Campus:
Faculty:
Board Title:
Date & Time
Room:
MINUTES
Present:
xxxxxxxxxxxx (Chairperson)
List Board members’ names in alphabetical order, including the designation of each member in brackets after the name
xxxxxxxxxxxx (Secretary)
xxxxxxxxxxxx (*** Course Leader)
xxxxxxxxxxxx (External Examiner)
Apologies:
List of Board members who have given apologies, in alphabetical order, including the designation of each member in brackets after the name
In Attendance:
List of people in attendance that are not Board members, if any, in alphabetical order.
xxxxxxxxxxxx (Clerk)
1. Chairperson's introduction
The Chair welcomed all and opened the meeting. The Chair informed members that the function of the Progression and Award Assessment Board, must be carried out in accordance with the University regulations, or, where applicable, in accordance with approved professional requirements.
Specifically, a progression and award assessment board’s functions are:
· to receive module decisions from the relevant subject assessment boards;
· to receive the decisions of a faculty’s/College/campus’s extenuating circumstances panel;
· to award credit for successfully completed modules;
· to determine each student's progression, award and classification;
· to decide on referrals and any other course of action, taking account of information and advice supplied by the relevant subject assessment boards and the extenuating circumstances panel;
· to confirm candidates for interim awards at the point in the programme when they are eligible for the award (eg, CertHE at the completion of Level 4;
· to record the decisions and proceedings of all meetings of the board.
· To remind the Board of the confidentiality of the proceedings.
2. Minutes of the meeting held on *****
The minutes were approved as a true and accurate record
or
The minutes were approved as a true and accurate record subject to the following amendments being made:
3. Matters arising and confirmation of Chair’s Actions:
The minutes were approved as a true and accurate record. A copy of all Chairs Actions taken since the last board are attached to this document and have been confirmed by the Chair.
(To be attached: AS6 Chairs Action Notes – Quercus Live)
4. Any new circumstances for consideration
The Chair summarized the new regulations/derogations/information of significance
or
The Chair noted there had been no updates/derogations to the regulations.
5. Confirmation of student progression, award and classification
Please note: module statistics were discussed via exception and if necessary, comments are noted against the module.
The Board approved the results as submitted with the following comments being made:
Please refer to AM7 Minute Writing Guidance for formatting of the information
http://sasstaff.southwales.ac.uk/documents/download/94/)
6. Overall comments from External Examiner(s)
(NB External Examiner (s) reports must be with Academic Standards and Quality Services no later than FOUR weeks after the Assessment Board)
The External Examiner commented that…
Joe Bloggs External was unable to attend the Board, but sent the following comments…
External Examiners are aware all reports must be sent directly to Academic Standards and Quality Services within next 4 weeks.
7. Overall comments from Internal Board members
The Chair commented on…
Joe Bloggs noted that…
Jane Bloggs reflected that…
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