(a) Return to Professional Practice (Paper JAC/12/87)
(b) BA (Hons) Family, Local and Community History (Paper JAC/12/88)
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, Stephen Knock (S.Knock@uea.ac.uk),
before 12 noon on Monday 28 May 2012.
These agenda papers can be found online at
http://www.uea.ac.uk/partnerships/committeepapers/ucscommittees/Joint+Academic+Committee+(JAC)/2
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For approval
17
Chairs’ Action (Paper JAC/12/89)
For information
18
Validation, revalidation and periodic review update
(a) Summary of validation, revalidation and periodic review outcomes
2011-12 (Paper JAC/12/90)
(b) Update on requirements monitoring (Paper JAC/12/91)
(c) Courses due for 2012-13 validation, revalidation or periodic review
(Paper JAC/12/92)
For information
19
QAA Integrated Quality and Enhancement Review
Suffolk New College IQER Summative Review Report is available at:
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/InstitutionReports/Reports/Pages/IQER-Suffolk-NewCollege-12.aspx
To note
20
Report from the UCS Policies and Procedures Working Group
Minutes of the meeting held on 18 April 2012 (Paper JAC/12/93)
To note
21
UCS Annual Academic Report (Paper JAC/12/94)
To note
22
Annual report from the UCS Partnership Management Team
(Paper JAC/12/95)
23
Outcome of Nursing and Midwifery Council review (Paper JAC/12/96)
24
Provisional dates of next meetings
To note
Wednesday 7 November 2012 at 10.00am
Wednesday 6 March 2013 at 10.00am
Wednesday 5 June 2013 at 10.00am
Stephen Knock
Partnerships Manager
University of East Anglia
May 2012