Faculty of Humanities
Teaching & Learning Committee
UNAPPROVED Minutes of the meeting of 22 April February 2015, 1pm – 3.45pm
Room 2.217, University Place
Present
Fiona Smyth
Mark Baker
Rebecca Bennett
Sharon Clarke
Lisa McAleese
Veronique Pin-Fat
Emma Rose
Michael Spence
Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning & Students (Chair)
Director of Teaching and Learning, SEED
Director of Teaching and Learning, SoL
Director of Teaching and Learning, MBS
Faculty Teaching and Learning Manager
Director of Undergraduate Studies, SoSS
Head of Faculty Teaching and Learning Support Services
Faculty of Humanities UG Student Representative
Ex-officio members
Nicola Lord
Linda Irish
Jackson Maogoto
Guy Percival
Emma Sanders
Rachel Walton
Faculty Teaching and Learning Officer
Deputy Faculty eLearning Manager
Law PGT Coordinator
Head of Faculty Information Systems
Faculty Teaching and Learning Officer (Secretary)
Faculty Teaching and Learning Officer
By invitation, for the presentation by Planning
Jenny Brown
MBS UG
Amanda Brereton
SoSS UG
Fiona Fraser
SALC UG/PGT
Sarah Howarth
SALC Marketing
Rachel Knowles
SEED Marketing
Paul McGarry
MBS PGT
Jonathan Powell
SoSS PGT
James Walker
SEED UG/PGT
1-1.30pm Teaching and Learning Dashboard
Presentation by Helen Barton (Director of Planning) and Steve Wilkes (Developer, IT Services)
Helen Barton, Director of Planning, presented a dashboard for presenting and interrogating NSS results:
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The format and functionality replicates the DLHE dashboard created a few years ago.
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Benefits of a dashboard include:
o Data is easier to view and take in as it’s presented in graph format generated for you
o Allows collation of data from different sources (including data for external HEIs)
o Enables you to group data in different ways
o Becomes interactive
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Other data set dashboards are planned for:
o Admissions
o Student profile (numbers, ethnicity, sex, origin)
o Progression and non-continuation (including reasons for withdrawal)
o Programme-level, e.g. all data relating to one particular programme on a particular page (Will be
very useful for programme review – continual monitoring, periodic review etc.)
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In addition, Emma Hilton-Wood is leading a project to look at a dashboard for one particular student
(i.e. Academic Advising)
Steve Wilkes, Developer, IT Services, demonstrated the format and functionality of the dashboard:
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Login - for access: email steven.wilkes@manchester.ac.uk
A “trending” tab presents data across years, as well as global data within a single year
Filters enable you to drill down to: Faculty/School/Division/Subject Area. (The University “global”
trend remains so that local performance can be benchmarked against the University’s performance
overall).
You can see in chart form the number of students who rated each NSS question 1-2 (green), 3
(amber) and 4-5 (red). The amber “neither/nor” responses are sometimes significant, which the bar
charts highlight.
To export data into reports or committee papers you can use “snip it” to cut-and-paste, or use the
“Export” button at the bottom of the screen (but this exports just the raw data, not the formatting,
so it must be reformatted manually).
If there are refinements or extra detail we’d like, Planning would welcome feedback via
Helen.barton@manchester.ac.uk
AGREED:
Circulate powerpoint slides to all attendees. Action: Emma Sanders
AGREED:
Planning will provide instructions on how to cut and paste graphs into documents for sharing with staff at
committees, producing reports etc. Action: Steve Wilkes
Faculty of Humanities
Teaching & Learning Committee
UNAPPROVED Minutes of the meeting of 22 April February 2015, 1pm – 3.45pm
1.
Apologies
Anna Verges-Bausili (eLearning Manager); Mark Elliot (SoSS PGT); Abigail Gilmore (SALC PGT); Paul
Gratrick (Faculty Careers Officer); Matthew Jefferies (AAD TL&S); Elinor O'Connor (MBS PGT); Judy
Zolkiewski (AAD TL&S).
2.
Minutes of the last meeting
APPROVED
3. Actions and matters arising from the minutes of the last meeting of 18.02.15
None.
4.
Annual Report on Appeals and Complaints 13/14, by Damien Tolan and Brenda Sanderson
Received [HTLC/5/14/4]
Noted:
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The report dealt with “formal” Appeals and Complaints, i.e. those that had been brought to Faculty.
Complaints
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The number of Complaints received in 13/14 returned to “normal” (between 13 and 15) after an
anomalous increase to 24 in 12/13, the reasons for which are unclear.
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In 13/14 Complaints were about warnings about potential disciplinary action, University policies and
procedures, miscalculation of fee refunds, alleged exam disturbance, communication of results, and
allegations of bullying, harassment and discrimination.
Faculty upheld only 2 out of the 15 complaints submitted.
Appeals
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The report highlighted a rise in Appeals in 13/14 at UoM (123, from 104 in 12/13). This rise was
mirrored across the Sector.
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Supposed reasons for the rise in appeals include:
o Greater competition for graduate jobs plus perceived fall in status of a 2:2 degree;
o Greater awareness of complaints and appeals procedures amongst students;
o The OIA has raised its profile by publicising cases and ‘naming and shaming’ non-compliant
universities;
o The new fee regime means students may increasingly see themselves as consumers and demand
‘value for money’.
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The majority of Appeals (95) were rejected by Faculty. 28 Appeals were upheld. Faculty uphold the
Appeals having taken advice from experts including the DSO, General Counsel etc.
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21 of the 95 students whose Appeals were rejected requested a review of the Faculty’s decision at
the final stage of the University procedure. 1 appeal was upheld, the rest were rejected.
Recommendations – see Section 4.
i.
Appeals relating to conditions which could be classed as a Disability
Students who disclose conditions which could be classed as a disability to the School either on a
one to one basis or via the Mitigating Circumstances Procedure should always be referred to the
DSO for assessment. Processes for doing this will be different across Schools.
ii.
Retrospective evidence
If retrospective evidence is submitted which provides a medical diagnosis of a condition which
might have affected performance, and there is also good reason for non-disclosure (for example
the condition could not be known or shown before), then consideration should be given to
providing a further attempt at affected assessments.
iii.
Appeals against exclusion
When students fail to meet progression requirements, Boards of Examiners’ minutes must
always convey discussion of the options that took place, with reference to the options set out in
paragraph 11 of the Undergraduate Degree Regulations and the student’s mark profile: Case
handlers have to be sure that academic judgements are made and exercised in accordance with
the regulations.
iv.
Delays in processing appeals
The Faculty is working with TLSO to identify if the process can be lengthened, or if less time can
be permitted for student response.
v.
Communication of Programme / Assessment Requirements
It is important that School’s detail Programme and Assessment requirements clearly and in
writing. Verbal communication of deadlines or the publication of deadlines in Powerpoint
presentations is not sufficient.
5. Chair’s report
5.1 Verbal report from the Associate Dean (Teaching, Learning and Students)
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JustFest, Thursday, 23 April 2015.
Discussed:
o How to increase student participation in the Humanities’ “Social Justice” strand of the
University’s Grand Challenges programme – although this was the first, pilot year, only 150 L2
students had signed up, against a target of 500. Next year’s target was 1,500 L2 students, to
come from across the University.
o Staff and students felt that the timing of JustFest is bad as it clashes with assessment deadlines
including UG dissertation deadlines.
o It was suggested that the Ethical Grand Challenges programme should be held in Reading Week
instead, but there is no agreed date for Reading Week and the other Faculties do not necessarily
even have Reading Week. Reading Week is not an official part of the University’s calendar.
o There was objection to the fact that, for the L1 Sustainability strand, Tuesday of Welcome Week
is being taken over. Consequently so Schools cannot get rooms for their own induction activities
(the importance of which the University has recently highlighted). SoSS do not approve of this
timing or of its prioritisation.
o In future, if all lectures are cancelled to make room for JustFest, potentially 1/10th of each course
is lost or has to be made up elsewhere.
o There was opposition to what seemed to be a curriculum being imposed from the top down,
both on academic grounds and also because we are increasingly making demands on students in
all sorts of areas, e.g. volunteering, leading societies and student groups to improve
employability, working to fund education etc.
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The International Mobility group has asked for a PSS and an Academic representative to look at
support for students abroad.
Nominated:
Academic: Wiebke Brockhaus-Grand (Residence Abroad in SALC)
PSS: Sue Fidalgo (MBS International Coordinator – Undergraduate).
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A paper would come for discussion at next HTLC on 10th June proposing to a) merge UG and PGT
Sub-Committees and b) hold these meetings monthly, to keep Programme Approvals moving quickly.
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International Study Routes – the possible introduction of International Study routes to all UG
programmes was being explored centrally.
5.2 *Briefing Note
Received [HTLC/5/14/5.2]
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Student Matters
Reported:
Congratulations to Michael Spence, who had been nominated as the UMSU Education Officer for 15/16.
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Report on MOOCs and Distance Learning
Tabled:
Paper from Matthew Jefferies on the University’s Strategy for MOOCs and DL.
7.1 DL expansion strategy
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The University has approved a major, “aggressive” expansion of its DL presence, following the report
of a small ‘Task and Finish’ group last year.
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7.2 External Partner - Pearson
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The ‘Task and Finish’ group report also came out in favour of working with an external partner
rather than going it alone, so after a tender process which attracted a lot of general interest but only
one firm bid, the University has chosen Pearson as its partner. The University hopes to begin the
partnership with three programmes (chosen from a shortlist of 5), and with a projected start date of
Sept 2016:
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Public Health
Project Management
Health Care Law and Ethics / International Law? t.b.c.
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Although these programmes are centrally backed, it has been confirmed that they must go through
the same Faculty-led approval processes as any other new programme.
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All students registered on these DL programmes will be entered onto existing student records
systems and will have access to existing student services.
7.3 University Director of Distance Learning – Prof. Pam Vallely
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Prof Pam Vallely (MHS) has been appointed as the University’s Academic Director for Distance
Learning. She will act as the interface between the University and Pearson and head up a small
central team, including elearning technologists, to develop materials for the Pearson-backed
programmes. A University DL oversight group will be established which will consist of an Operations
Manager and university staff from the following areas – eLearning, IT and Finance.
7.4 Online Learning Strategy Group
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It has been decided to merge separate strategy groups for Campus-based eLearning (the Online
Education Strategy Group) and for DL (the Online Education Strategy Group) into a new Online
Learning Strategy Group, which will meet for the first time this summer.
7.5 MOOCs
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The first Manchester MOOCs went live in 2014 on the Coursera platform, including two from our
Faculty
- Water Management and Sanitation (MBS and SEED)
- Global Health and Humanitarianism (HCRI)
Water Management and Sanitation was judged the most successful of the first tranche of
Manchester MOOCs, both in terms of numbers and in addressing the University’s Social
Responsibility agenda (a high proportion of the sign-ups were from developing countries). (Although
Prof. Taithe of HCRI has reported that some MOOC students subsequently commenced PGT study at
UoM).
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DLSG recently approved a second tranche of Coursera MOOCs, including a second instalment of
Water Management and three brand new MOOCs, including another one from MBS called Principles
of Responsible Management.
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The University has also signed a contract with another MOOC platform, the UK-based FutureLearn,
which will attract a predominantly UK market, and will be looking to offer at least two MOOCs here
in the next year or so too.
Discussed:
 Pearson may be able to help Schools with market research into DL but that’s about all, unless it’s
one of the 3 central DL flagship programmes. These University DL programmes are much bigger
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in scope, with student numbers hoping to run in the hundreds rather than those which Schools
normally run therefore at this stage there is not expected to be a change in the normal process.
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If Schools wish to submit a programme proposal for a new DL programme, they too will need to
go through the normal proposal process, even if they wish to have the University manage them.
AGREED:
Clarify whether MOOC proposals can still be submitted to whom, how, when. Action: Rachel Walton
AGREED:
Feed back to MadLEN (or equivalent) that communication about DL and Pearson’s (strategy, process etc.)
must be improved. Action: Rachel Walton
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Consultation on Draft Policy on Marking (version 2) (Lisa McAleese)
Received:
 Results of consultation within Schools on the following documents, circulated to Teaching and
Learning Directors by Lisa McAleese on 03/03/15:
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Draft Policy on Marking (version 2) [HTLC/5/14/8.1]
New Policy on Marking – Faculty Executive Summary questions [HTLC/5/14/8.2]
Discussed:
 Definitions: The paper defined separate roles of (para 3.1) “’Academic Unit Lead’ (the person
appointed by the Examination board to oversee the assessment for a unit and produce the
model/expected answers)” and (para 3.2) “’Internal Examiner’ (first marker, appointed by the
Academic Lead. Marks in accordance with the model/ expected answers and the marking
scheme)”
AGREED:
The roles of Academic Unit Lead and Internal Examiner will usually be undertaken by the same person,
and this should be acknowledged in the paper.
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Internal Examining: Para. 4.4 states that “All assessment tasks must … be accompanied by an
‘indicative answer’ for the purposes of internal examining and review by an internal/ external
moderation.” This is a significant change to the current Policy on Marking (“… it is helpful for
each task to be supported by appropriate guidance on the expected answer and what would
constitute different levels of performance. The extent to which this is practical will depend on the
discipline, but in any case it is necessary when the setter is new to teaching, when there are
multiple markers of the same task or when an External Examiner requests it”).
AGREED:
HTLC would strongly oppose the requirement to provide an indicative answer in 4.4 this because,
although MBS and Law currently follow this practice anyway, it is not appropriate for a) small courses or
b) more discursive courses. It furthermore encourages an idea that there is “the answer”, which is
pedagogically/ intellectually unhelpful.
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Internal Moderation Re: Para 6.3 a) “In cases where a students has not followed set instructions
on an examination paper and has answered an incorrect number of questions or failed to answer
a compulsory question, the following is advised: a) where a student has attempted too many
questions, academic judgment should be used to decide which answers to mark and which should
be disregarded.”
AGREED:
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Markers should mark ALL answers then award with the best mark, in the interests of the student.
AGREED:
The University must provide a definition of moderation.
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Sample for moderation by the External Examiner: It is proposed to insert a maximum number of
items in a sample and colleagues were asked to advise on an appropriate maximum figure for
paragraph 7.1 on Internal Moderation “Once internal examining/ first marking has taken place
the internal moderation will normally take the form of moderation of a sample of 20%, through
the full range of marks awarded, which amounts to no fewer than 10 scripts and no more than
XX.”
Discussed:
MBS currently require a sample of 10%, while SoSS’s sample size is 30%.
AGREED:
10 scripts was too low to enable adequate moderation.
HTLC proposed that moderation should be undertaken of a sample consisting of no fewer than 10 scripts
and no more than 40 scripts, unless the number of multiple markers necessitates that more scripts are
included in the sample in order to effect sound moderation of marking.
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Word Count Penalties: Clarification is required on whether penalties for word counts (+ or -)
should be included in the Policy on Marking, particularly as the policy makes recommendations
for penalties were a student has not complied with examination rubric in paragraph 6.3.
Noted:
Grademark doesn’t allow a word count that excludes footnotes etc.
AGREED:
Feed back to TLSO that Humanities currently has various practices on Word Count Penalties across
Schools and if the University would like to develop a consistent practice we would welcome it for
consideration.
HTLC felt that a word count which falls significantly short of the specified word count should not be
subject to a penalty as such work is likely to be self-penalising, i.e. it will lost marks because it fails to deal
with the subject in sufficient depth.
Action: Lisa McAleese
Confirmed:
Policy to be implemented for the new cohort in 15/16 (i.e. not for resits or for PGTS in Nov 2015)
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Consultation concerning Resubmission of PGT Dissertations [HTLC/5/14/9]
Discussed:
 Whether or not there is any appetite to revert back to the pre-2012 practice that students with a
mark below 40% for the dissertation would not (normally) be permitted a resubmission. NB: any
change would require approval by Senate.
Law
On balance it was proposed to stick with the current regulations and allow a dissertation resubmission
whatever the original mark
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SEED
Opinion was split 50/50.
MBS
Staff are generally in favour of students having to achieve 40-49 on first submission (and MBS had
retained this through special dispensation from the 2012 regulations)!
ALC
Propsosed to stick with the current regulations and allow a dissertation resubmission whatever the
original mark.
SALC Validated Partners
o Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London: Within the Quality Team there is a clear consensus that the
pre-2012 regulations were stronger on this point. In our experience very few dissertations are
awarded below 40% and when it does happen it is not always a kindness to the student, or in any
case appropriate, to allow students a referral opportunity if their dissertation is perceived to be
beyond help.
o Rose Bruford College: would support a return to pre-2012 practice regarding PGT dissertation
resubmissions.
o Cliff College: Support the current regulations.
o Spurgeon’s College: It is good that students with a mark below 40% for the dissertation are not
normally permitted a resubmission. The pre-2012 regulation made sense.
o Luther King House: Inclination is be to remain with the current, post-2012 regulations, but not
strong feelings either way.
SoSS
Apologies received from Mark Elliot.
It was reported that the VP (Teaching, Learning and Students) was not in favour of “normally” being
reintroduced to the regulations, as a compromise position.
AGREED:
Report to TLG that Humanities did not agree to a change to the 2012 Regulations. Action: Fiona Smyth
10 Mark Review (Lisa McAleese)
Received:
 Faculty of Humanities - Mark Review Practice [HTLC/5/14/10]
Noted:
In response to requests from T&L Directors, Faculty TLO had put together a small working group to look
at Mark Review agree practice. This paper is the result, and takes account of guidance from the VP
(Teaching, Learning and Students) that Mark Review must not result in the creation of a sub-set of
regulations or hurdles.
APPROVED
Circulate Faculty Guidance on Mark Review to T&L Directors and T&L Managers, and put a copy of TLO
website. Action: Lisa McAleese
11 Report by Runnymede Trust Report on BME Attainment, “The educational experiences of Black and
minority ethnic students at Manchester University”, commissioned by SoSS (Veronique Pin-Fat)
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Received:
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Summary of Findings [HTLC/5/15/11.1]
Full Report [HTLC/5/15/11.2] (48 pages)
Reported:
 Runnymede Trust had been commissioned to write the report by Dr. Veronique Pin-Fat and Prof.
Claire Alexander, SoSS’ Lead for Social Responsibility, who researches on race.
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The key question was ‘how does provision disproportionately affect BME students’?
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The issue of BME attainment affects all areas of the University and the sector, but as a School of
Social Science, SoSS had an added interest in wanting to research this. However, the report is
naturally very SoSS-specific in some areas.
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SoSS School-level actions:
BME staffing targets have been set – BME students don’t currently see themselves represented
by the academy.
At a SoSS Away day in July 2014 SoSS had agreed to institute unconscious bias training for all
staff. Catherine Tansey, HoSA, sourced some online training which the Senior Executive Group in
SoSS are completing doing to see whether it is fit for purpose. The expectation is that the
training may need some tweaks before it is rolled out.
BME is a Standing Item on the School Agenda (x 4 meetings per annum).
Student Reps will also get unconscious bias training.
Teaching Assistants will get unconscious bias training in School.
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Devolved actions:
Each Discipline Area is to look at the implications of the report for their particular area, their
particular practices, and must develop its own strategies, e.g. Sociology had amended their
Academic Advising practice to allow students to make an appointment to speak by phone rather
than coming in for a face to face meeting. Action needs to filter right down, even into the
reading material selected for inclusion on reading lists.
Discussed:
 Attainment is one of the things we are asked to report on as a Faculty this year through APR, so
would be useful if Vero could ask DAs to report what actions they have been taking.
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PRETS – pre-arrival activity. After confirmation, intending students can have access to the first
two weeks of BB units, so that they can take a look, and have the Programme Director’s details.
The aim is to make the transition to University less intimidating and to both reduce the need for
new students to ask for help as well as to feel more able to ask for help.
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SoSS have a Youtube channel which outlines all course unit options. Students like to watch these
around course unit selection time – it is less intimidating than seeing staff face to face and
students can re-watch, compare, make short-lists etc.
12 University Penalties for Late Submission
Received: paper from the TLSO on the desirability of a common, University-wide approach to penalties
for late submission, zero tolerance or sliding scale [HTLC/5/14/12]
Noted:
Faculty had agreed a couple of year ago to a sliding scale, but had established a small working group to
resolve difficulties and inconsistencies around implementation.
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Discussed:
 The TurnItIn timestamp on online submissions means there is no scope for applying judgment as
to whether a student has actually had an unfair advantage – 1 minute late means it IS LATE.
Hard copy submission allowed for some discretion.
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Student Reps and the Students’ Union had said to leave it to individual Schools to decide on a
sliding scale or zero tolerance, although Humanities students did not favour zero tolerance.
AGREED:
HTLC supported a sliding scale rather than zero tolerance, and want guidance on implementation.
AGREED:
Where a piece of work is submitted late, but fails only due to application of the lateness penalty, Schools
should treat the original as a resubmission, and award the capped mark as per the 2012 regulations.
13 Feedback – Progress Report from Faculty TLSS Project
Received:
Progress Report on Faculty Feedback Project and recommendations for discussion [HTLC/5/14/13]
Reported:
 The Teaching and Learning Office (TLO) is currently interrogating the Unit Survey data to identify
those units with 25% (+) respondents which have achieved a score 4.3 (+) for Question 2.
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It is intended that a number of the staff, identified under paragraph 2.1, will be invited to a
lunchtime session, chaired by the Associate Dean to discuss the following questions:
Questions for Academic Staff
What kinds of feedback do you provide for your students?
What are you trying to achieve when you provide feedback?
What are your thought processes when you are providing feedback?
Do you have explicit ILOs for your assessment tasks? Do you look at the ILOs for a module
when you come to set and mark a piece of work? Do you have marking criteria/descriptors in
front of you when you mark? Why/why not?
Do you think about the language you use in your feedback? Do you think it would always be
clear to students what you mean?
Is the feedback you give for formative assessment different to that for summative assessment?
If so why?
Do you set expectations at the beginning of your course as to how and when your students will
receive feedback?
How do you deliver your feedback, i.e. what is the method of delivery?
Beyond the obvious examples of giving coursework back, do you think that students would
clearly be able to tell us what other forms of feedback you provide? Is it obvious?
Do you think feedback has to be accompanied by a mark?
If you had to identify one thing which accounts for the high score you received in the unit
survey that your feedback was helpful, what would that be?
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A similar session will be held for the Faculty’s Student Union Student Representatives. The paper
proposes that the following proposed questions 3 will be posed to this group:
Questions for Students
What kinds of feedback do you receive?
What is the best piece of feedback you have ever received and what made it the best?
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What is the best feedback you have received in a module and why?
What do you think is unhelpful feedback, and why?
When you get feedback on an assignment what do you do with it? Do you just look at the
mark? Do you read the feedback? Do you review the feedback from previous assignments
before you start the next? How do you use past feedback to actually improve your next piece
of work?
What do you think academics in your discipline are most concerned about when they mark
your work? Do you think students are actually aware of what they are being marked on?
Do you understand the language used in the feedback you receive, e.g. ‘more critical reflection
needed’ or ‘lacks application of theory’?
Are you aware of any differences between the feedback you get for work that contributes to
your end of year mark and work that is intended just to help you improve before final
assessments? Do you use the feedback any differently?
Are you aware at the beginning of your course how and when you will receive feedback?
How do you prefer your feedback to be delivered?
Do you know when you are getting feedback, other than when you receive written feedback on
an essay?
How valuable to you is feedback which isn’t accompanied by a grade or mark?
If you had to identify one thing which makes feedback helpful what would that be?
NB: The School of Social Sciences (SoSS) has undertaken a similar exercise at postgraduate taught level
and is undertaking a similar exercise at undergraduate level, so the TLO will not be including SoSS staff in
the project; the results from the School exercises will be shared with the Faculty.
In July 2008 the Faculty produced guidelines on ‘mechanisms for providing feedback to students’1, it is
intended that the qualitative data from the sessions detailed in paragraph 2.2 will be added to this
document.
APPROVED
14 Excluding students for non-preparation (Lisa McAleese)
Received: the above paper for discussion and approval. [HTLC/5/14/14]
APPROVED
AGREED
Circulate the Faculty paper on Excluding students for non-preparation to T&L Directors and Managers,
and put on the TLO website. Action: Lisa McAleese
15 Interruption Requests
Received:
15.1 Summary of requests granted by Schools - to Jan 2015 [HTLC/5/14/15.1]
15.2 Summary of requests granted by Schools - to March 2015 [HTLC/5/14/15.2]
Secretary’s Note:
SALC’s submission had been received
16 AP(E)L Requests (Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning
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http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/tandl/policyandprocedure/assessment_feedback.html
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Summary of requests granted by Schools – to March 2015 [HTLC/5/14/16]
17 Received for information
17.1
17.2
PAG Programme Proposal-Amendment Tracker [HTLC/5/14/17.1]
The University’s TLSO Project Priorities 2014/15 [HTLC/5/14/17.2]
18 *Sub-Committee Minutes
18.1
*Undergraduate Committee
N/A - next meeting will take place 20th May 2015
18.2
*PGT Committee
18th March 2015 (not yet available)
18.3
Technology in Teaching and Learning (TTL)
15th April 2015 (not yet available)
18.4 *Intake Management Group (IMG)
Thursday 19 March 2015 (not yet available)
18.5 *Employability Sub-Committee
18.6 *Teaching and Learning Administrators Network (TLAN)
26th March 2015 (not yet available)
18.7 *Staff-Student Liaison Group
3rd December 2014
4th February 2015
18.8 *Peer Review Sub-Group
13th November 2014 (not yet available)
Xth June 2015
18.9 *Appeals and Complaints Network
N/A – dates to be confirmed
18.10 *Malpractice Network
N/A – dates to be confirmed
18.11 *Portfolio Advisory Group
March 2015 (not yet available)
19 A.O.B.
Horizon-scanning
 Instead of the HTLC meeting planned for 8th July, it is proposed to get T&L directors, admissions
officers and marketing managers together to discuss horizon-scanning and what Humanities’
portfolio should look like.
20 Date of Next Meeting
Wednesday 10 June 2015, 2-4pm, Room 6.207, University Place
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Distribution:
Faculty Officers
Dr. Fiona Smyth
Prof. Matthew Jefferies
Prof. Judy Zolkiewski
Mrs. Lisa McAleese
Mrs. Emma Rose
Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning & Students
Assistant Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning & Students
Assistant Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning & Students
Teaching and Learning Manager
Head of Faculty Teaching and Learning Support Services
Manchester Business School
Prof. Sharon Clarke
Director of Teaching & Learning
School of Environment, Education and Development
Dr. Mark Baker
Director of Teaching and Learning
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Dr. James Garratt
Dr. Abigail Gilmore
Director of Undergraduate Education
Director of Graduate Education
School of Law
Prof. Rebecca Bennett
Director of Teaching and Learning
School of Social Sciences
Dr. Veronique Pin-Fat
Dr. Mark Elliot
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Director of Postgraduate Studies
Student representation (nominated by the Students' Union)
Harriet Pugh
Education Officer
Cameron Austin
Humanities UG Representative
Michael Spence
Humanities UG Representative
Thom Elliot
Humanities PGT Representative
Ex-officio members:
Dr. Ilias Petrounias
Dr. Elinor O’Connor
Ms. Norma Hird
Dr. Jackson Maogoto
Prof. Elaine Ferneley
Mrs. Nicola Lord
Ms. Emma Sanders
Ms. Rachel Walton
Ms. Anna Verges-Bausili
Guy Percival
Mrs. Katy Woolfenden
t.b.c.
MBS Director of Undergraduate Studies
MBS Director of Postgraduate Studies
School of Law Undergraduate Studies
School of Law Postgraduate Taught Studies
MBA and MPA Director, MBS
Faculty Teaching and Learning Officer
Faculty Teaching and Learning Officer (Secretary)
Faculty Teaching and Learning Officer
Faculty eLearning Manager
Head of Faculty IS
Library, Director of Teaching, Learning & Students
Associate Dean for External Relations
By invitation:
Louise Walmsley
Amanda Grimshaw
Michelle Harper
Jane Hallam
Antoinette Perry
Marie Gray
Head of the Teaching and Learning Support Office (TLSO)
Faculty Lead for Recruitment and Admissions
Faculty Estates Officer
Faculty Planning Officer
Faculty Marketing Manager (Student Recruitment)
Faculty Communications Officer
For information to:
Heads of School Administration
Jayne Hindle – SALC
Alison Wilson – School of Law
Janine Ellis - MBS
Catherine Tansey – SoSS
(Not Rosie Williams, by request) - SEED
School Teaching and Learning Managers
Abi Robinson - Law
Amanda Brereton (UG) - SoSS
Bernadette O'Connor (PGT) - SoSS
James Walker - SEED
Janice Dodds (Student Support) - SEED
Elizabeth Nolan - SALC
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Fiona Fraser – SALC UG
Kevin Little – SALC PGT
Ashton Bamfield – SALC (Collaborative Partnership Administrative Officer)
Sarah Featherstone (UG) – MBS
Alison Walker-Twiste – MBS Head of Graduate Services
Hilary Garraway (PGT) – MBS
Jane Crombleholme – MBS Executive Education
School eLearning Leads
Neil Cobb - Law
Karen Niven - MBS
Liam Harte - SALC
Gary Motteram - SEED
Dan Rigby - SoSS
Employability Leads
Dinah Crystal – Law
Penny Clarke – MBS
Lindy Crewe – SALC
Craig Blyth – SEED (MIE)
Jennifer O’Brien – SEED (Geography)
Veronique Pin-Fat – SoSS
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