Board of Studies
Responsible for curriculum approval, including all individual taught courses, MOOCs, non-credit bearing CPD courses and the undergraduate, taught postgraduate, and research postgraduate degree programmes.
This provides assurance of open discussion within the School, appropriate consultation with other Schools, and approval of submissions to the relevant College committees. The Board may be asked through College committees to consider and respond to academic policy matters.
The full remit is available (pdf) (This is the revised version published February 2019).
- Agenda for the next Board of Studies Meeting
- Minutes from the previous Board of Studies Meeting
- Directory of past and future meetings of the Board
Board of Studies Dates for 2019/2020*
Meetings of the Board are held at 2.00pm on Wednesday afternoons.
Please make sure you check you are attending the correct room as the venue changes from meeting to meeting do to resource constraints. Most meetings will take place in the Informatics Forum, however are subject to change.
| Meeting Date |
Time |
Venue |
| 16th October 2019 | 14.00hrs - 16.00hrs | Appleton Tower Room G:05 |
| 20th November 2019 | 14.00hrs - 16.00hrs | Appleton Tower Room G:05 |
| 11th December 2019 | 14.00hrs - 16.00hrs | Appleton Tower Room 7:14 |
| 15th January 2020 | 14.00hrs - 16.00hrs | Appleton Tower Room 7:14 |
| 19th February 2020 | 14.00hrs - 16.00hrs | Appleton Tower Room 7:14 |
* Please note that the dates and times stated above are subject to change due to the Curriculum Approval changes.
Membership
All Informatics academic teaching staff, supplemented by at least two members external to the School and at least two student representatives.
| Board of Studies Convenor - School of Informatics | Stuart Anderson | |
| Academic Secretary - School of Informatics | Alan Smaill | |
| Administrative Secretary - School of Informatics | Anne MacKenzie (temp) | |
| School Curriculum Approval Officer - School of Informatics | Stephen Gilmore | |
| UG Admissions Officer - School of Informatics | Shay Cohen | |
| Curriculum Review - School of Informatics | Sharon Goldwater | |
| Quality Assurance - School of Informatics | Vicky Mactaggart | |
| Learning Technologist - School of Informatics | Alex Burford | |
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Academic Support Librarian for School of Informatics |
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| Student Representative members - School of Informatics | ||
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External members for 2018/19 |
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| School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences Representative | James Kirby | |
| School of Engineering Representative | ||
| School of Mathematics Representative | Heather Yorston | |
| School of Biological Sciences Representative | Simon Tomlinson | |
