10.1 grant application reviewing process. – MO reported on the issue of the internal reviewing of grant applications, which is demanded by both the College and the Research Councils. There will be a need to ensure that mentors aren’t swamped and have enough time to review applications. All bids over £50k should be reviewed by a member of professorial staff. The REF working group is putting together the impact case studies. There is unlikely to be an official college wide dry run by internal updates of publication lists will take place in the autumn term. The genetics grouping is joining the genetics group (LSHTM, UCL) and will be funded by the department at £4k per year. Report from the Chair of the Learning and Teaching Committee (SG) SG reported that the internal review date is unconfirmed. The L&T committee is setting up an inhouse review of the BSc curriculum to look at potential repetition across modules. There will be one representative for each year and one for the MSc Psychology. Students will get more demanding as the fees go up, and there is currently repetition across some modules. AS said that the examination for Critical Analysis is changing. There may have to be a change in credit weightings across the BSc as the College wants all years to be weighted equally and currently the BSc is 60,90,90,120. Introduction to Research methods could be increased to 30 credits from 15, with history and Philosophy of Psychology being decreased to 15 in the final year. There was a suggestion of raising second year lab (research methods) to 45 credits. Report from the Chair of the Resources Committee (AS) AS reported that the college wide Matlab licence has been approved and will be bought in September for a one year trial. The electronic marking system for multiple choice exam papers has been purchased and installed in 501. AOB AKS raised the issue of excessive blackberry charges, and it was suggested that the matter is raised with ITS as blackberry are not the most economical provider. Date of next meeting 2nd July 2012
10.1 – grant application reviewing process. MO reported on the issue of the internal reviewing of grant applications, which is demanded by both the College and the Research Councils. There will be a need to ensure that mentors aren’t swamped and have enough time to review applications. All bids over £50k should be reviewed by a member of professorial staff. The REF working group is putting together the impact case studies. There is unlikely to be an official college wide dry run by internal updates of publication lists will take place in the autumn term. The genetics grouping is joining the genetics group (LSHTM, UCL) and will be funded by the department at £4k per year. Report from the Chair of the Learning and Teaching Committee (SG) SG reported that the internal review date is unconfirmed. The L&T committee is setting up an inhouse review of the BSc curriculum to look at potential repetition across modules. There will be one representative for each year and one for the MSc Psychology. Students will get more demanding as the fees go up, and there is currently repetition across some modules. AS said that the examination for Critical Analysis is changing. There may have to be a change in credit weightings across the BSc as the College wants all years to be weighted equally and currently the BSc is 60,90,90,120. Introduction to Research methods could be increased to 30 credits from 15, with history and Philosophy of Psychology being decreased to 15 in the final year. There was a suggestion of raising second year lab (research methods) to 45 credits. Report from the Chair of the Resources Committee (AS) AS reported that the college wide Matlab licence has been approved and will be bought in September for a one year trial. The electronic marking system for multiple choice exam papers has been purchased and installed in 501. AOB AKS raised the issue of excessive blackberry charges, and it was suggested that the matter is raised with ITS as blackberry are not the most economical provider. Date of next meeting 2nd July 2012
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