Minutes - Academic Planning Unit - University of Ulster

) Lifelong Learning at Ulster (Minute 12.15)
The Committee noted and welcomed the very useful report on
developments at Ulster.
c) Schools and Colleges Engagement Strategy (Minute 12.16)
It was noted that the Strategy was owned jointly by the Educational
Partnerships and International Affairs and Teaching and Learning
portfolios, and would provide a framework for integrating and coordinating
collaborative activities.
d) Prospectus Development (Minute 12.20 b)
It was noted that training would be provided for Faculty staff to access
and populate the new system and that discussions would take place
regarding the transition of responsibility from Employability and Marketing
to Student Administration.
e) Admissions Policy (Minute 12.23)
The Sub-Committee’s comment regarding the management of
operational queries regarding admissions and qualifications was noted,
but the ADEC meeting was deemed to be an inappropriate forum to
discuss operational issues.
12.47 ENHANCING THE CLASS REPRESENTATION SYSTEM (ADEC/12/14)
Mr Robb presented a report from the Students’ Union that detailed the
availability of training for class representatives and highlighted the greater
level of engagement by those students that had undertaken the training.
In 2011, the Schools of Art and Design and Computing and Information
Engineering organised joint training sessions that provided an opportunity for
staff and students to meet in an informal setting and discuss the work of
Staff Student Consultative Committees. These were reported as having
been the most useful aspect of the training and the Student’s Union wished
to roll out these joint sessions across all Schools/Faculties.
AGREED that:
a) Suitable dates (normally during weeks 4 and 5 of Semester 1) for joint
staff/class representatives training sessions to be identified by Heads of
School, collated at the Faculty level, and submitted to Ms A Honan as a
single return by the end of week 2 in Semester 1;
b) Ms Honan be asked to re-assess the model for determining the number
of Class Representatives required, as this seemed inaccurate in places,
and advised that course numbers could be obtained from staff in
Information Development.
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