Faculty Board (Social Sciences)
Membership
Terms of Reference
Reporting Structure
Secretariat
Meeting
Membership 2021/22
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The Vice-Provost and Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences |
Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams |
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Deputy Chair (Education) |
Dr Naomi Waltham-Smith |
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Deputy Chair (Research) |
Professor Jon Coaffee |
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The Vice-Chancellor and President (ex-officio) |
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 Ema Ushioda (Applied Linguistics) Dr Troy McConachy (Applied Linguistics) Professor Emma Smith (Education Studies) Professor Jeremy Smith (Economics) Professor Ben Lockwood (Economics) Professor Guy Longworth (Philosophy) Professor Christoph Hoerl (Philosophy) Professor Matthew Clayton (Politics and International Studies) Dr Chris Rogers (Politics and International Studies) Professor Virinder Kalra (Sociology) Dr Mario do Mar Pereira (Sociology) Professor Andrew Sanders (School of Law) Professor Jonathan Garton (School of Law) Professor Andrew Lockett (Warwick Business School) Professor Ross Ritchie (Warwick Business School) Dr Ines Molinaro (Warwick Foundation Studies) Dr Anna Tranter (Warwick Foundation Studies) |
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The Director of the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research, or nominee |
Professor Richard Hastings |
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The Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, or nominee |
Professor Celia Lury |
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The Director of Centre for Lifelong Learning, or nominee |
Professor Ruth Hewston |
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The Director of Centre for Teacher Education, or nominee |
Professor Kate Ireland |
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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 ESRC Doctoral Training Centre, or nominee |
Professor Jon Coaffee |
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The Chair of the Faculty Education Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences (ex-officio) |
Dr Naomi Waltham-Smith |
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One member of academic staff appointed by and from the Board of the Faculty of: |
Dr Marta Guerriero (Arts) Professor Jonathan Forster (Science, Engineering and Medicine) |
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Undergraduate Student Representatives |
Maurizio Cuttin Ollie Sanderson-Nichols Ananya Bagri |
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Postgraduate Student Representative |
TBC |
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Up to three co-opted members, being members of academic staff subject to the approval of the Senate: |
Professor Jacky Swan Professor Azrini Wahidin Professor Noortje Marres |
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Faculty Senior Tutor (In Attendance and ex-officio) |
Dr David Lees |
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Faculty Student Engagement Coordinator (In Attendance) |
Dr Kate Mawson |
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Library Observer (In Attendance) |
Karen Jackson |
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Academic Development Centre (In Attendance) |
Dr Jennie Mills |
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Director of Administration (Social Sciences) (In Attendance) |
Jackie Clarke |
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 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 and the Undergraduate Degree Reviews.
Click here to see a diagrammatic representation of the Committee Structure.
Secretariat
Secretary: Mahfia Watkinson (bfss at warwick dot ac dot uk)
Assistant Secretaries:
Laura King/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.
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.