Constitution of the Boards of the Faculties
(1) Under the terms of Statute 21(1) there shall be a Faculty of Arts, a Faculty of Medicine, a Faculty of Science, and a Faculty of Social Studies.
(2) Under the terms of Statute 21(2) each Faculty shall have a Board, namely a Board of the Faculty of Arts, a Board of the Faculty of Medicine, a Board of the Faculty of Science, and a Board of the Faculty of Social Studies.
(3) The membership of the Boards of the Faculties shall be as follows:
Board of the Faculty of Arts
(a) The Vice-Chancellor.
(b) The Head and three other permanent full-time members of academic staff elected by and from each of the Departments of English and Comparative Literary Studies and History.
(c) The Head and two other permanent full-time members of academic staff elected by and from the Department of French Studies.
(d) The Head and one other permanent full-time member of academic staff elected by and from each of the Departments of Classics and Ancient History, German Studies, History of Art and Italian.
(e) The Head, ex officio, and five other permanent full-time members of academic staff elected by and from the Undergraduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Arts and the Chair and three other permanent members of academic staff elected by and from the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Arts.
(f) The Head, ex officio, of the Department of Film and Television Studies and one permanent full-time member of academic staff appointed specifically and only to teach in Film and Television Studies subjects, elected by the members of the Department of Film and Television Studies.
(g) The Head, ex officio, of the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies and one permanent full-time member of academic staff appointed specifically and only to teach in Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies subjects, elected by the members of the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies.
(h) The Director of the Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies and one full-time member of academic staff elected by and from members of the Centre.
(i) One permanent full-time member of staff elected by and from the Institute of Education.
(j) One permanent full-time member of academic staff elected by and from the Department of Philosophy.
(k) Three permanent full-time members of academic staff, one to be elected by and from the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, one by and from the Board of the Faculty of Science, and one by and from the Board of the Faculty of Social Studies.
(l) The Head, ex officio, of the School of Comparative American Studies.
(m) The Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies or his/her nominee.
(n) The Director of the Language Centre, ex officio.
(o) Two student members, one of whom shall be the postgraduate student representative on the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Arts, who shall be registered students of the University elected in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Procedure for the Election of Student Members and Observers on the Boards of the Faculties and Sub-Faculties. The student members shall not participate in nor receive papers for any business affecting the appointment, promotion and personal affairs of individual members of staff of the University or affecting the admission, academic assessment or personal affairs of individual students.
(p) Up to three co-opted members, being permanent full-time members of academic staff, subject to the approval of the Senate.
Board of the Faculty of Medicine
(a) The Vice-Chancellor.
(b) The Dean of the Warwick Medical School ex officio (Chair).
(c) The Vice-Dean of the Warwick Medical School ex officio.
(d) The Director of the Clinical Sciences Research Institute ex officio.
(e) The Director of the Health Sciences Research Institute ex officio.
(f) The Associate Dean (Teaching) ex officio.
(g) The Associate Dean (Research) ex officio.
(h) The Associate Dean (External Affairs) ex officio.
(i) Four academic directors from the Institute of Clinical Education and from the Warwick Medical School.
(j) Five members of academic staff elected by and from the Warwick Medical School.
(k) The Head of the Department of Biological Sciences plus two members of academic staff elected by and from the Department.
(l) The Head of the School of Health and Social Studies, plus two members of academic staff elected by and from the Department.
(m) Up to three co-opted members, being permanent full-time members of staff of the University of Warwick subject to the approval of the Senate.
(n) Up to five co-opted members external to the University, nominated by the Faculty Board, and subject to the approval of the Senate.
(o) Three members of permanent, full-time academic staff, one to be elected by and from the Board of the Faculty of Arts, one by and from the Board of the Faculty of Science and one by and from the Board of the Faculty of Social Studies.
(p) One student member, who will be a registered student on the MB ChB at the University of Warwick, elected in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Procedure for the Election of Student Members and Observers on the Boards of the Faculties and Sub-Faculties.
The student member shall not participate in nor receive papers for any business affecting the appointment, promotion and personal affairs of individual members of staff of the University or affecting the admission, academic assessment or personal affairs of individual students.
(q) The Departments of the Faculty shall be:
The Warwick Medical School
Board of the Faculty of Science
(a) The Vice-Chancellor.
(b) The Head and two other permanent full-time members of academic staff elected by and from each of the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics.
(c) The Dean of the School of Engineering and the Heads of the Mechanical and Civil Engineering Division, the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division and the Warwick Manufacturing Group.
(d) The Head and one other permanent full-time member of academic staff elected by and from each of the Departments of Horticultural Research International, Psychology and Statistics.
(e) The Chair of the Sub-Faculty of Science, ex officio, and two other permanent full-time members of academic staff elected by and from the Sub-Faculty.
(f) The Chair of the Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee, ex officio, and one other permanent full-time member of academic staff elected by and from the Graduate Studies Committee.
(g) The Chair of the Faculty of Science Research and Innovation Committee, ex officio.
(h) One permanent full-time member of staff elected by and from the Institute of Education.
(i) Three permanent full-time members of academic staff, one to be elected by and from the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, one by and from the Board of the Faculty of Arts, and one by and from the Board of the Faculty of Social Studies.
(j) Up to three co-opted members, being permanent full-time members of academic staff, subject to the approval of the Senate.
(k) Two student members, one of whom shall be a registered undergraduate student and one who shall be a registered postgraduate student of the University, elected in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Procedure for the Election of Student Members and Observers on the Boards of the Faculties and Sub-Faculties. The student member will not participate in nor receive papers for any business affecting the appointment, promotion and personal affairs of individual members of staff of the University or affecting the admission, academic assessment or personal affairs of individual students.
(l) The Departments within the Faculty of Science shall be the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Horticultural Research International, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Statistics, the Mechanical and Civil Engineering Division, the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division and the Warwick Manufacturing Group in the School of Engineering.
Board of the Faculty of Social Studies
(a) The Vice-Chancellor.
(b) The Head of Department and one other permanent full-time member of academic staff elected by and from each Department within the Faculty with up to ten members as at the date of the election.
(c) The Head of Department and two other permanent full-time members of academic staff elected by and from each Department within the Faculty with between eleven and twenty members as at the date of the election.
(d) The Head of Department and three other permanent full-time members of academic staff elected by and from each Department within the Faculty with twenty-one or more members as at the date of the election.
(e) The Director of the Institute for Employment Research, ex officio, or another member of the academic staff of the Institute nominated by the Director.
(f) One full-time, permanent member of academic staff of the Department of History, to be nominated by the Head of the Department of History, normally for a period of one year.
(g) One full-time, permanent member of academic staff of the Department of Psychology, to be nominated by the Head of the Department of Psychology, normally for a period of one year.
(h) The Director of the Industrial Relations Research Unit, ex officio, or another member of the academic staff of the Unit nominated by the Director.
(i) The Director of the Centre for Educational Development Appraisal and Research or another member of the academic staff of the Centre nominated by the Director.
(j) The Director of the Centre for Education in Industry or another member of the academic staff of the Centre nominated by the Director.
(k) The Director of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation or another member of the academic staff of the Centre nominated by the Director.
(l) The Director of the Centre for Applied Linguistics or another member of the academic staff of the Centre nominated by the Director and one other member of permanent full-time staff from within the Centre nominated by the Director.
(m) The Chairs of the Graduate Studies Committee and Undergraduate Studies Committee and the Research Committee of the Faculty of Social Studies ex officio.
(n) Three permanent full-time members of academic staff, one to be elected by and from the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, one by and from the Board of the Faculty of Arts, and one by and from the Board of the Faculty of Science.
(o) Two student members, one of whom shall be a registered undergraduate student and one a registered postgraduate student of the University elected in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Procedure for the Election of Student Members and Observers on the Boards of the Faculties and Sub-Faculties. The student members shall not participate in nor receive papers for any business affecting the appointment, promotion and personal affairs of individual members of the staff of the University or affecting the admission, academic assessment or personal affairs of individual students.
(p) Up to five co-opted members, being permanent full-time members of academic staff, subject to the approval of the Senate, normally to include the Chair of the Faculty IT Committee and the Director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning.
(q) One co-opted member, external to the University, nominated by the Faculty Board and subject to the approval of the Senate.
(r) The Departments within the Faculty of Social Studies shall be the Departments of Economics, Philosophy, Politics and International Studies, Sociology, the Institute of Education, the School of Health and Social Studies, the School of Law and the Warwick Business School.
(4) The Boards of the Faculties of Arts, Science and Social Studies shall appoint a Chair from among members of the Board. He/she shall hold office for one year and shall be eligible for reappointment.
(5) The Dean of the Warwick Medical School shall be the Chair of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine.