Senate Meeting

SEN/24/3/2022/A

UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE

S E N A T E

The next meeting of Senate will take place in the Committee Room, Third Floor, University House, Mount Aureol, Freetown on Thursday 24^thMarch, 2022 at 09:00 a.m.

Kindly endeavour to attend and please be on time.

 A. J. Williams

For: University Registrar

 16^thMarch, 2022

AGENDA                                                                                        

1. Opening  SEN/24/3/2022/B
2. Confirmation of Agenda  SEN/24/3/2022/C
3. Minutes of Meeting held on 8^th April, 2021  SEN/24/3/2022/D   
4. Matters Arising from the minutes of 8^th April, 2021  SEN/24/3/2022/E
5. Minutes of Emergency meeting of Senate, 13^th October 2021  SEN/24/3/2022/F
6. Approval of results SEN//26/3/2022/G  
7. Senate to approve one-off dispensation for Associate Professors in Librarianship for promotion to full professors based on scoring report SEN/24/3/2022/H
8. Senate to approve reverting to the old system whereby Year 1 students who failed to make the GPA required for promotion should exit the programme for two years    SEN/24/3/2022/I
9. Senate to approve Resit Examinations for Honours Students  SEN/24/3/2022/J
10. Approval of affiliation of the College of Theology and Management and Church Training Centre  SEN/24/3/2022/K
11. Report from University of Sierra Leone Curriculum Review Committee   SEN/24/3/2022/L
12. Any Other Business  SEN/24/3/2022/M
13. Adjournment  SEN/24/3/2022/N 

ADDRESSED TO:

MEMBERS OF SENATE AND MEMBERS OF STAFF IN ATTENDANCE – 2022

MEMBERS:

1. The Vice-Chancellor and Principal, USL
2. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, FBC Campus
3. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, IPAM Campus
4. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, COMAHS Campus The Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences The Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences The Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
5. The Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, USL
6. The Director-General (Educ.), Min. of Technical and Higher Education, Court Representative
7. Mrs. Mariatu Isha Mansaray, Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools, Court Representative
8. The Dean, Faculty of Arts, FBC
9. The Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture, FBC
10. The Dean, Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences, FBC
11. The Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
12.  The Dean, Faculty of Law, FBC
13. The Dean, Faculty of Communication, Media and Information Studies, FBC
14. The Dean, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, COMAHS
15. The Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences and Dentistry, COMAHS
16. The Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, COMAHS
17. The Dean, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, COMAHS
18. The Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, IPAM
19. The Dean, Faculty of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship, IPAM
20. The Dean, Faculty of Leadership and Governance, IPAM
21. The Dean, Faculty of Accounting and Finance, IPAM
22. The Dean, Faculty of Information Systems and Technology, IPAM
23. The Head, Department of Accounting and Finance, FBC
24. The Head, Department of Biological Sciences, FBC
25. The Head, Department of Accounting, FBC
26. The Head, Department of Chemistry, FBC
27. The Head, Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies, FBC
28. The Head. Department of Economics & Commerce, FBC
29. The Head, Department of Mechanical & Maintenance Engineering, FBC
30. The Head, Department of Civil Engineering, FBC
31. The Head, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, FBC
32. The Head, Division of Educational Studies, FBC
33. The Head, Department of Language Studies, FBC
34. The Head, Department of Geography, FBC
35. The Head, Department of Geology, FBC
36. The Head, Department of History & African Studies, FBC
37. The Head, Department of Legal Studies, FBC
38. The Head, Department of Constitutionalism, Human Rights and Criminal Justice, FBC
39. The Head, Department of Mass Communication, FBC
40. The Head, Department of Library Archives and Information Science, FBC
41. 41        The Head, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, FBC
42. The Head, Department of Physics, FBC
43. The Head, Department of Political Science, FBC
44. The Head, Department of Sociology, FBC
45. The Head, Division of Extra-Mural Studies, FBC
46. The Head, Department of Community Health, COMAHS
47. The Head, Department of Histopathology, COMAHS
48. The Head, Department of Biochemistry, COMAHS
49. The Head, Department of Haematology/Chemical Pathology, COMAHS
50. The Head, Department of Pharmacology, COMAHS
51. The Head, Department of Pharmaceutics, COMAHS
52. The Head, Department of Anatomy, COMAHS
53. The Head, Department of Physiology, COMAHS
54. The Head, Department of Microbiology, COMAHS
55. The Head, Department of Medicine, COMAHS
56. The Head, Department of Surgery, COMAHS
57. The Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, COMAHS
58. The Head, Department of Paediatrics, COMAHS
59. The Head, Department of Pharmacognosy, COMAHS
60. The Head, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, COMAHS
61. The Head, Department of Basic Nursing, COMAHS
62. The Head, Department of Community Health Nursing, COMAHS
63. The Head, Department of Medical/Surgical Nursing, COMAHS
64. The. Head, Department of Specialized Nursing, COMAHS
65. The. Head, Department of Pharmacy Technicians/Pharmaceutical Chemistry, COMAHS
66. The Head, Department of Accountancy, IPAM
67. The Head, Department of Business Administration & Entrepreneurship, IPAM
68. The Head, Department of Information Systems & Technology, IPAM
69. The Head, Department of Governance & Leadership, IPAM
70. The Head, Department of Banking & Finance, IPAM
71. The Director, IMBO, FBC
72. The Director, Institute for Population Studies, FBC.
73. The Director, Institute of Educational and Extra-Mural Studies, FBC
74. The Director, QA &SP Directorate
75. The Acting Director, InGRADOC
76. The Acting Director, Centre for Policy Studies, USL
77. Prof. J.A.S. Redwood-Sawyerr, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, FBC
78. Prof. Ogunlade Davidson, Department of Mechanical & Maintenance Engineering, FBC
79. Dr Ibrahim Abdullah (Associate Professor), Department of History & African Studies, FBC
80. The Senior Librarian, IPAM
81. The Senior Librarian, FBC
82. The Librarian, COMAHS
83. The University Registrar, USL – Secretary to the Committee

FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES

1. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Arts, FBC
2. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture, FBC
3. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences, FBC
4. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Social Sciences
5. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Law, FBC
6. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Communication,
7. Media and Information Studies, FBC
8. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, COMAHS
9. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Clinical Sciences and Dentistry, COMAHS
10. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, COMAHS
11. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, COMAHS
12. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Management Sciences, IPAM
13. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Business Administration
14. and Entrepreneurship, IPAM
15. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Leadership and Governance, IPAM
16. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Accounting and Finance, IPAM
17. The Faculty Representative, Faculty of Information Systems and Technology, IPAM

IN ATTENDANCE

1. The. Finance Director, USL
2. The Internal Auditor, USL
3. 101. The Deputy Registrar, VC&P’S Office
4. The Deputy Registrar, FBC
5. The Deputy Registrar, COMAHS
6. The Deputy Registrar, IPAM
7. The Director, Alumni & International Relations, USL
8. The Acting Public Relations Officer, USL
9. The Special Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor & Principal, USL
10. The Senior Assistant Finance Officer, FBC
11. The Senior Assistant Finance Officer, IPAM
12. The Senior Assistant Finance Officer, COMAHS
13. The Deputy Registrar, School of Postgraduate Studies, USL
14. The Senior Administrative Assistant, QASPD
15. The Acting Head (Academic Affairs). USL
16. The Acting Head (Human Resource Management), USL
17. The Acting Head, Centralised Admissions, USL
18. The Assistant Confidential Secretary (Academic Affairs), USL

ATTENDANCE REQUIRED

1. The Chairman, Curriculum Review Committee
2. The Secretary (Quality Assurance & Strategic Planning Directorate), USL – for the use of the Committee Room