Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences
Membership
Terms of Reference
Reporting Structure
Secretariat
Meetings
Membership 2018/19
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The Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences (ex-officio) |
Professor Matthew Nudds |
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Deputy Chair |
Professor Geoff Lindsay |
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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 Emma Smith (Centre for Education Studies) TBC (Centre for Education Studies) Professor Jeremy Smith (Economics) Professor Sascha Becker (Economics) Dr Lynne Pettinger (Sociology) Professor Virinder Kalra (Sociology) Dr Juanita Elias (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) |
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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 |
Dr Noortje Marres |
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The Director of the Centre for Applied Linguistics, or nominee, plus one |
Professor Ema Ushioda Dr Neil Murray |
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Director of CLL |
Dr Anne Hollinshead |
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The Director of CTE |
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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The Chair of the Faculty Research Forum |
Professor Richard Hastings |
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One member of academic staff appointed by and from the Board of the Faculty of: |
Dr Gavin Schwartz-Leeper (Arts) Professor Robin Goodwin (Science, Engineering and Medicine) |
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The Director of the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre |
Professor Nicholas Gane |
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Director of Warwick Foundation Studies, plus one |
Dr Innes Molinaro Cleo Tilley |
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Chair of the Faculty IT Committee |
Professor Jeremy Smith |
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One undergraduate student member |
Russell Wee Sam Polhill |
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One postgraduate student member |
Sophia Petropoulos Dalila Da Silva Lopes |
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One postgraduate research student member |
Anastasia Stavridou |
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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: |
TBC Dr Eileen John Professor Ulf Liebe |
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Faculty Senior Tutor (In Attendance) |
Dr Dave Britnell |
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Director of Administration (Social Sciences) (In Attendance) |
Jackie Clarke |
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Research Strategy and Development Manager, RIS (In Attendance) |
Dr Barry Dixon |
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, Undergraduate Degree Reviews and the Social Sciences Research Committee.
Click here to see a diagrammatic representation of the Committee Structure.
Secretariat
Secretary: Dr Fiona Groenhout, Assistant Registrar (Teaching and Learning)
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.
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.