University of Essex s4

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 1 Business 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_ College_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 ([email protected]), 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)/2011-12

12 Updates to UCS policies and procedures

For approval (a) Management of Course Policy

i) Report of the working party (Paper JAC/12/45) ii) 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 13 Validation, revalidation and periodic review reports

For approval 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)

14 Proposals to proceed to publicity and validation (CAT 1/2/1R/2R)

For approval 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 ([email protected]), 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)/2011-12

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-New- College-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)

To note 24 Provisional dates of next meetings

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