From the Executive Board

In order to give UT staff more insight into the decision-making processes of the Executive Board, every month the UT Newsmail will contain a short explanation of a number of subjects which were reviewed during the past month. More information can be found on the strategy website, under the heading ‘From the Executive Board’.

Over the past few weeks, the Executive Board took the following decisions, among others:

Restructure ITC faculty

The Executive Board took a positive decision on the restructure of the ITC faculty. The ITC faculty has the intention to better align its current organisational structure to the organisation of processes within the UT. Under the new structure, the scientific departments have a more substantive-strategic responsibility including budget responsibility for the primary processes of education, research and projects.

In addition, the management team of the ITC faculty seeks to effect transparent operations, in which context reliable and uniform management information is collected and shared with the person with budget responsibility. The new structure meets these requirements.

The financial consequences of the restructure are minimal, because all staff members whose job will be discontinued, will be offered another job. The social consequences are limited to a change of tasks or a transfer within the ITC faculty. In mid-December 2011, the faculty council of the ITC faculty agreed to the proposed restructure. The staff members involved will be informed about the new tasks or transfer within the next 4 weeks. The restructure will be completed as at 1 March 2012.

The Executive Board also took a positive decision on the faculty regulations ITC. These regulations will become effective as at 1 March 2012 and will replace provisional regulations which were put in place on the transition of the ITC faculty to the UT.

Binding study advice to commence as from September 2012

The Executive Board has taken a proposed decision on the Binding Study Advice for all Bachelor’s programmes. A request for approval has been sent to the University Council in which the Executive Board has indicated the intention to use a Binding Study Advice (BSA) as early as from September 2012 for all Bachelor’s programmes. This means that at the end of the first year, students must have achieved sufficient results to continue their study.

Thus, in anticipation of developments of a new educational model, the Executive Board responds to the request of the University Council to take measures necessary to increase the speed with which students study.

The main objective of the BSA is to get students in the right place sooner. The interim evaluation of the pilot held for programmes at the TN, ST and CW faculties has shown that the BSA contributes to this. For these programmes, the results achieved in the first year are higher compared with the situation before the BSA. Study counsellors as well as figures provided by the TN faculty show that the BSA does not result in a ‘study dip’ later on in the study.

The standard for the BSA for all programmes has been set at 45 EC.

The BSA applies to all Bachelor’s programmes. An exception will be made for programmes that require a change in the content of the curriculum in order to implement the BSA. These programmes will be given until 2013, after which they are required to use a BSA for all Bachelor’s programmes. In the short term, it will become clear which programmes are required to make changes to their curriculums.

The University Council will deal with the request for consent in February of this year.

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Home	April 2012 \| January 2012 \| February 2012 \| March 2012 From the Executive Board In order to give UT staff more insight into the decision-making processes of the Executive Board, every month the UT Newsmail will contain a short explanation of a number of subjects which were reviewed during the past month. More information can be found on the strategy website, under the heading ‘From the Executive Board’. Over the past few weeks, the Executive Board took the following decisions, among others: Restructure ITC faculty The Executive Board took a positive decision on the restructure of the ITC faculty. The ITC faculty has the intention to better align its current organisational structure to the organisation of processes within the UT. Under the new structure, the scientific departments have a more substantive-strategic responsibility including budget responsibility for the primary processes of education, research and projects. In addition, the management team of the ITC faculty seeks to effect transparent operations, in which context reliable and uniform management information is collected and shared with the person with budget responsibility. The new structure meets these requirements. The financial consequences of the restructure are minimal, because all staff members whose job will be discontinued, will be offered another job. The social consequences are limited to a change of tasks or a transfer within the ITC faculty. In mid-December 2011, the faculty council of the ITC faculty agreed to the proposed restructure. The staff members involved will be informed about the new tasks or transfer within the next 4 weeks. The restructure will be completed as at 1 March 2012. The Executive Board also took a positive decision on the faculty regulations ITC. These regulations will become effective as at 1 March 2012 and will replace provisional regulations which were put in place on the transition of the ITC faculty to the UT. Binding study advice to commence as from September 2012 The Executive Board has taken a proposed decision on the Binding Study Advice for all Bachelor’s programmes. A request for approval has been sent to the University Council in which the Executive Board has indicated the intention to use a Binding Study Advice (BSA) as early as from September 2012 for all Bachelor’s programmes. This means that at the end of the first year, students must have achieved sufficient results to continue their study. Thus, in anticipation of developments of a new educational model, the Executive Board responds to the request of the University Council to take measures necessary to increase the speed with which students study. The main objective of the BSA is to get students in the right place sooner. The interim evaluation of the pilot held for programmes at the TN, ST and CW faculties has shown that the BSA contributes to this. For these programmes, the results achieved in the first year are higher compared with the situation before the BSA. Study counsellors as well as figures provided by the TN faculty show that the BSA does not result in a ‘study dip’ later on in the study. The standard for the BSA for all programmes has been set at 45 EC. The BSA applies to all Bachelor’s programmes. An exception will be made for programmes that require a change in the content of the curriculum in order to implement the BSA. These programmes will be given until 2013, after which they are required to use a BSA for all Bachelor’s programmes. In the short term, it will become clear which programmes are required to make changes to their curriculums. The University Council will deal with the request for consent in February of this year.