Membership
Terms of Reference
Reporting Structure
Secretariat
Meetings

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Membership 2023/24

Co-Chair: Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education Quality and Standards)	Professor William Curtis
Co-Chair: Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Policy)	Professor Andrew Clark
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)	Professor Lorenzo Frigerio
Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)	Professor Rebecca Freeman
Academic Director (Employability and Skills)	Professor Patrick Tissington
Academic Director (Doctoral College)	Professor Dan Branch
Academic Director (Postgraduate Taught)	Lee Griffin
Academic Director (Education and Internationalisation)	Professor Jo Angouri
Dean of Students	Dr David Lees
The Chairs of the three Faculty Education Committees	Dr Marta Guerriero (Arts) Professor Georgia Kremmyda (Science, Engineering and Medicine) Dr Karen Simecek (Social Sciences)
Two representatives of the Board of the Faculty of Arts	Dr Tim White Dr Jane Webb
Three representatives of the Board of the Faculty of Science, Engineering & Medicine	Dr Helen Nolan Professor Jose Rodrigo Professor Philip Young
Two representatives of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences	Professor Ross Ritchie Dr Chris Rogers
A representative of the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning	Dr Elena Riva
The Vice President Education of the Students’ Union and Co-Chair of the Student Learning Experience and Engagement Committee	Holly Roffe
The Vice President Postgraduate of the Students' Union	Vaishnavi Ravi
Director of Education Policy and Quality	Dan Derricott
Up to two co-opted members of academic staff in quality assurance roles	Dr Jeff Jones Professor Georgia Kremmyda

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Terms of Reference

(a) To develop and implement policy in relation to external quality assessment operations including guidance and requirements issued by the Office for Students, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education and relevant Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies, initiating and coordinating action as appropriate

(b) To develop, monitor and review the University’s systems, policies and guidance for assuring and enhancing the academic standards and quality of students’ learning experience in coordination with relevant University committees, departments and centres

(c) To develop and review processes for the internal and external review of modules and courses and to consider and manage the outcomes of these processes

(d) To monitor the outcomes from, and the effectiveness of, the external examiner system for taught courses including matters identified in external examiners’ reports

(e) To consider matters requiring enhancement arising from reports of reviews of courses, whether undertaken through Institutional Teaching and Learning Review, in response to a specific need, arising from a PSRB engagement or commissioned for any other reason

(f) To consider data, thematic issues and operational matters arising from the operation of the student complaints, appeals and other areas of student casework

(g) To have oversight of the University’s approach to assuring the completeness, accuracy and reliability of information provided for prospective and current students

(h) To consider regular reports on metrics relating to academic departments arising from national surveys, analysis of the student body, student progression and attainment and the student experience in order to take a risk-based approach to the quality of discipline-level education activity

(i) To consider other matters specifically referred to it by the University Education Committee and to make regular reports to the University Education Committee

(j) To consider academic issues relating to education provision offered by academic departments and across departmental boundaries, including matters that may be raised by the University Education Committee, the Boards of the Faculties or other appropriate bodies within the University

(k) To consider proposals and reports relating to education provision from other committees.

(l) To advise on matters relating to the policy and strategy underpinning the production of the student Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR)

(m) To receive audit reports of the undergraduate and postgraduate taught module approval processes within academic departments from the Faculty Education Committees

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Reporting Structure

The Academic Quality and Standards Committee reports to the Education Committee.

Click here to see a diagrammatic representation of the Committee Structure.

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Secretariat

Secretary: Lauren Baker(AQSC at warwick dot ac dot uk)

Assistant Secretary: Rob Stevens (AQSC at warwick dot ac dot uk)

Papers for consideration by the Academic Quality and Standards Committee should be submitted to the Secretary two weeks in advance of the meeting at which they are to be considered.

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Meetings

Dates of meetings of the Academic Quality and Standards Committee can be found within the University Committee Timetable.

Click here to access minutes of previous meetings.

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