Academic Resourcing Committee
MembershipTerms of ReferenceReporting StructureSecretariatMeetings
Membership 2025/26
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The Provost acting on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor and President (Chair) |
Professor Caroline Meyer |
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The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) |
Professor Lorenzo Frigerio |
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The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) |
Professor David Leadley |
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The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) |
Professor Michael Scott |
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The Vice-Provosts/Chairs of the Boards of the Faculties: |
Professor Rachel Moseley (Arts) Professor Mike Ward (Science, Engineering and Medicine) Professor James Hayton (Social Sciences) |
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Four Faculty representatives, one from each of the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences and two from the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine: |
Dr Jane Webb (Arts) (2027) Professor Andrew Williams (Social Sciences) (2028) Professor Yulia Timofeeva (Science, Engineering and Medicine) (2026) Dr Nikola Chmel (Science, Engineering and Medicine) (2028) |
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The Deans of: |
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Warwick Business School |
Professor Andrew Lockett |
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Warwick Manufacturing Group |
Professor Kerry Kirwan |
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Warwick Medical School |
Professor Gavin Perkins |
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The Chief Operating Officers of: |
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Warwick Business School |
Gareth Bennett |
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Warwick Medical School |
Jane Hodge |
The year after a member’s name indicates that their term of office expires on 31 August of that year.
In Attendance
- Academic Registrar (Secretary)
- Finance Director
- Chief Financial Officer PSG, FoSS & FoA
- Chief Financial Officer (SEM excluding WMG and WMS)
- Head of Finance (ARC)
- Director of Strategic People Partners
- Director of Research and Impact Services
- The three Faculty Directors of Administration
- Head of Strategic Planning (Education Group)
- Planning Coordinator (Education Group) (Assistant Secretary)
Terms of Reference
Through the Annual Planning, Autumn Review and Strategy Development processes:
1. To oversee the academic resourcing of the University on behalf of Senate, to ensure that the institution is able to achieve its strategic objectives.
2. To guide the strategic, performance and financial planning process for academic departments, ensuring that their plans both inform, and are informed by, the University’s strategy.
3. To develop financial strategies and approve departmental budgets for the support of academic activities within the overall available funding envelope and within the context of the University's strategic goals and priorities.
4. To guide the setting of admissions targets and monitoring of intake for degree programmes and the determination of appropriate entry requirements.
5. To monitor income and expenditure and achievement of plans by departments, including research income, recruitment targets and other key performance indicators, and support departments to take corrective action where performance deviates adversely from plan.
6. To approve and monitor the staffing establishment of academic departments in the ARC envelope, and to consider bids for the establishment of new posts.
7. To have oversight of academic-related risks and to develop and monitor mitigations within wider planning processes.
8. To monitor and review performance against plan for new degree-level undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses, reporting to other bodies in the University (e.g. Senate) as appropriate.
9. To oversee the formulation of appropriate KPIs in relation to academic strategy and resourcing and to monitor the University’s performance against these KPIs through ARC’s oversight role and planning processes.
Reporting Structure
The Academic Resourcing Committee reports to the Senate and to the Council via the Finance and General Purposes Committee.
Any new or existing policy changes that ARC may be involved in will go through the Policy Oversight Group for a wider institutional discussion.
Click here to see a diagrammatic representation of the Committee Structure.
Secretariat
Secretary: Adam Child (Academic Registrar)
Assistant Secretary: Claire Wightman/ Tezi Holden
Papers for consideration by the Academic Resourcing Committee should be submitted to the Secretary one week in advance of the meeting at which they are to be considered (ARCAdministrators at warwick dot ac dot uk).
Meetings
Dates of meetings of the Academic Resourcing Committee can be found within the University Committee Timetable.
Click here to access minutes of previous meetings.