School Board Formal Constitution
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Committees\School Board Meetings 2012/13
12 September 2012 12:00-1:00pm QA039
Part A
Operational Business
1. Apologies (see end notes)
2. Minutes of the last meeting 230512 Agreed
3. Matters arising – none.
Items from the Chair
1. The DoS welcomed and thanked members for attending.
2. New Research Professorships
The School were successful in the recruitment round for Professor bids. We appointed two new
Professors who will join us in the Autumn:
Ozlem Onaran – Professor of Workforce & Economic Development Policy, joins IBE Department
David Gray – Professor of Leadership & Organisational Behaviour, joins HROB Department
The DoS and DVC Research & Enterprise are in discussions with a further candidate.
These appointments will help to sustain our research strategy.
JSibson
Presentations
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Other formal matters/Any other business
J Cullinane
1. First/Upper Second Class firsts and 2.1 final.ppt
The data is a projection from Business Objects but has not been confirmed by Planning & Statistics.
The current target for 2011/12 was 54%. Overall it appeared that we have achieved 52%, an increase
of 2% over the previous year.
The VCs new 5 year plan sets the target at 65%. Departments will continue to meet to discuss
removing barriers to students’ progression.
2. Budget/Resources Recruitment & Budget RMayor.ppt
In January the School Executive Committee met to review a cost saving strategy for 2012/13 budget,
looking at ways to make a 500k saving through non-staffing costs, in light of pressure on student
numbers. The rationale is to save in the following areas but to preserve staffing levels:
VL Contracts
30%
Staff Development
12%
Consultancy
70%
Electronic Journals
10%
General Publicity
70%
Overseas Travel
25%
Hospitality
30%
Computers
40%
Printing (Local)
30%
Dean/RMayor
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We may need to review our position after the January intake. Overall we are in a better position
than other Schools in the University.
3. Recruitment – outcome 2012-13
Student recruitment across the Sector has been a challenge with higher fees and tightening of the
UKBA regulations.
Our student recruitment is split into three categories, Home (EU) on campus –capped; International
on campus – capped; Invisible International franchise partners – not capped – growing fast.
We planned to be on target with our budget. We needed 759 students to meet our New Entrant
Control Number (NECN) target. To date we are 12% below that target.
RMayor
CAllen
Our overseas student recruitment is a major part of our budget. To date we are 15% below our
target. We had anticipated a 20% fall in numbers, which we have offset through efficiency savings.
4. NSS
Across the School we achieved 89% on overall satisfaction.
The Systems Management & Strategy Department have performed extremely well and were the
second highest in the University. The Departments of Accounting & Finance and Human Resources &
Organisational Behaviour dropped compared to last year; the Heads of Department are aware and
working within the Department to address weaknesses identified. International Business &
Economics Department maintained their position.
The SMS Department, has received very high scores on Assessment & Feedback. They use
Grademark, online marking/feedback, which gives a quicker turnaround, detailed comments etc to
the student.
Overall satisfaction was good, thank you to all staff. The survey is broken down into different
categories by department which can be view on the link. NSS
ACTION: Heads of Department to discuss ‘how we improve’ in their departmental meetings:
A&F - Staff Making The Subject Interesting, Enthusiasm, Assessment & Feedback,
Academic Support
HROB - Teaching, Assessment & Feedback, Communication of Changes
IBE
- Assessment & Feedback
MET - Speed and Quality of Feedback
SMS - Speed and Quality of Feedback
CAllen
5. DELHE Survey Results
This survey measures the activity of graduates six months after they graduate. A difficult task to
contact student, either they have moved, changed phone number, email address.
The data show 39.8% of graduates are employed. 19.9% are unemployed.
The MET Department have a high employment rate 56.2%.
A&F Department 16.5% employed, and 22.8% employed and undertaking further study
IBE 44.2% employed, and 19.2% going on to further study
SMS and HROB Departments have a higher percentage assumed unemployed 31.3% and 27.4% these Departments have bigger programmes.
There are clear ethnic/gender variations, high percentage of black/Asians assumed unemployed.
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Across the University we are just above the mean of 37.3% of graduates in full-time paid
employment.
The data is broken down into key criteria on the link DLHE SURVEY 2012
NGarsten
6. Greenwich Employment Passport (GEP)
Today we launched our GEP. As part of employability of our students, the School have developed a
GEP which recognises extra-curricular activities. The passport is aimed at helping the student to
stand out above their competitors when making applications for work.
It is hoped the student will earn 80 points each year of their study. To secure the passport a total of
200 points will need to be earned over the 3years of study. Personal Tutors will oversee and work
with the students on their journey to the GEP.
7. GREAT Update
The GREAT exercise is the University’s rehearsal for the Research Exercise Framework (REF) 2013, it
is important for our status in the University. A lot of work has been undertaken by the Dean of
School, Director of Research and Dr Soin, Reader in A/F Dept., over the summer.
Staff going forward to REF must have produced 4 publications, but there is scope to reduce this,
perhaps to 2 publications if staff have extenuating circumstances ie. Maternity leave or for early
career researchers.
The University has set the bar high and its criterion for staff to be entered is that their 4 outputs
should be assessed to have an average grade of 2.75 using the REF's scale. This is:
4* Internationally outstanding
3* Internationally excellent
2* Nationally excellent
1* Nationally OK
0* Unclassified
All outputs other than those in highly rated journals (rated 2*, 3* or 4*) have been externally
assessed. We will hopefully have about 30 staff going forward to the REF. We want to submit as
many as possible, but the University's policy is that staff not submitted should not be disadvantaged.
SThomas
It is very important that staff deposit their academic literature into Greenwich Academic Literature
Archive (GALA). Sarah Griffiths, Information Services x 8166 S.J.Griffiths@gre.ac.uk can advise and
help you. You can also follow the link for guidance: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/deposit_guide.html
The Director of Learning & Quality is the Diversity Officer, contact her if you feel you have not been
fairly treated with respect to the REF.
Professor Ian Greer won a very large contract for 1Million Euro from the European Research Council.
PhD Scholarships
We were successful in winning four PhD studentships from the VC initiative, shortlisting is taking
place now and interviews will follow in October.
Date of Next Meeting:
7 December 2012 venue tba
Constituent Membership
Appointed Members:
3
JS
Mr J Sibson
Dean
DoS
RM
Mr R Mayor
Associate Dean of School
AssD
ST
Professor S Thomas
Research
DRes
ST
Professor C Birch
Director of Enterprise
DE
JC
Dr J Cullinane
Learning & Quality
DLQ
NH
Mr N Hand
International Affairs
DIA
CA
Mr C Allen
Senior Tutor
ST
AS
Dr A Stojanovic
Accounting & Finance
HAF
CC
Dr B Cronin
International Business & Economics
HIBE
X
BC
Mr B Curnow
HR & Organisational Behaviour
HROB
X
AE
Mr A Evans
Marketing, Events, Tourism
HMET
X
TB
Mr T Barry
System Management & Strategy
HSMS
External:
MK
Dr M Kaspersson
Humanities & Social Sciences School
X
CI
Dr C Ierotheou
Computing & Mathematical Sciences Schl
Ex-Officio
Directors
Heads:
Elected Members (3 year appointment)
Vacancy
Profs
IG
Professor I Greer
HY
Dr H Yakavenka
MA/MBA International Business
MF
Mr M Farinas
UG Accounting and finance
RDV
Dr R DeVita
UG International Business Programmes
SB
Ms S Barrett
MAIHRM; Senior Lecturer in HR&OB
CB
Mr C Bladen
Senior Lecturer in Events Management
PSt
Mr P Stoneman
MBA
Early Career MW
NG
Dr M Wyn-Williams
Lecturer International Business
Dr N Garston
SL in Public Relations
Support }
Staff }
MO
JET
Mrs M Olaniyan
Mrs J Edwards Tubb
IT Officer
Finance Officer
Students
LM
Lloyd Miller
PhD Student
DB
D Baddevithana
PhD Student
GB
G Lebedeva
Student
SO
S Odaryuk
Student
CP
C Perera
Student
KN
K Nirae
Student
PLs
Co-opted Members
MM Mrs M Montague
Executive Officer
SR
Ms S Ragab
Student Finance
VM
Ms V Malone
Info & Library Services
WR
Mr W Robley
Info & Library Services
Awaiting New Member
Central Finance Representative
SF
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