Faculty Board (Science, Engineering and Medicine)

Membership
Terms of Reference
Reporting Structure
Secretariat
Meetings

Membership 2024/25

The Vice-Provost and Chair of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine	Professor Mike Ward
Deputy Chair (Education)	Professor Georgia Kremmyda
Deputy Chair (External Relations)	Professor David Davies
Deputy Chair (Research)	Professor Mark Williams
The Vice-Chancellor and President (ex officio)	Professor Stuart Croft
The Head and one other member of academic staff elected by and from each of the Departments of Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology and Statistics; the Schools of Engineering, Life Sciences and Medicine; and the Warwick Manufacturing Group.	Professor Patrick Unwin (Chemistry) Professor Sebastien Perrier (Chemistry) Professor Yulia Timofeeva (Computer Science) Dr Long Tran-Thanh (Computer Science) Professor John Murphy (Engineering) Professor James Kermode (Engineering) Professor Miriam Gifford (Life Sciences) Professor Gary Bending (Life Sciences) Professor James Robinson (Mathematics) Professor Samir Siksek (Mathematics) Professor Mark Newton (Physics) Professor Steven Dixon (Physics) Professor Derrick Watson (Psychology) Dr Fiona MacCallum (Psychology) Professor Jonathan Forster (Statistics) Professor Aleks Mijatovic (Statistics) Professor Robin Clark (WMG) Professor Gill Cooke (WMG) Professor Gavin Perkins (WMS) Dr Leda Mirbahai (WMS)
The Chair of the Faculty Education Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine	Professor Georgia Kremmyda
Two members of academic staff elected by and from the Faculty Education Committee of the Board to represent undergraduate education	Dr Michael Pounds
Two members of academic staff elected by and from the Faculty Education Committee of the Board to represent postgraduate education	Dr Nikola Chmel
One member of academic staff from the Board of the Faculty of Arts	Dr Simon Peplow (History)
One member of academic staff from the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences	Professor Cagatay Turkay (Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies)
Two Undergraduate students from the Faculty	James Kimmins
Postgraduate research student from the Faculty	Michael Cavaleire
Postgraduate taught students from the Faculty	TBC
Faculty Senior Tutor (in attendance, ex-officio)	Dr Gavin Schwartz-Leeper

In attendance:

Ruth Cooper (Director of Administration, Science, Engineering and Medicine)

Karen Jackson (Research and Academic Support Manager, Library)

Dr Daniel Franklin (PGCTSS Director)

Professor Lanre Sorinola (Chair of SEM Faculty Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Forum)

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Terms of Reference

(a)	To regulate, subject to the Statutes, the Ordinances and Regulations, and to review by the Senate, the teaching, research, curricula and examinations in the subjects prescribed for the Faculty.
(b)	To recommend to the Senate examiners for appointment.
(c)	To make recommendations to the Senate for the award of degrees (other than honorary degrees), diplomas, certificates and other distinctions in the subjects prescribed for the Faculty.
(d)	To recommend to the Senate Departments to be constituted by the Council.
(e)	To appoint members of the Faculty Board to be members of the Senate as provided for under Statute 7.
(f)	To discharge such other functions as the Senate may from time to time determine.

Reporting Structure

The Faculty Board (Science, Engineering and Medicine) reports to the Senate directly and via the Academic Quality and Standards Committee.

The Board receives reports from the Science, Engineering and Medicine Faculty Education Committee and Undergraduate Degree Reviews.

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

Secretariat

Email: SEMFacultyBoard at warwick dot ac dot uk

Secretary: Craig Franklin, Senior Policy Advisor (Education), EPQ
Assistant Secretary: Sonia Hart, Project Officer, EPQ

Draft papers are requested three weeks in advance of the relevant meeting, and final papers two weeks in advance. Circulation of papers will be one week prior to the meeting.

Meetings

Dates of meetings of the Faculty Board (Science, Engineering and Medicine) can be found within the University Committee Timetable.

Click here to access minutes of previous meetings.