Academic Regulations and Policy Review Panel
In July 2024, following the 2024 Academic Governance Review, the University Senate and Council approved the establishment of the Academic Regulations and Policy Review Panel.
MembershipTerms of ReferenceReporting StructureSecretariat
Membership 2025/26
(subject to approval by the Quality and Standards Subcommittee)
| Chair (Appointed by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)) | Professor Andy Clark, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education Policy) |
| Deputy Chair | Professor Ross Ritchie |
| Five academic members with relevant expertise | Associate Professor Anil Awesti (CLL) |
| Professor Lucy Hammond (WMS) | |
| Professor Lydia Plath (History) | |
| Professor Ross Ritchie (WBS) | |
| Professor Jose Rodrigo (Maths) | |
| Deputy Director and Head of Education Policy and Governance | Kim Robinson |
| Academic Registrar | Adam Child |
| Head of Governance Services (or nominee) | Katharine Gray |
| Senior Assistant Registrar (Student Complaints and Academic Casework) | Nathan Morris |
| Director of Social Inclusion (or nominee) | Kulbir Shergill |
| Senior Policy Advisor (Assessment) | Dr Lynne Bayley |
Purpose:
The Academic Regulation and Policy Review Panel proposes and upholds the common principles of the University’s overarching framework for Academic Regulation and Policy. The Panel advises responsible Policy Owners and committees on developing compliant regulation or policy to achieve the policy aims.
It scrutinises and endorses revisions and amendments to existing regulations and academic policies, and proposed new regulations and academic policies, to ensure coherence of approach, consistency of style and to secure academic standards, providing a recommendation to endorse, revise or reject to the responsible committee or policy owner.
Terms of Reference
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To approve: |
1. Minor typographical changes to academic policy. 2. Guidance on the development and approval of academic regulation and policy. |
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To recommend:
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3. [To Quality and Standards Subcommittee] the University’s framework for Academic Regulation and Policy and the common principles underpinning them. 4. [To responsible committees, subcommittees, panels and/or responsible policy owners] A recommendation to endorse, revise or reject on revisions and amendments to existing regulations and academic policies, and proposed new regulations and academic policies in line with the Academic Regulation and Policy Framework. |
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To receive: |
5. [From responsible committees, subcommittees, panels and/or responsible policy owners] Proposed revisions and amendments to existing regulations and academic policies and proposed new regulations and academic policies for review. |
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To report: |
6.[To Quality and Standards Subcommittee] an annual summary report of the activity of the Academic Regulations and Policy Review Panel. |
Reporting Structure
The Academic Regulations and Policy Review Panel reports to the Quality and Standards Subcommittee
Click here to see a diagrammatic representation of the Committee Structure.
Secretariat
Secretary: Kim Robinson (Interim).
Please use the following email address to communicate with the Academic Regulations and Policy Review Panel secretariat ARPRP at warwick dot ac dot uk
Notification of papers for consideration by the Academic Regulations and Policy Review Panel should be submitted to the Secretary three weeks in advance and the paper should be submitted two weeks in advance of the meeting at which they are to be considered.
Click here to access minutes of previous meetings.