Cass School of Education & Communities

Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee

Confirmed Minutes of Meeting held on 15 February 2012

Present : Jean Murray (Chair)Lynn AngCharlotte ChaddertonEva LloydHelen PennJohn PrestonAndrew ReadPatricia Walker

Officer : Veronica Burton

1. Apologies were received from : Linda Amrane-Cooper, Paula Bosanquet, Andrew Cooper, Gerry Czerniawski, Margaret Malloch, Helen Masterton, Andrew Ravenscroft, John Trushell, Mathias Urban, Carrie Weston

2. The Minutes of the meeting held on 21 September 2011 were agreed as an accurate record

3. Matters Arising

Matters Arising Item 4. Budget and use of RAE Funding 2010-2011/RAE research budget – position : Jean Murray commented on the issues raised around the website and accessibility of information for PGR applicants and potential applicants. She noted that PGR applicants are now able to access information more easily. Ann Slater has asked Andrew Ravenscroft to take responsibility for re-writing and reconstructing the general research web pages making sure he cross references with what is written in the REF statement.

6. Use of RAE Funding 2010-2011/RAE research budget – position : Jean Murray addressed the query from Carrie Weston about allocation of funding for sabbaticals. The Committee is asking that Field Leaders should accept the fact that when staff are on study leave this should be respected and they should not be contacted except in cases of extreme urgency via the Dean. John Preston asked if there was a way that improvements across fields could be tracked to justify study leaves. He also wondered how to incentivise Field Leaders to fill the gap between wanting to support study leave and achieving this aim.

8. Impact and the REF : Jean Murray said that she is taking part in ongoing discussions with Helen Mitchell and Andrew Read to try to identify times suitable for research leave across their fields. She has obtained permission from Ann Slater to contact staff again to establish what kind of research or scholarship people would like to be involved in so that everyone is enabled to be an active scholar. She noted that across the fields there is a movement towards a system of freeing space for colleagues allowing reciprocal leaves.

11. Conference Policy : Jean Murray reported that the Conference Policy has been approved and is now on the I Drive.

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15. Study Leave Reports : Jean Murray noted that Wayne Tennent has now been awarded his PhD. The Committee expressed their congratulations.

4. Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee Membership

Jean Murray commented that the Committee had a robust membership from Education but only Professor Andrew Cooper from Social Work. She suggested that another member from the Social Work team should be invited to join the committee. The Committee AGREED that Jean Murray should ask the new Social Work Associate Dean, Lucille Allain, to nominate a member of staff to become a committee member.

5. Use of RAE Funding 2011-12/RAE research budget – position

Jean Murray referred to Appendix 1 presented at the last meeting (RAE expenditure 2011-2012) and noted that 0.2 per week has been lost due to the departure of John Gray. This will now be used to cover for two PhD students in the School who have a chance of completion prior to the REF deadlines. The university has paid to cover Gerry Czerniawski's sabbatical. £12,000 will therefore be devolved into the Secondary budget. Some funding will need to be taken from the research budget for two research groups as Ann Slater has asked if a small amount could go to support the Social Work and ICMEC research centres.

The £2,800 needed for two external scrutinisers for the two Units of Assessment also needs to be taken into account. It was AGREED that £2K of current funding should go to support the development of impact case studies. £2k is still available to support skills training for staff.

6. Report on Interim REF Report and REF (mock) data collection

Jean Murray reported that the UoA 25 interim mock report was submitted in December, together with a report from the Dean. The report for UoA 23 was submitted following the same procedures. Tim Brooks has carried out an analysis of all these reports. Both Cass reports were judged to be good but in need of further amendments before the next Mock REF at the end of March. Jean Murray reminded everyone that if they want to update or substitute publications this needs to be completed to meet the university’s target of end March for the next iteration. The externals will carry out their scrutinies between March and May. They will report on the submissions as a whole and the accuracy of grading.

Professor Stephen Briggs submitted a written report on developments with UoA 22 – quoted below :

We are progressing towards the dry run (mock) at the end of March. Although this UoA is quite complex in spanning a number of schools and the Tavistock, Alice Sampson (School of Law and Social Sciences) and I have now identified the researchers who can be submitted, obtained details of their outputs and many outputs have been assessed. We are working with the RICs to develop and refine the impact case studies. We have three of these in draft, and the expectation is that we will need 2 of these. Revised/refined versions will be discussed with the RICs on 6th March. We have PGR and grant income figures from Tim Brooks and

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a draft of the research environment section has been written. Therefore we are in a good position to submit documentation for the March dry run, and this will then be the basis for refining the submission and resolving issues. We have an external advisor (Prof Nick Gould, Bath) and I came in contact with Ann and yourself about finalising his contract.

7. Impact and the REF

Jean Murray reported that in December 2011she had submitted an impact template, plus three impact studies. Feedback from Tim Brooks and the RICS on two of these studies was very good.

8. REF Group – support mechanisms

Jean Murray referred to Agenda Item 8 Progress Monitoring Form Project Details (See Appendix 1). The current target is to put 8.8 people into the REF for UoA 25 only. UoA 23 targets are across Cass, the Tavistock and other Schools (see above). Support mechanisms are in place for all in the REF group and individual progress is being carefully monitored.

9. Internal UEL dissemination and publicity : Review Research Seminars

Seminars are regularly being advertised in In Focus and the student on line magazine, Universe, although there is a need to headline and publicise more. Next year's calendar needs to be finalised. Jean Murray invited the Committee to consider the frequency and timing of seminars for next year. This was linked with Item 10 on the Agenda, Future Patterns for School Research Conferences. Concerning seminars John Preston felt that although an excellent number of external speakers had been invited there is not enough space for presenting Cass staff research. The Committee AGREED that Mathias Urban should be asked to clarify the links between seminars and doctoral provision. John Preston stressed that students were very welcome.

The Committee AGREED to keep Thursday as seminar day and experiment

with weekly seminars with more staff presenting as well as externals.

The issue of research conferences was raised and Eva Lloyd pointed out that Whole School meetings are now being held. There was a recommendation that research conferences should be held once a year for half a day in semester B. This was AGREED.

The Committee AGREED to ask the Dean to co-ordinate the conference on the same day as the Learning & Teaching event or the Whole School meeting.

10. Future patterns for school research conferences

See Item 9

11. Research Grant applications submitted

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John Preston reported that this year £218,000 has been brought in and decisions on three grants are awaited (£617,000 of bids pending decisions). Although targets are being exceeded there is a target of £600K for next year. John Preston receives a quarterly report on bids which he will circulate.

12. Study Leave Application : Namita Chakrabarty

The Committee considered the study leave application from Namita Chakrabarty. This is to enable her to write up her doctoral thesis which is based in the School of Arts and Digital Industries.

The Committee AGREED that the application should go forward to the Dean with a recommendation of approval, but also AGREED that a school scholarship would be overridden if Namita was successful in being awarded a university sabbatical.

13. Research Funding Update

John Preston presented an update and "what needs to be done". He noted that the School now has a higher target of £600,000 for next year. Seminal sources of funding are being monitored and there is a need for more RCUK bids. Aims are to identify what are key research funding sources and priorities and internal peer review and mentoring. John Preston asked that he should be advised of all bids from the very start of the process because bids are being submitted without ReDS or the Dean being aware. There is a need to identify people who are in strong positions to bid and provide mentoring and support.

The Committee AGREED that John Preston should arrange for a section on bids to go in the staff handbook and for internal peer review in the School.

14. Reports from Research Group Leaders

Social Justice Charlotte Chadderton submitted a written report (see Appendix 2)

Early ChildhoodLynn Ang submitted a written report (see Appendix 2) and added that the group had undertaken a range of activities.

Language and LinguisticsJean Murray reported that Raymonde Sneddon had taken over leadership of Language and Linguistics on the departure of John Gray. Raymonde Sneddon submitted a written report (see Appendix 2).

Teacher EducationWarren Kidd submitted a written report for TERG (see Appendix 2), but Jean Murray noted that he had not reported on attendance at the seminars and will ask him to provide this information.

Comparative and International Higher EducationPatricia Walker reported that there has been no activity because John Trushell is still suffering from health problems.

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It was noted that it was agreed that Primary and Secondary Teacher Education research mentoring groups would merge from September 2012.

15. Report from Research Centre : ICMEC

Eva Lloyd submitted a written report (see Appendix 3).

16. Knowledge Exchange Business Income Report

Jean Murray commented that Linda Amrane-Cooper had not been able to report on this topic for some time. She will clarify if Linda wants this item to remain on the agenda.

17. EdD Issues

Mathias Urban submitted a written report (See Appendix 4). Jean Murray noted that there were issues around enrolment and documentation. There are plans for expansion on a school based route with progression from the School MA. It was clarified that EdD students only have PGR status from the thesis stage.

18. PhD Issues

Marg Malloch submitted a written report (See Appendix 5). Jean Murray commented that Marg Malloch has done a great deal of work on the PhD which is a complex area and difficult to develop and monitor. She noted that Marg would be leaving soon and took the opportunity to express thanks for all her hard work – she has made her mark as Research Degrees Leader and will be missed. John Preston will be taking over in the short term.

19. Consultancy Issues

It was noted that this topic has been discussed before but Jean Murray wished to re-consider the idea of incentives for people to undertake consultancy, thereby contributing to the conference budget. Incentives would take the form of a personal pot of money (nominally 20% of total consultancy fee gained) to support conference attendance and/or other PD activities. This idea was discussed at some length, with some people in favour of incentives and others strongly against.

The Committee AGREED that input should be obtained from Linda Amrane-Cooper on this issue. As a temporary measure it was AGREED that people who have contributed consultancy to the research budget - but are not research active and fall out of the usual conference policy parameters – it would be up to professors and Ann Slater to exercise discretion on whether or not conference requests should be granted.

20. Receive Minutes of School Ethics Committee and discuss any issues arising

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The Confirmed Minutes of the School Ethics Committee meeting on 18 May 2011 were presented to the Committee (see Appendix 6). Lynn Ang reported that there had been no major issues and a monitoring system is in place. At the last meeting forms were scrutinised and procedures confirmed. The system is now more rigorous and robust. The Committee thanked Lynn Ang for her work on this. It was noted that Cass is one of the few schools to have such a comprehensive ethics system in place.

21. AOB

There was no other business to discuss.

22. Dates of Future Meetings

1 – 3.30 pm 30 May 2012 Room ED 1.07

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Appendix 1

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Appendix 2

Social Justice Research Group Activities since Sep 2011Charlotte Chadderton

SeminarsProf Anoop Nayak, Newcastle University, 26 Jan

Publications

Special issue: Critical Race Theory in England, Race Ethnicity and Education, 15 (1), 2012. Edited by Chakrabarty, N, Preston, J, & Roberts, L. Containing articles by:Chakrabarty, N. ‘Buried Alive: the psychoanalysis of racial absence in preparedness/education’ pp. 43-63.Preston, J. and Chadderton, C. Rediscovering race traitor: towards a Critical Race Theory informed public pedagogy pp. 85-100.

Further books/articles

K. Bhopal and J. Preston (eds.) (2011) Intersectionality and ‘race’ in education. London: Routledge.Chakrabarty, N. (2011). ‘The uncanny character of race: an exploration of UK preparedness through youth performance’, in the special issue: Theatre Applications, of RIDE: the Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 16.3, pp. 403-419.Chakrabarty, N. (2011). ‘Beyond culture: from Beyoncé’s dream, ‘if you thought I would wait for you, you got it wrong’ (2008), to the age of Michelle Obama’, in Intersectionality and ‘race’ in education, K. Bhopal and J. Preston (eds.). London: Routledge, pp. 178-191.Chadderton, C. & Colley, H. (2012) School-to-work transition services: marginalising ‘disposable’ youth in a state of exception? Discourse. Studies in the cultural politics of education 33:3.

ConferencesNamita Chakrabarty has had a paper accepted for presentation on 8 March 2012, Self, Selves and Sexualities Conference, Dublin City University: The sexuality of mourning: Hamlet, Sinead and ‘Sacrifice’

Early ChildhoodLynn Ang

The EC research group has been meeting regularly over the year, both informally and more formally through the research seminars. The group’s activities over the last year from September 2011 til to-date include:

In October 2011, members of the group from the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching team presented a symposium at the 19th

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Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education Conference held in the School, on the title: 'Teaching and Learning Pedagogies; Supporting Students to Reconceptualise Early Childhood’. The group symposium was successfully delivered.6 December 2011, the research group met informally to discuss ways of collaborating on research. An output of this was a research map put together collectively by all members of the group which detailed the research activities, expertise, and outputs of each member.7 February 2012, the research group met again to discuss the research map and ways of taking their research forwards. This includes submitting a paper for the coming UEL conference and using the symposium as a basis for a collaborative journal paper.A research group seminar is scheduled for 22 May 2012 where Professor Trisha Maynard will be taking the session.Individual members of the research group continue to work on their chapters for the edited book on the early childhood curriculum, to be published by Pearson.

Language and LinguisticsRaymonde Sneddon

The Language and Linguistics group seminars have been very well attended by both staff and students over the last year and we would like to thank John Gray for organising, advertising and hosting them. We miss him.Raymonde Sneddon will organise these for 2012 with assistance from Caroline McGlynn.Seminar dates: 27th October. The speaker was Jaffar Jama, an ex-student of Cass and the winner of the first Peter Martin prize. Somalia: Education, Language and the Diaspora.8th March. The speaker will be Wayne Tennent. Title to be announced.17th May. The speaker will be Ratha Perumal. Title to be announcedThere will be an additional seminar by Martin Dewey on the topic of English as a Lingua Franca on a date to be announced.The core group are planning a meeting to share information and discuss the possibility of joint papers. Doctoral students working in the field of linguistics will be invited to join.

Teacher EducationWarren Kidd

This group aims to target all colleagues across the whole of the school’s ITE provision and teacher professional development, although may also draw in many other colleagues involved in Education, in general, and the education of teachers/professionals/education-workers in particular. Eventually, there are plans to merge the Secondary Teacher Ed group with this group. It may be that having both groups at the same time limits attendance as colleagues are divided across the two groups.

We have been pleased with the breadth and diversity of this year’s programme of events. We have tried to ensure that we invite all members of staff to an exciting line-up of national and international guest speakers on education including Sharon Gewirtz, Bev Skeggs, Glen Rikowski, Tony Bush and Ninetta Santorro. We have hosted Ninetta for a week, visiting from Australia, with some success. Attendance at Bev Skeggs’ seminar was very positive – a combination of UG and PGCE students, some Doctorial students and many staff

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from across a wide range of Fields in the School. We are hoping for the same positive attendance and successful seminar sessions for the remaining 3 speakers this year.

Alongside the invited speakers, we have tried to ‘add value’ to what we see as the need to develop research cultures within teacher education. We have tried to provide a number of formal and informal opportunities for new researchers and developing researchers to be supported with their work. These have been less well attended, but nonetheless have provided something of value for the limited numbers of staff involved. We have tried to provide something for staff interested in producing their first book proposal, review, journal publication or for those who wish to start talking with leading international publishers; the programme has included workshops provided by the Commissioning Editors from Sage and Emerald.

We still intend to develop a buddy scheme - planning to team up more experienced researchers with those new to the world of academic writing.

For next academic year we need to think about the scheduling of these (and similar) events and maximising attendance. The merging (eventually) of the secondary research group with this one also needs careful managing, especially in the light of the successful Secondary Research Journal.

The sessions we have delivered to date include:

Becoming a first-time-researcher

Advertised as - Tips, survival strategies, advice and guidance for those new to research

Developing your public profile as a researcher using social media

Advertised as - This session provides invaluable advice on how to get your ideas, presence and research ‘out there’.

Writing a book review

Advertised as - An opportunity to get a free book, lots of advice and your name in print for those new to the reviewing process.

Remaining schedule for this year:

Conference Presentation skills

Advice and pointers on how to make the most of your paper presentation at conference.

12.30-1.30Tuesday 28th February 2012

ED2.01

Guest Speaker 3

Glen Rikowski, Senior Lecturer in Education StudiesUniversity of Northampton

http://www.northampton.ac.uk/people/glenn.rikowski

5.00-6.00Thursday 22nd March 2012

ED2.02

Meet the Getting published with Sage: Books and 1.30-300

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Publisher 1 Journals

(A combined session with both the Secondary and Teacher Education Research Groups)

Wednesday 28th March 2012

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Guest Speaker 4

Tony Bush, Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Warwick and the University of the Witswatersrand, South Africa

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wie/staff/teaching-research/tony_bush/

5.00-6.00Thursday 3rd May 2012

ED2.02

Guest Speaker 5

Sharon Gewirtz, Professor of Education, King’s CollegeLondon

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/education/people/academic/gewirtzs.aspx

5.00-6.00Thursday 31st May 2012

ED2.02

Meet the publisher** 2

Writing a book proposal with Emerald Publications

12.30-1.30Tuesday 19th June 2012

ED2.02

Teacher Education Research Group Social Event

TBD 6.30 onwards Thursday 28th June 2012

Off-site

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Appendix 3

ICMEC update for R& KE meeting Wednesday 15 February 2012Eva Lloyd

This report covers the 12 month period February 2011 – February 2012

ICMEC seminars3 March 2011. Launch of London Development Agency report on the London Childcare Market, co-authored with three others by Eva Lloyd and Helen Penn. Meeting was hosted and chaired by the Head of Development at the Petchey Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Royal Docks Business School.4 October 2011. Regulating early childhood education and care In England and Europe. Speakers were Ann Gross, a Director of the Early Years and Special Needs Group in the Department for Education and Helen Penn. Eva chaired.March 2012. An ICMEC seminar is being planned around the recent National Audit Office report on value for money in the delivery of the free entitlement to early education for three and four year olds.

ICMEC publicationsAndrew Clarke & Dave Lawrence, Roger Tym & Partners, Eva Lloyd & Helen Penn, University of East London and Philip Blackburn, Laing & Buisson (2011) The London childcare market, number 5, London Development Agency Labour Market Research Series. London: GLA Philip Blackburn, Laing & Buisson. (To download go to: http://www.lda.gov.uk/publications-and-media/index.aspx)

Penn, H. (2011) Quality in Early Education and Care; An International Perspective. Maidenhead. Open University Press/McGraw HillAlborz, A., Al-Hashemy, J., Al-Obaidi,K., Brooker, E., Miles, S., Penn, H., and Slee, R. (2011)  A study of mainstream education opportunities for disabled children and youth and early childhood development in Iraq. London.  CARA Final Report 31st March

Penn, H (2011) ‘Travelling Policies and Global Buzzwords: how international non-governmental organizations and charities spread the word about early childhood in the global South. Childhood V.18 (1) pp94-113

Penn, H. (2011) ‘Gambling on the Market: the role of for-profit provision in early childhood education and care in the UK.’ Journal of Early Childhood Research, V.9(2) 150-161 Lloyd, E. (2012) 'Centre-based services in the early years' in: M. Hill, G. Head, A. Lockyer, B. Reid, R. Taylor (Eds.) Children's Services: Working Together, London: Longman Pearson (ISBN-10: 1408237253)

Lloyd, E. (2012) 'Marketisation of early years and childcare services' in L. Miller and D. Hevey (Eds.) Policy Issues in the Early Years, London: SAGE (ISBN: 9780857029638)

ICMEC presentations

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Helen Penn:"Financial overview of ECEC” EU Presidency conference on Early Education and Care: Budapest 21/22 Feb 2011 (Seminar on Costing)

"Rationales for Early Childhood Care and Education" Early Childhood Care and Education International Conference. Turkish Ministry of Education/UNICEF Istanbul. March 2011 (Keynote)

"Does International Aid Work? The Example of Early Childhood." University of Cork/Irish Aid international ECEC conference. April 2011 (Keynote)

"The Role of the Private Sector in Early Childhood Education and Care" OECD/ IRISH Govt conference  on Employability, Dublin Oct 13/14. 2011Eva Lloyd: keynote on the Review of the Early Years Foundation Stage at Westminster Education Forum Keynote Seminar ‘The future for the Early Years Foundation Stage and primary curriculum,’ May 2011. Other speakers included Robin Alexander.

ICMEC Research bidsMarch 2011: Eva Outline bid to Nuffield Foundation for a study of female childcare entrepreneurs, in collaboration with Royal Dock Business School colleagues. Unsuccessful.December 2011: Eva/Helen partnered with Policy Studies Institute in expression of interest responding to DFE invitation. Research project to look into childcare sustainability and sufficiency in disadvantaged areas. Unsuccessful.December 2012: Eva/Helen responded to an approach from the IoE Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre to undertake a ‘rapid response’ research project for DFE concerning a cross-national comparison of childcare affordability. Successful. Due end of March 2012.

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Appendix 4

Doctor of Education (EdD) – short report for R&KE / SRDSC 15th February 2012Mathias Urban 14/2/12

Administration and Management:Linda Amrane-Cooper, Marg Malloch, Helen Mitchell (Field Leader), Pooja Shah (EdD Administrator) and Mathias Urban have been working to identify and resolve issues of concern, e.g. around enrolment. Mathias and Helen are liaising to ensure programme documentation (handbook, module guides) are in line with QAE requirements.

Assessment Board:The external examiner saw a sample of students' work and confirmed the outstanding standard of the programme. He commented particularly positive on the quality of feedback given to students and markers' engagement with students' work.

Programme Team:The EdD programme team will meet on Wednesday, 22nd February to discuss tutoring and teaching issues in the light of changes in the composition of the team and student progress towards thesis stage. An overview spreadsheet can be found on D13, an updated progress report will be tabled at the meeting.

Programme Development:We keep receiving a small but steady number of applications for the EdD programme. At the same time we are looking to expand and develop the programme locally (e.g. through a possible school-based pathway) and internationally (e.g. through partnerships with international institutions, including a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding with Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia).

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Appendix 5

PhD ReportMarg MallochFebruary 2012

Enrolments

Enrolments in the PhD are progressing. There were five enrolments in September, and two in February; and an application has been made for a PhD by Publication to also start in February. There are currently three potential applicants for September 2002.

Examination

Yusmarwati presented for her viva examination in December 2011, with a pass subject to major amendments. This was the second viva for the School. Three further completions are anticipated for 2012.

Annual Reviews

These were completed in January 2012, due to two requiring further consideration. All students were approved to continue with their candidature.

The next round of reviews is to be conducted in June 2012. A revised form will be used to incorporate the Postgraduate Researcher Skill Development Plans and achievements.

Upgrade

Two students presented to upgrade from MPhil to PhD, with one successful; the second has been advised to resubmit.

Quality assurance

An audit on the PhD documentation processes was conducted in February 2012. It is important that records of supervision tutorials be sent through to the research Administration Officer to be retained on file.

Student Experience

A range of strategies at university and school level are being undertaken to improve postgraduate research student experiences and to monitor developments.

1. PRES

The PRES survey held nationally every two years attracted only a small number of postgraduate student responses in 2011; responses at UEL were also low at approx. 15%.

The university has established a specific PRES Committee and requested that each School submit a plan to achieve a higher response rate in the next PRES survey. This needs to build on improved student experiences.

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It is important to note that in the PRES Freetext responses a negative comment was made in relation to the resources room in Cass, in that students didn’t feel welcome there. This needs to be monitored as the room is now a multifunction room for a range of people.

2. PID

The Cass School of Education and Communities has established a series of projects to address the School Plan and the project: Postgraduate Research Experience, for the Programme Board: Outstanding Student Experience.

As a part of this plan, a postgraduate student experience survey has been conducted in the School. In the future a survey preliminary to the PRES will be conducted.

3. Annual Report

The Annual Report on the Postgraduate Programmes has been submitted to the RDSC and approved.

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Appendix 6

Cass School of Education

Ethics Committee

Confirmed Minutes of meeting held on 18th May 2011

Present : Lynn Ang (Chair)Gerry CzerniawskiIan TuckerMohamed MoustakimNasima HassanPaula Bosanquet

Officer : Veronica Burton

1. Apologies were received from: Andrew Read, Warren Kidd, Robert Simpson

2. Minutes of previous meeting : The Minutes of the meeting on 15 December 2010 were confirmed and agreed as an accurate record.

3. Matters arising : The Committee thanked Robert Simpson for his support in chairing the Committee during Lynn Ang's absence on maternity leave.

4. Review of Vetting Procedures :

The Committee discussed whether the role of the committee was to moderate or vet ethics applications, taking into account the following issues:

the timing of receipt of the applications, which would not allow for vetting as the research might have already taken placeNasima Hassan pointed out that forms that will be presented to the Committee in future will be submitted by students who are about to start on their researchThe timing of meetings will aim to fit in with the research module (e.g. ED3000) deadlinesthe secondary ITT programme does not involve students undertaking a dissertation or empirical research and there is no necessity for ethical clearance. However, it was acknowledged that it was important for the ITT teams to maintain representation on the committee should research ethics become an issue in the futureLynn Ang to check with Andrew Read if the same applies for primary ITT studentsPaula Bosanquet provided the MA Ethical procedures and it was noted that the schools (where students are employed or attend as placements) have their own ethical guidelines which teachers have to comply with and MA students will have to adhere to the guidelines in their Schools when using material which is collected during their practice It was noted that action research, as a common research approach used in practice based MA programmes (e.g. MA in Education and Y & C) would still need ethical consideration

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there are two ethics templates in use, one for ED3000 and the other for Masters programmes, both require the module leaders’ and supervisors' signaturesit was noted that in Psychology, all ethics forms are distributed by their Help Desk but it was agreed that this model would not be practical in the Cass School of Education given the number of programmes and students

The Committee AGREED the following :

The role of the Committee is to primarily moderate ethics applications based on research taking place within all taught programmes in the Cass School of Education. The Committee will review 10% of ethics applications across each programme. The Committee will also vet applications in retrospect and act as advisors.The Committee will highlight examples of good practice from each meeting where it arises, and this will be disseminated across the SchoolHard copies of applications will be considered in meetingsED3000 and MA Education forms will be distributed and moderated in the meetingsAll approved ethics forms must be included within the dissertations when coursework is submitted, and this should be noted in all programme handbooks All ethics forms should include a consent form and relevant supporting documents which students need to provide The main responsibility for assessing forms remain with the module leader and supervisor who should check that applications are proof read and written properly, setting out explicit and clear details. However if any problematic issues arise the Committee members will be available to adviseMeetings will take place at the beginning of May in Semester B, and beginning of December in Semester AA feedback form might be useful and Lynn Ang will circulate a virtual copy

5. Review on ethics matters

MA Ed: Paula Bosanquet provided a report on the ethical procedures followed on the MA Ed programme. She commented that teachers often have to make use of the "opt out" route, with head teachers' permission. A letter is sent out to parents detailing a project and giving them the opportunity to opt out. The Committee felt that this was acceptable as long as the school policies are followed and suggested that the head teacher's signature should be added to the letter. There was some discussion around the definition of "personal data". There was a consensus that most data will be personal and the main issue is maintaining confidentiality.

ED3000: Nasima Hassan reported that the students submit an ethics form in the first semester and receive feedback from supervisors. They can only approach participants after approval has been received. Ethics issues are explained in the module handbook.

Masters: Lynn Ang and Mohamed Moustakim reported that ethics considerations are integral to the dissertation module in the MA ECS and MA Y&C programmes, and ethics applications must be submitted before research can begin.

ITT Secondary : Gerry Czerniawski reported that ethics is not a factor in students' course work at present as they do not undertake empirical research.

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6. UEL Ethics Committee

All UEL ethics applications are being considered virtually. Lynn Ang circulated a sample feedback form which specifies approve, reject or approve with conditions. There is a move towards online moderating in the future.

7. Date of next meeting

This will be confirmed for early May and December taking into account timings discussed above.

8. AOB

Nasima Hassan thanked Ian Tucker and Paula Bosanquet for the materials they provided which were used in the ED3000 handbook. She also expressed appreciation and thanks to Ann Slater for paying for the photocopying of these handbooks.

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Quality Assurance and EnhancementUniversity Research Ethics Committee (UREC)

Reviewer Decision - Application for Research Ethical Approval

Project Title:Name and School of Principle Investigator:Name of Supervisor: (if applicable)

Please check the appropriate box:

I am able to give ethical approval for the research project:

I am able to give ethical approval for the research project subject to conditions which I list below:

Conditions for Approval:

I am unable to give ethical approval for the research project.The reasons for this and action required are as follows:

Reasons and Action Required:

Name of Reviewer:

Date of Review:

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