Ordinance on the Constitution of the Boards of the Faculties

 

(1)    Under the terms of Statute 17(1) there shall be a Faculty of Arts, a Faculty of Medicine, a Faculty of Science, and a Faculty of Social Sciences.

(2)    Under the terms of Statute 17(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 Sciences.

(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 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 members of academic staff elected by and from the Department of French Studies.

(d)    The Head and one other 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 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 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 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)    One member of staff elected by and from the Institute of Education.

(i)    One member of academic staff elected by and from the Department of Philosophy.

(j)    Three 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 Sciences.

(k)    The Head, ex officio, of the School of Comparative American Studies.

(l)    The Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies or his/her nominee.

(m)    The Director of the Language Centre, ex officio.

(n)    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.

(o)    Up to three co-opted members, being 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 Director of the Clinical Sciences Research Institute ex officio.

(d)    The Director of the Health Sciences Research Institute ex officio.

(e)    The Pro Dean (Education) ex officio.

(f)    The Pro Dean (Research) ex officio.

(g)     Four academic directors from the Institute of Clinical Education .

(h)     Five members of academic staff elected by and from the Warwick Medical School.

(i)    The Head of the School of Life Sciences plus two members of academic staff elected by and from the Department.

(j)    The Head of the School of Health and Social Sciences, plus two members of academic staff elected by and from the Department.

(k)    Up to three co-opted members, being members of staff of the University of Warwick subject to the approval of the Senate.

(l)    Up to five co-opted members external to the University, nominated by the Faculty Board, and subject to the approval of the Senate.

(m)    Three members of 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 Sciences.

(n)    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.

(o)    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 members of academic staff elected by and from each of the Departments of Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics; the Schools of Engineering and Life Sciences; and the Warwick Manufacturing Group.

(c)     The Head of each of the Departments of Biological Sciences and Warwick HRI.

(d)    The Head and one other member of academic staff elected by and from each of the Departments of Psychology and Statistics.

(e)    The Chair of the Sub-Faculty of Science, ex officio, and two other 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 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 member of staff elected by and from the Institute of Education.

(i)    Three 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 Sciences.

(j)    Up to three co-opted members, being 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, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Statistics, the School of Life Sciences,  the School of Engineering, Warwick HRI and the Warwick Manufacturing Group.

Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences

(a)    The Vice-Chancellor.

(b)    The Head of Department and one other 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 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 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 Institute of Employment Research, 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 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 Sciences ex officio.

(n)    Three 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 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 Sciences 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 Sciences 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.