TC Agenda 8th November 2017

Teaching Committee Agenda for 8th November 2017.

Meeting Agenda

Informatics Teaching Committee Agenda

Wednesday 8th November 2017 14.00hrs, Appleton Tower room 7.14

 

Agenda

18.08 Apologies for absence - Alex Lascarides, Christophe Dubach, Paul Anderson, Mary Cryan

18.09. Minutes of previous meetings

18.10. Matters Arising

(Extraordinary TC 29th June 2017; Item 2) - Late Submission of Coursework.

ACTION: DoT to inform teaching staff of late penalties process.

RESPONSE: Complete, actioned by G.Bell 18/10/2017

 

(TC 10th May 2017, Matters Arising 3.2) - Revised Exam Scrutiny Process.

ACTION: Convenors to collaborate on progressing the new scrutiny process. (Teaching Committee policy pages still to be created and this item to be added - ITO / Communication Team - OUTSTANDING.)

RESPONSE: after feedback on the scrutiny process from staff, Alan Smaill produced the following for discussion:

 

(TC May 10th, Item 4) - Proposal to Remove Elevated Hurdles for Progression to Honours - B. Franke.

ACTION: current DoT to contact other schools regarding Joint programmes. Chased 31/10/2017.

 

18.04 Moderating IPP Marks - G. Sanguinetti

ACTION: G. Sanguinetti to contact Course Organiser to collaborate and produce a formal proposal, including a marking scheme and present at a future board.

RESPONSE: G. Sanguinetti circulated the following revised proposal and Mark Van Rossum replied that he was happy with it.

 

18.05 TSPL (INFR11114) - change in exam diet

TSPL exam would be moved from both December and May diets to December only.

ACTION: ITO to incorporate this change into exam planning; contact Vicky MacTaggart and Examinations Team.

RESPONSE: Complete.

 

18.07-1 Change in Granting Extensions for Coursework - Gregor Hall for Gillian Bell. The Committee agreed that ITO should be able to grant full seven day extensions for coursework.

ACTION: ITO to handle all such requests from now on – request to be forwarded to Katey Lee, Gregor Hall and Vicky Swann.

RESPONSE: Complete.

 

18.07-2 Coursework deadlines – the setting of coursework deadlines was discussed. The current guideline for Semester 2 – 16:00 on the Thursday of week 10 was questioned for certain courses. It was agreed by Committee to extend this to the Monday of the Revision week.

ACTION: ITO to update of Infweb page on coursework deadlines.

RESPONSE: Complete.

18.11 Updates on Curriculum Review – Sharon Goldwater

18.12 - Draft Learning and Teaching Plan - Director of Teaching

18.13 - Teaching Committee Strategy and Plan 2018-21 - Director of Teaching

18.14 - Discussion Paper: Curiculum Structure - Director of Teaching

18.15 - Recruitment Committee Report - Helen Pain

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