UG8050: University Governance – Academic Governance – Senate

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Schedule Number

UG8050

Primary Title

Academic Governance – Senate

Office of Primary Responsibility

UBCV: UBC Vancouver Senate Secretariat  

UBCO: UBC Okanagan Senate Secretariat  

Description

Records relating to the administration of academic matters by the Senates for the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses including the Council of Senates, including topics such as admissions, examination policy, academic discipline, student awards, approval of course curriculum and new departments and conferral of degrees and Academic Calendar. 

Note: The OPR for the President’s Advisory Committee on Student Discipline is the Office of the President.  

  • For course and curriculum development at the Teaching and Learning level see TL7050: Teaching and Learning –Course and Curricular Development 

Vital: Yes

PIB: No

Authority: University Act [RSBC 1996] Chapter 468

Date Approved: 20220729

Retention Schedule Secondaries

Secondary No. Secondary Title, Scope & Content Retention, Destruction & Disposition

01  

Policies and Procedures  

EV+5Y, FR    

EV=Date superseded or obsolete   

FR=UA will fully retain records from this series  

05  

General    

EV+5Y, D  

EV=Date superseded or obsolete   

10 

Academic Calendar 

CY+5Y, FR 

20  

Committees  

Standing Committees such as: Academic Policy, Admissions, UBCO Academic Calendar, etc.

CY+5Y, FR  

FR=UA will fully retain records from this series 

30 

Correspondence   

Consists of general correspondence and public letters/announcements. Classification applies irrespective of format, and includes email. The following email addresses are specifically in scope: vancouver.senate@ubc.ca and okanagan.senate@ubc.ca

CY+5Y, FR  

FR=UA will fully retain records from this series 

45  

Issues  

CY+10Y, SR 

SR=UA will selectively retain records from this series 

60  

Reports  

CY+5Y, FR 

FR=UA will fully retain records from this series 

70 

Strategic Planning 

CY+5Y, SR 

SR=UA will selectively retain records from this series 

80 

Proceedings  

Consists of official Senate meeting packages, including documentation for open and closed parts of meetings. These are the official records, and should be managed as such irrespective of the posting of public minutes on the Senate website(s).

CY+5Y, FR  

FR=UA will fully retain records from this series 

Acronym Key: AY = Academic Year; CY = Calendar Year; D = Destroy; EV = Event; FY = Fiscal Year; FR = Full Retention by University Archives unless otherwise noted; OPR = Office or Department responsible for source of truth records; SO = when superseded or obsolete; SR = Selective Retention by University Archives; UA = University Archives; Y = Year