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Board of Studies

The Board of Studies is responsible to Senate for all matters relating to the organisation of education, teaching and research in the School, including all examination matters.

Secretary to the Board : If you would like further information about the Board of Studies for the School for Health, please contact Vicki Buckley (ext 6419, email V.J.E.Buckley@bath.ac.uk).

Membership 2008/9

Prof G Breakwell Vice Chancellor
ex-officio
Prof K Judge Chair, Head of School
ex-officio

Members of the Executive Board of the School:

Mr T Bilham  
ex-officio
Mrs K Dowding-Lees  
ex-officio
Prof C Eccleston  
ex-officio
Dr K Stokes    
Prof C Riddoch  
ex-officio
Dr D Wainwright  
ex-officio

Members of Academic Assembly elected by and from the School:

Dr M McGuigan    
Dr A Salo    
Dr M Standage    
Dr C Stevens    
Dr G Trewartha    
3 vacancies    

One representative from each Faculty/School:

Mr B Deschamps School of Management  
Dr M Ellis Faculty of Engineering & Design  
Prof S Skevington Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences  
Dr M Weiss Faculty of Science  

Co-opted members:

5 vacancies    

Four students (including at least one undergraduate and one postgraduate) appointed by and from the students of the school:

4 vacancies    

Terms of Reference

(Statute 20.1) There shall be a Board of Studies of each School which shall have the following functions:

(i) To advise and report to the Senate on all matters relating to the organisation of education, teaching and research in the subjects of the School, including the curricula and examinations.

(ii) To consider the progress of Students in the School and to report to the Senate thereon.

(iii) To recommend to the Senate persons for appointment as internal and external examiners in the subjects of the School.

(iv) To consider and where necessary to take action on any matters which may be referred to it by the Senate.

(v) To advise and recommend to the Senate on financial matters which affect the academic policy of the School.

(vi) To carry out any functions which may be given to or imposed on it by the Ordinances.

Key Functions

In order to discharge their statutory obligations, Board of Studies will be responsible to Senate for the following key functions:

(1) the development, implementation and evaluation of the Faculty's strategic plan and the approval of Departmental Strategic Plans;

(2) the approval and evaluation of strategies for Learning & Teaching, Research, and Widening Participation;

(3) the academic standards and quality of the education, teaching and research across the Faculty, including the submission of an annual report on QA issues to Senate (via the Quality Assurance Committee) and the dissemination of good practice;

(4) the audit of departmental implementation of institutional quality assurance and academic frameworks, including systematic monitoring of performance indicators and receipt of degree scheme review reports from the Faculty/School Teaching and Quality Committee;

(5) the strategic consideration of all new programme proposals, including the rigour of the underpinning market research, the student choice available and the strategic fit of the proposal;

(6) the appointment of External Examiners and Visiting Academic Staff under delegated powers from Senate;

(7) the award of degrees on the recommendation of Boards of Examiners for Programmes, under delegated powers from Senate;

(8) the monitoring of the progress of individual students via reports from the Boards of Examiners for Programmes, under delegated powers from Senate;

(9) the appointment of Directors of Studies and Heads of Group and the establishment of Groups under powers conferred by Ordinances;

(10) the approval of minor and intermediate changes to existing programmes of study;

(11) the establishment of new academic prizes, under delegated powers from Senate;

(12) the approval of secondary academic appointments, Associate Lecturers and Honorary appointments;

(13) the conduct and outcomes of academic reviews;

(14) the receipt and consideration of reports from the Departments in the Faculty.

Dates of Meetings 2009/10

Meeting date Paper submission deadline
21 September 2009 n/a - supplementary assessments only
14 October 2009 29 September 2009
25 November 2009 10 November 2009
20 January 2010 5 January 2010
10 March 2010 (reserve) 23 February 2010
28 April 2010 13 April 2010
26 May 2010 11 May 2010


Minutes of Meetings

2008/09:

2007/08:

2006/07:

2005/06:

Please note that the summaries and minutes of meetings of the Board of Studies for the School for Health published above exclude information which the University has declared will not be routinely published under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  Further information about the Act (including the reasons why such information is exempt from publication) is available at http://www.bath.ac.uk/foi/faqs-staff-general.htm.  If you have any queries about business conducted by the Committee and cannot find reference to it in the summaries/minutes published here, please contact Vicki Buckley (ext 6419, email V.J.E.Buckley@bath.ac.uk).

Procedural Rules

Standing Orders: Board of Studies Standing Orders  - http://www.bath.ac.uk/orders/bos/
Appointment of Chair: The Head of School (Section 8.4 of the Statutes).
Appointment Of Vice-Chair: See Standing Order 4(a).
Membership: See Ordinance 10.
Co-options: Up to five, see Ordinance 10.
Alternates: See Standing Order 1(b).  For ex-officio members only - allowed at the discretion of the person nominating.
Quorum: See Section 28.1(iv) of the Statutes and Standing Order 4(b-d).
Rules for voting: See Standing Orders 9 and 10.
Minutes: Submitted to Senate.

Sub-Committees:
(1) Staff/Student Liaison Committees:
Ordinance 25 states:
Each Department shall have at least one Staff/Student Liaison Committee with such constitution and terms of reference as the Board of Studies shall prescribe, provided that:
(a) the number of students shall not be less than the number of staff members.
(b) there shall not be less than six student members.
(c) the terms of reference shall include the appointment of members to serve on the Board of Studies under the provisions of Ordinance 10.1(g) (i.e. student members of the Board).
Minutes of the Staff/Student Liaison Committee may be received by the Board of Studies.
(2) Boards of Examiners.
(3) Ad hoc sub-committees may be set up for each Board of Studies as required.

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