QA48Form2 PGR/PGT SSLC Annual Report
STAFF / STUDENT LIAISON COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE
RESEARCH AND / OR TAUGHT SSLCs in 2014/15
It is the responsibility of the Chair to ensure that a SSLC Annual Report is completed, in consultation with
student and staff members of the Committee (QA48 Annex A Section 7), by Tuesday 30 June 2015.
Please type this Annual Report and return electronically via email:
To: Advice and Representation Centre, Students’ Union, academicreps@bath.ac.uk
CC: Learning and Teaching Enhancement Office, learningandteaching@bath.ac.uk
1. Which degree programmes are covered by this Staff / Student Liaison Committee?
Is this SSLC for:
Postgraduate Research programmes only?
Postgraduate Taught programmes only?
(Delete as applicable)
Yes / No
Yes / No
2. Membership
Name
Chair
Secretary
Elections Contact (i.e. the member of
staff within the academic department
responsible for liaising with the SU over
the annual online election process)
Student?
Staff?
(Delete as applicable)
Yes / No
(Delete as applicable)
Yes / No
(No; must be a
member of staff)
(No; must be a
member of staff)
Yes
Yes
Number of staff members:
Number of PGT student members:
Number of PGR student members:
Invited to attend?
Receives Minutes?
(Delete as applicable)
Yes / No
(Delete as applicable)
Yes / No
Faculty Reps, Students’ Union, on the Board of Studies
Yes / No
Education Officer, Students’ Union
Yes / No
(via
academicreps@bath.ac.uk)
(via
academicreps@bath.ac.uk)
Yes* / No
Subject Librarian
(SUeducation@bath.ac.uk)
Secretary to the Faculty / School Board of Studies (for noting)
Secretary to the Dept / School Learning, Teaching and Quality
Committee (for PGT programmes) (for consideration)
Secretary to the Faculty / School Research Students
Committee (for PGR programmes) (for consideration)
Academic Representation Co-ordinator, ARC, Students’ Union
(academicreps@bath.ac.uk) (for information)
LTEO (learningandteaching@bath.ac.uk) (for information)
* Must routinely receive minutes of SSLC meetings
3. Meetings
How many times has the SSLC met during this academic year?
(Not routinely invited to
attend)
(Not routinely invited to
attend)
(Not routinely invited to
attend)
(Not routinely invited to
attend)
(Not routinely invited to
attend)
Yes* / No
Yes* / No
Yes* / No
Yes* / No
If there were fewer than 4 meetings this year, please indicate why
4. Items, Issues and Good Practice
This table is to record key issues and topics. These will be used to inform an institutional-wide report from the
Students’ Union detailing items that both the University and Students’ Union should consider in 2015/16.
Example areas (this is not a
comprehensive list of topics
covered; feel free to add details
of others issues covered by
your SSLC)
Record key items
discussed
Any example(s) of Good
Practice
Last year’s SSLC Annual
Report
Programme content and
delivery (but not individual
lecturers), changes to existing
units / programmes and
proposals for new units /
programmes
Information to support
(PGT) students in making
informed Unit choices
Assessment and
Feedback, including
examinations (if applicable)
Dept. Feedback Policy
Survey results (e.g. PTES,
PRES, Unit & Programme
Evaluations)
Surveys Action Plans (e.g.
PTES, PRES, Unit &
Programme Evaluations)
External Examiners
Reports and University
response
Timetabling
Group work
Skills development and
training, including
research skills training
Student support (including
progress monitoring,
supervisory arrangements [but
not individual supervisors] and
the Personal Tutor system)
Library provision (Was the
Subject Librarian invited to
attend to discuss relevant
issues?)
IT and e-Learning
provision (Was a member of
the relevant team invited to
attend to discuss relevant
issues?)
Other academic
resources (teaching
accommodation, research
facilities and electronic
resources)
Careers provision (Was
a representative of the Careers
Service invited to attend to
discuss relevant issues?)
Other issues or SSLC
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Any action taken
initiatives
5. Unresolved issues
Which of the issues discussed during this year remain unresolved and what steps are being taken to resolve them?
6. Elections Contract for 2015/16
Who will be the Elections Contact for the academic department? (i.e. the member of staff within the academic department
responsible for liaising with the Students’ Union over the annual online election process to promote and to market the online election
process for student representative)
Name:
Email:
Ext.:
7. Authorisation
It is the responsibility of the Chair to ensure that a SSLC Annual Report is completed, in consultation with student and
staff members of the Committee (QA48 Annex A Section 7).
Chair of the SSLC
Name (print) :
Date:
In the absence of the Chair, the Annual Report may be signed-off by the Director of Studies or Secretary of the SSLC
Name (print):
Date:
When you have completed this form, please return via email by Tuesday 30 June 2015:
To: Advice and Representation Centre, Students’ Union, academicreps@bath.ac.uk
CC: Learning and Teaching Enhancement Office, learningandteaching@bath.ac.uk
The form should be returned by this deadline even if you have further meetings scheduled in the current
academic year; the draft form should, where possible, be circulated to members of the SSLC for comment by
email.
The Secretary should keep a copy for departmental records AND place on the agenda for the first meeting of
the SSLC in the new academic year.
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