FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
DESIGNATION OF COMMITTEE BUSINESS - OPEN AND RESERVED BUSINESS
1. Boards of Studies
| SUBJECT | OPEN | RESERVED BUSINESS |
|---|---|---|
| Membership and Terms of Reference of Sub-Committees of the Board and Boards of Examiners | √ | |
| Reports from Senate or Executive Committee | √* | |
| Minutes of Faculty BofS Sub-Committees (FEC, FLTQC, FRC, FRSC)-varies | ||
| Minutes of Department Committees | √* | |
| Reports from Departments | √* | |
| Strategic approval of programme | √ | |
| Changes to units and programmes | √ | |
| New Partner Institutions | √ | |
| Proposed Collaborative Provision | √ | |
| Establishment of Prizes | √ | |
| Nominations for Awards | √ | |
| Appointment of Representatives | √ | |
| Review of Departmental Structure | √ | |
| Grants and Contracts –monitoring and data | √ | |
| Establishment of Research Centre | √ | |
| Review of Research Centre | √ | |
| Student Numbers/Recruitment | √ | |
| Library Matters | √ | |
| Chair’s Business | √* | |
| Appointments of internal & external examiners | √ (Reserved) | |
| Student Awards and Progression | √ (Reserved) | |
| Academic Appeals | √ (Reserved) | |
| Assessment Offence | √ (Reserved) | |
| Approval of Teaching Assistants (QA9) | √ (Reserved) |
2. Faculty and Department Learning, Teaching and Quality Committees
| SUBJECT | OPEN | RESERVED BUSINESS |
|---|---|---|
| New programme proposals | √ | |
| Major Changes to Programmes | √ | |
| Intermediate / Minor Changes to Programmes | √ | |
| Unit changes | √ | |
| Proposals for Accreditation of programmes | √ | |
| New/renewed partnership agreements | √ | |
| Exchange Agreements (new / renewal / withdrawal) | √ | |
| Report of the External Examiner [part 2: Reserved] and responses | √ | |
| Degree Scheme Review reports/action plans | √ | |
| National Student Survey (NSS) action plan | √ | |
| Programme Annual Monitoring Reports | √ | |
| Annual overview report on peer review & department feedback policies | √ | |
| Consultation documents for approval by higher level committee | √ | |
| Policy re Implementation of QA Code of Practice | √ |
- unless they contain any Reserved business
3. Faculty Research Committee and Faculty Research Students Committee
All business would be considered on its merits as Open or reserved business. Much business at Faculty Research Committee is likely to be reserved business. Much business at Faculty Research Students Committees relates to individual students so is likely to be reserved business.
Freedom of Information: The University has identified seven categories of information, which it will not routinely publish under the Freedom of Information Act:
- Information about living individuals (including, but not limited to, members of staff, students or research subjects) the processing of which is covered by the Data Protection Act 1998. (This is reserved ‘pink’ business);
- Information that might jeopardize the health and safety of staff, students or the public;
- Information that might prejudice the University's commercial interests;
- Information that would prejudice the prevention or detection of crime or the prosecution of offenders;
- Information concerning legal Proceedings or investigations being carried out by the University that might lead to criminal or civil proceedings;
- Information held under legal obligation of confidentiality;
- Information that is published elsewhere or that is intended for publication at a later date (e.g. draft versions of documents, information subject to amendment or approval by the appropriate University body).
A Pater, April 2016