University of Essex Faculty Education Committee

UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX FACULTY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

19 FEBRUARY 2014

AGENDA Unreserved Business

There will be a meeting of the Faculty Education Committee, Faculty of Humanities at 2pm on

19 February 2014 in Room 5N.7.23

General Business

* To note 1 Starring of Agenda Items for Discussion

Members are asked to indicate any item which they wish to star for discussion or question, including Matters Arising and Any Other Business no later than 12pm on the day before the meeting. Only starred items will be discussed at the meeting; all other items will be deemed noted and/or approved by the Committee as appropriate.

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* To note 2 Apologies for absence

For approval 3 Minutes of the meeting held on 4 December 2013 http://www.essex.ac.uk/committees/agendas_and_minutes_docs.aspx? committee=FECH

* For discussion 4 Matters arising from the minutes

For information and recommendation to Education Committee

5 Report on action taken outside of the Committee 3

(paper FEC-H/14/1 attached)

Section A - Faculty Education Strategy and Policy

* For information and discussion

* For information and discussion

6 Chair’s Report (Oral report)

7 Feedback on the Review of Departmental (Personal) Advisor 5

System

(paper FEC-H/14/2 attached)

* For information and discussion

8 QAA Higher Education Review 19

(paper FEC-H/14/3 attached)

* For information and discussion

9 Draft University Education Strategy 21

(paper FEC-H/14/4 attached)

* For information and discussion

10 Proposed Academic Flexibility Policy 39

(paper FEC-H/14/5 attached)

* For information and discussion

11 Faculty Student Voice Report 45

(paper FEC-H/14/6 attached)

Section B – Academic Business

For information and discussion

12 Student Business

* For approval and recommendation

to AQSC

14 New Programmes Proposals

a) LLB Law (Placement Year) 63

(paper FEC-H/14/7 attached)

* For information and discussion

15 Annual Review of Courses (Postgraduate)

a) East 15 Acting School

(paper FEC-H/14/8 attached)

b) Department of History

(paper FEC-H/14/9 attached)

c) International Academy

(paper FEC-H/14/10 attached)

d) Literature, Film and Theatre Studies

to follow

e) School of Law the Human Rights

(paper FEC-H/14/11 attached)

f) School of Philosophy and Art History

(paper FEC-H/14/12 attached)

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* For information and discussion

16 Issues Arising from Postgraduate External Examiner Reports

(Oral Report)

General business

17 Any Other Business

Dan de Sousa

Education Manager (Humanities)

12 February 2014