Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences
Membership
Terms of Reference
Reporting Structure
Secretariat
Meetings
Membership 2017/18
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Chair |
Professor Matthew Nudds |
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Deputy Chair |
Professor Geoff Lindsay |
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The Vice-Chancellor and President |
Professor Stuart Croft |
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The Head and one other member of academic staff appointed by and from the members of the Departments of: |
Professor Jeremy Smith (Economics) Professor Sascha Becker (Economics) Professor John Solomos (Sociology) Professor Virinder Kalra (Sociology) Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams (Politics and International Studies) Dr Gabrielle Lynch (Politics and International Studies) Dr Ross Ritchie (Warwick Business School) Professor Andrew Lockett (Warwick Business School) Professor Roger Leng (Term 1 as Acting HoD; Terms 2&3 as second representative) (Law) Professor Vanessa Munro (Terms 2&3 HoD) (Law) Professor Jonathan Garton (Term 1 only) (Law) Professor Emma Smith (Centre for Education Studies) Professor Leslie Francis (Centre for Education Studies) Dr Guy Longworth (Philosophy) Professor Fabienne Peter (Philosophy) |
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The Director of the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research, or nominee |
Professor Geoff Lindsay |
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The Director of the Institute of Employment Research or nominee |
Professor Christopher Warhurst |
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The Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, or nominee |
Professor Celia Lury |
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The Director of the Centre for Applied Linguistics, or nominee, plus one |
Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey Dr Neil Murray |
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The Director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning |
Dr Fergus McKay |
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The Director of the Centre for Teacher Education |
Kate Ireland |
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The Chair of the Faculty Education Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences |
Christopher Bisping |
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One member of academic staff appointed by and from the Board of the Faculty of: |
Professor Mark Philp (Arts) Professor Paramjit Gill (Medicine) Professor Robin Goodwin (Science) |
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The Chair of the Faculty Research Forum |
Professor Richard Hastings |
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The Director of the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre |
Professor Nicholas Gane |
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The Director of Warwick Foundation Studies |
Dr Ines Molinaro |
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One member of academic staff elected by and from the School for Cross-Faculty Studies |
TBC |
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Chair of the Faculty IT Committee |
Professor Jeremy Smith |
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One undergraduate student member |
Greg Clarke / Sophie Worrall |
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One postgraduate student member |
TBC |
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Library Observers |
Karen Jackson Rebecca Woolley |
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Up to three co-opted members, being members of academic staff subject to the approval of the Senate: |
Professor Graeme Currie Dr Eileen John Professor Ulf Liebe |
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The Faculty Senior Tutor (in attendance) |
Dr Dave Britnell |
Terms of Reference
(1) To regulate, subject to these Statutes and the Ordinances and Regulations and to review by the Senate, the teaching, research, curricula and examinations in the subjects prescribed for the Faculty;
(2) To recommend to the Senate examiners for appointment;
(3) 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;
(4) To recommend to the Senate Sub-Faculties and Departments to be constituted by the Council;
(5) To delegate to the Sub-Faculties such matters as are deemed appropriate;
(6) To appoint members of the Board of the Faculty to be members of the Senate as provided for under Statute 15.
(7) To discharge such other functions as the Senate may from time to time determine.
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.
Secretariat
Secretary: Martin Mik, Assistant Registrar (Teaching and Learning)
(m dot mik at warwick dot ac dot uk ext: 51698)
Assistant Secretaries:
Alison Greenhalgh, Project Officer (Teaching Quality) (gfss at warwick dot ac dot uk ext: 22212)
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.
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.