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UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE

ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

A meeting of the Academic Standards and Audit Committee of the Academic Board will be held on Tuesday, 21 March 2017 at 09.30 hours in the de Havilland Lounge, de Havilland campus.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE

Agenda papers for this meeting have been issued to members, named alternates and officers in attendance only. Non-confidential papers may be obtained on request from Governance Services (telephone: 4564; e-mail: [email protected]).

Apologies should be conveyed to the Clerk, Mrs R E Haller (telephone: 4108; e-mail: [email protected]).

A G E N D A

1 APOLOGIES

To receive apologies for non-attendance at the meeting.

2 CHAIRMAN’S OVERVIEW

To receive the comments of the Chairman.

3 MINUTES – 31 JANUARY 2017

To confirm and sign the minutes. - Paper 3

4 MATTERS ARISING

4.1 Summary of actions – 31 January 2017

To note the actions arising from the meeting of 31 January 2017. - Paper 4.1 (Confidential)

4.1.1 Replacement Modules for modules that students have achieved FNFA status – Minute 700.1.1 refers

To note the revised paper which has been circulated to members and officers in attendance. - Paper 4.1.1

4.2 Summary to School Academic Committees

4.2.1 To note that matters for report and consideration by the School Academic Committees from the meeting of the Committee held on 31 January 2017 were circulated to Deans of School and Associate Deans (Academic Quality Assurance) by the Chairman on 18 February 2017. - Paper 4.2.1

4.2.2 To note that certain information from the meeting of the Committee held on 31 January 2017 has been circulated to members and officers in attendance of School Academic Committees for note.

ASAC agenda 21.03.17 1/5 4.3 Admissions criteria for Hertfordshire International College (‘HIC’) students – Minutes 490.1.2, viii and 741.2 refer

To receive an oral report from the Chairman concerning the decisions of the Recruitment and Admissions Policy Review Committee.

4.4 To note any matters not taken elsewhere on the agenda.

5 ANNUAL REPORTS FROM EXTERNAL EXAMINERS

To receive a summary of the significant issues and comments identified in feedback from External Examiners’ annual reports for the academic year 2015-2016 and to note the number of External Examiners who answered ‘Partly Agree’ or ‘Disagree’ to the statements in the external examiner’s annual report. . - Paper 5 (Confidential)

6 UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

To note any items for report from the Chairman.

7 COLLABORATIVE PROVISION

7.1 Annual Reports from Quality Liaison Managers

7.1.1 Hertfordshire International College - 10.15 hours

(NOTE: Mr s Culliford, Key Account Manager, will attend for this item.)

To receive the annual report for the academic year 2015-2016 from Mr Culliford. - Paper 7.1.1

7.1.2 INTI Holdings Malaysia - 10.30 hours

(NOTE: Mrs V Earle, Quality Liaison Manager, will attend for this item.)

To receive the annual report for the academic year 2015-2016 from Ms Earle. - Paper 7.1.2

7.1.3 Hertfordshire Higher Education Consortium – 10.45 hours

(NOTE: Ms A Higgins, Key Account Manager, will attend for this item.)

To receive the annual report for the academic year 2015-2016 from Ms Higgins. - Paper 7.1.3

8 AUDITS 2016-2017

8.1 Ratification of Board of Examiner outcomes by absent External Examiners

To note that receipt of the audit report has been deferred to the meeting on 2 May 2017.

9 AUDITS 2015-2016

To receive a report from Ms Rendell concerning progress on actions arising from the gap analysis audits carried out in the academic year 2015-2016. - Paper 9

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10 IMPLEMENTATION OF A GRADE POINT AVERAGE (‘GPA’) SYSTEM – Minute 700.1.2 refers

To note the staff guidance on the use of GPA. - Paper 10 (To follow)

11 AGENDA – PART II To note and approve Part II of the Agenda (items A-C). (NOTE: Members wishing to comment on any item in Part II of the Agenda, which consists of items requiring formal note and /or approval, are asked to inform the Chair, through the Clerk, Mrs R E Haller, e-mail: [email protected] , telephone extension 4108, not less than 48 hours before the meeting. If no such indications are received, Part II will be taken as noted and approved.)

12 MATTERS REPORTED FOR INFORMATION

12.1 HEFCE good practice guide to providers on publishing information for prospective undergraduate students

To note the publication by HEFCE on 6 March 2017 of guidance on publishing information for prospective students. - Paper 12.1

13 CHECK LIST FOR COMMUNICATIONS

To agree how decisions and actions to be taken as outcomes of this meeting will be communicated.

14 PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT

To identify people development needs and to refer them to the Manager of People Development, Department of Planning, Development and Change.

15 RISK

To consider any risks inherent in the matters dealt with by the Committee during the meeting but not discussed when the item concerned was taken.

16 EMERGENCY BUSINESS

(Admissible only with the consent of the Chairman given prior to the meeting.)

17 DATE OF NEXT MEETING

Tuesday, 2 May 2017, 09.30 hours, Central Committee Room, MacLaurin Building. Items for the Agenda should be notified to the Clerk, Mrs R E Haller, (e-mail: [email protected], telephone extension: 4108), B204, Hatfield by Tuesday 11 April 2017. Supporting papers should be lodged with the Clerk no later than Tuesday, 18 April 2017.

ASAC agenda 21.03.17 3/5 It will be assumed that items from the Schools have been submitted with the approval of the Dean of School.

ASAC agenda 21.03.17 4/5 A G E N D A – PART II

A ACADEMIC QUALITY

Programmes, Courses and Collaborative Agreements

To note the reports confirmed by the Chairman of the Student Educational Experience Committee and ratified by the Vice-Chancellor for the period 18 January 2017–3 March 2017, with the summary of conclusions and recommendations, which will be noted at the meeting of the Academic Board held on 21 June 2017. - Paper A

B ACADEMIC SERVICES

To note the amendments/revisions to the Academic Services publications for the period 11 January 2017 – 27 February 2017. - Paper B

Publications are available for inspection online at:

http://www.studynet1.herts.ac.uk/ptl/common/aqo.nsf/Homepage?ReadForm

Members and named alternates wishing to view or obtain copies should refer to this site.

C STUDENT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE

To note publication of the minutes of the meeting of the Student Educational Experience Committee held on 7 February 2017. - Paper C (Confidential) EDRMS ONLY

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