27 October 2021 Agenda
Agenda for Informatics Board of Studies meeting on 27 October 2021, 14:00hrs-16:00 hrs - ONLINE - Blackboard Collaborate
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Welcome to all members and introductions
(Please note that it is intended that the session will be held via Blackboard Collaborate - Collaborate virtual classroom | MyEd Student and Staff Portal)
Apologies received: John Longley, Myrto Arapinis.
Actions from previous meeting(s):
17022021_BoS Item 4.1: "Decolonising the curriculum" Forms for BoS approval (Vijay Nagarajan)
NEW ACTION: Sharon to double-check link from webpages.
20012021_BoS Item 7: For Information: Approval of UNISTATS Learning, Teaching & Assessment Data, and Programme Accreditation Data (Vicky M/Sharon G)
ACTION: Vicky (VM) to discuss the process with Sharon (SG) upon receipt of the update
OUTCOME: Ongoing - still awaiting update from Student Analytics Team.
17022021_BoS Item 6: Updates to MSc Cybersecurity and Privacy DPT (Ben Morse, Myrto Arapinis)
ACTION 1: Ben (BM) to share details of the waiting list with Myrto (MA) and Bjoern (BF).
OUTCOME: No conclusion on waiting list issue.
NEW ACTION: Bjorn to take forward.
ACTION 3: Myrto (MA) to confirm with COs and ISS which courses can be moved to S1 to better balance the timetable.
OUTCOME: Current balance agreed in March – to be reviewed for 2022-23.
24032021_BoS Item 5: A preliminary proposal for restructuring the Minf (Sharon Goldwater)
ACTION: Sharon (SG) to provide Committee with a full/updated proposal in future BoS meeting.
OUTCOME: ongoing
01062021_BoS (June virtual BoS) Item 1
Action: Myrto Arapinis to submit a plan to DoLT for re-designing the Computer Security cw and/or marking scheme.
Action: COMN instructors to re-designing the cw and/or marking scheme.
Action: UG3 BoE convenor to report back to BoS in June 2022 regarding COMN mark distribution.
18082021_BoS Item 1: Proposal for re-organisation of Hons/MSc Introductory Machine Learning curriculum (IAML splitting into two new courses) - Oisin Mac Aodha (Item 1), Chris Williams (Item 1a)
ACTION: investigate setup of this course in PATH with regard to prerequisites. (Sharon Goldwater)
ACTION: check suitability of Joint Degree students. (Chris Williams / Sharon Goldwater)
ACTION: Item 1 approved, Item 1a approved conditional on sorting out prerequisites.
ACTION: ISS to create the courses once fully approved (but not until Feb 2022, to avoid confusion by students registering for courses in 21/22).
18082021_BoS Item 2: Approval of updated Degree Programme Specifications for single honours Informatics degrees - Sharon Goldwater & Björn Franke
ACTION: ISS to update DRPS.
OUTCOME: complete.
Matters Arising
Agenda for Today
27102021_BoS Item 1 - IPAB Curriculum Reorganisation (Ram Ramamoorthy)
Item 1a - overall plans (Ram)
Item 1b - Course proposal: Introduction to Mobile Robotics (Lu, Khadem, Webb)
Item 1c - Course proposal: Computer Vision (Sevilla-Lara)
Item 1d - Course proposal: Advanced Robotics (Li)
27102021_BoS Item 2 - Proposal for new course - Standards Compliant Software Development (Stuart Anderson)
27102021_BoS Item 3 - Course Proposals in Progress (Sharon Goldwater)
