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Governance

Faculty Board (Social Sciences)

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Membership 2019/20

The Vice-Provost and Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences (ex-officio)

Professor Matthew Nudds

Deputy Chair

Professor Geoff Lindsay

The Vice-Chancellor and President (ex-officio)

Professor Stuart Croft

The Head and one other member of academic staff appointed by and from the members of the Departments of:

Professor Emma Smith (Centre for Education Studies)

TBC (Centre for Education Studies)

Professor Jeremy Smith (Economics)

Professor Ben Lockwood (Economics)

Dr Lynne Pettinger (Sociology)

Professor Virinder Kalra (Sociology)

Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams (Politics and International Studies)

Professor Ben Richardson (Politics and International Studies)

Dr Ross Ritchie (Warwick Business School)

Professor Andrew Lockett (Warwick Business School)

Professor Andrew Sanders (School of Law)

Professor Andrew Williams (School of Law)

Professor Christoph Hoerl (Philosophy)

Professor Fabienne Peter (Philosophy)

The Director of the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research, or nominee

Professor Geoff Lindsay

The Director of the Institute of Employment Research or nominee

Professor Christopher Warhurst

The Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, or nominee

Professor Noortje Marres

The Director of the Centre for Applied Linguistics, or nominee, plus one

Professor Ema Ushioda

Dr Troy McConachy

Director of CLL

Dr Anne Hollinshead

The Director of CTE

Professor Kate Ireland

The Chair of the Faculty Education Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences

Christopher Bisping

The Chair of the Faculty Research Forum

Professor Richard Hastings

One member of academic staff appointed by and from the Board of the Faculty of:

Dr Gavin Schwartz-Leeper (Arts)

Professor Jonathan Forster (Science, Engineering and Medicine)

The Director of the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre

Professor Jon Coaffee

Director of Warwick Foundation Studies, plus one

Dr Ines Molinaro

Dr Anna Tranter

Chair of the Faculty IT Committee

Professor Jeremy Smith

One undergraduate student members

TBC

One postgraduate student members

TBC

Anastasia Stavridou

Library Observers

Karen Jackson

Rebecca Woolley

Up to three co-opted members, being members of academic staff subject to the approval of the Senate:

TBC

Dr Eileen John

Professor Ulf Liebe

Faculty Senior Tutor (In Attendance)

Dr David Lees

Director of Administration (Social Sciences) (In Attendance)

Jackie Clarke

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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.

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Reporting Structure

The Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences reports to the Senate directly and via the Academic Quality and Standards Committee.

The Board receives reports from its Faculty Education Committee, 1st Year Board of Examiners, Undergraduate Degree Reviews and the Social Sciences Research Committee.

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

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Secretariat

Secretary: (bfss at warwick dot ac dot uk)

Assistant Secretaries:

Victoria Cox/Becca Kirk
(bfss at warwick dot ac dot uk)

Papers for consideration by the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences should be submitted to the Secretary TWO weeks in advance of the meeting at which they are to be considered [N.B papers for the Sub-committees should be submitted to the appropriate Assistant Secretary THREE weeks in advance of the meeting at which they are to be considered.

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Meetings

Dates of meetings of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences can be found within the University Committee Timetable.

Click here to access minutes of previous meetings.

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