Faculty Education Committee (Science, Engineering and Medicine)
Membership
Terms of Reference
Reporting Structure
Secretariat
Meetings
Membership 2024/25
Chair |
Professor Georgia Kremmyda |
Deputy Chairs |
Dr Nikola Chmel Dr Michael Pounds |
Representatives from each department of the Faculty |
Dr Nikola Chmel (Chemistry) Dr Tom Ritchie (Chemistry) Dr James Archbold (Computer Science) Dr Claire Rocks (Computer Science) Dr Neil Evans (Engineering) Dr Mohammad Al-Amin (Engineering) Dr Cathy Slack (Life Sciences) Dr Ian Edwards (Life Sciences) Professor Jose Rodrigo (Mathematics) Dr Richard Lissaman (Mathematics) Dr Nick d'Ambrumenil (Physics) Dr Michael Pounds (Physics) Dr Adrian von Muhlenen (Psychology) Dr Claudie Fox (Psychology) Dr Martyn Parker (Statistics) Dr Dario Spano (Statistics) Professor Rob Thornton (WMG) Professor Parveen Samra (WMG) Dr Gurpreet Chouhan (WMS) Professor Nicholas Hopcroft (WMS) |
Undergraduate student from the Faculty |
TBC |
Undergraduate student from the Faculty |
TBC |
Postgraduate taught student from the Faculty |
TBC |
Postgraduate research student from the Faculty |
TBC |
Deputy Chair of Faculty (External Relations) |
Professor David Davies |
One representative from each of the other Faculties |
Dr Katie Reeves (Arts) Professor Cagatay Turkay (Social Sciences) |
Faculty Senior Tutor |
Dr Gavin Schwartz-Leeper |
In attendance |
Ruth Cooper, Director of Administration Dr Jianhua Yang / Dr Gemma Gray, Faculty Student Engagement Coordinators (role-share) Katie Berlin, Widening Participation Faculty Engagement Manager Professor Phil Young, STEM Connect Education Lead |
Terms of Reference
(a) To consider Faculty-level implementation of the University Education Strategy
(b) To work with the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Chairs of the Boards of the Faculties, Academic Directors and others to develop Faculty-level approaches to key themes such as Employability, Assessment, Joint Degrees, Feedback and other strategic and topical Education matters
(c) To develop and share best practice, enabling all departments to learn from the experience of the best across a range of areas of practice
(d) To make recommendations to the Board of the Faculty in relation to the development of Education policy and practice
(e) To consider departmental progress towards enhancing the student experience, including as recognised in sector metrics
(f) To contribute to ensuring that Faculty-level education provision remains cutting edge and attractive in a competitive marketplace
(g) To advise and report to the Board of the Faculty on all matters relating to the organisation of teaching including curricula, assessment, examinations and wider student experience
(h) To consider periodic reports from Faculty Education Chairs (appointed to represent the Faculty on examination PRPs and appeals committees Investigating Committees; Continuation of Registration Committees and to approve requests from students for unusual options/variations to curricula/variations to methods of assessment and reports from examiners on research theses) on issues arising for broader education strategy
(i) To discharge the above responsibilities across all levels of study
Reporting Structure
The Faculty Education Committee (Science) reports to the Faculty Board (Science, Engineering and Medicine).
Click here to see a diagrammatic representation of the Committee Structure.
Secretariat
Email: SEMEducationCommittee at warwick dot ac dot uk
Secretary: Craig Franklin, Senior Policy Advisor (Education), EPQ
Assistant Secretary: Michelle Kitchen, Operations and Projects Officer, EPQ
Papers for consideration by the Faculty Education Committee should be submitted to the Secretary at SEMEducationCommittee at warwick dot ac dot uk no later than four weeks prior to the meeting at which they are to be considered. Circulation of papers will be one week prior to the meeting.
Meetings
Dates of meetings of the Faculty Education Committee can be found within the University Committee Timetable.
Click here to access minutes of previous meetings.