Membership
Terms of Reference
Reporting Structure
Secretariat
Meetings

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Membership 2016/17

Chair	Professor Penny Roberts
Deputy Chair	Dr David Wright
One member from each of the teaching Departments within the Faculty	Professor David Lambert (Centre for Caribbean Studies) Dr David Wright (Centre for Cultural Policy) Dr Sarah Wood (Centre for the Study of the Renaissance) Dr Victoria Rimell (Classics and Ancient History) Professor Daniel Katz (English and Comparative Literary Studies) Professor Stephen Gundle (Film and Television Studies (Terms 1 & 3)) Dr Karl Schoonover (Film and Television Studies (Term 2)) Professor David Anderson (History) Professor Michael Hatt (History of Art) Professor Peter Poellner (Philosopy) Dr Yvette Hutchison (Theatre and Performance Studies)
Two members from the School of Modern Languages	Dr Jennifer Burns Dr Oliver Davis ((Term 2)) Professor Nick Hewlett ((Terms 1 & 3))
One student representative	Miss Emily Dunford

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Terms of Reference

1) To be responsible to the Board of the Faculty of Arts. To advise the Faculty on matters pertaining to graduate affairs. Such matters may originate within the Faculty or may be referred from the Board of Graduate Studies;

2) To carry out an initial detailed scrutiny of all proposals from Departments within the Faculty for new or restructured degree courses and to advise and make recommendations, on behalf of the Board of the Faculty of Arts, to the Board of Graduate Studies on these proposals;

3) To undertake audits of postgraduate module approval processes within academic departments of the Faculty;

4) To receive and consider examiners' reports on research theses;

5) To identify experts in the Faculty as appropriate for training sessions specific to the Faculty;

6) To monitor examinations conventions within the Faculty and ensure parity of distinctions and referrals;

7) To further exchange information on graduate matters across the Faculty;

8) To encourage and monitor graduate matters across the Faculty;

9) To encourage and monitor graduate activity across the Faculty.

Reporting Structure

The Graduate Studies Committee reports to the Board of the Faculty of Arts.

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

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Secretariat

Secretary: Mrs Clair Henrywood, Assistant Registrar (Teaching and Learning) (ext: 51619)

Assistant Secretary: Jenni Smith, Professional Services Manager (Centre for Professional Education)
(ext: 24208)
Correspondence should be sent to artsfacultyboard at warwick dot ac dot uk

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Meetings

Dates of meetings of the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Arts can be found within the University Committee Timetable.