Membership
Terms of Reference
Reporting Structure
Secretariat
Meetings

Membership 2024/25

Chair	Dr Karen Simecek
Deputy Chair (UG)	Fiona Wallace
Deputy Chair (PG)	Dr Anna Michalska
Deputy Chair of Faculty (External Engagement)	Professor Olympia Palikara
Two representatives from each department of the Faculty of Social Sciences	Dr Dr Sarah Dahl (School of Education, Learning and Communication Sciences) Dr Nalita James (School of Education, Learning and Communication Sciences) Dr Michael Dieter (Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies) TBC (Economics) Dr Claudia Rei (Economics) Dr Thomas Crowther (Philosophy) Dr Andrew Huddleston (Philosophy) Dr Philippe Blanchard (PAIS) Dr Julia Welland (PAIS) Dr Lynne Pettinger (Sociology) Dr Cath Lambert (Sociology) Dr Margaret O'Brien (Law) Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner (Law) Professor Jacky Swan (WBS) Professor Mark Johnson (WBS)
Chair of ESRC Doctoral Training Centre	Professor Jon Coaffee
One Representative from the Institute for Employment Research	Dr Katharina Sarter
One Representative from the Academic Development Centre	Dr Jennie Mills
Two Representatives from Warwick Foundation Studies	Fiona Wallace TBC
Two Undergraduate Student from the Faculty of Social Sciences	Otto Oldridge Esther Zhou
One Postgraduate Taught Student from the Faculty of Social Sciences	Enobong David-Etesin
One Postgraduate Research Student from the Faculty of Social Sciences	TBC
One Representative from each of the other Faculties	TBC (Arts) Professor James Tresilian (Science, Engineering and Medicine)
Faculty Senior Tutor	Dr Mark Pulsford
Faculty Director of Administration	Jackie Clarke
Faculty Student Engagement Coordinator	Will Haywood
Widening Participation Faculty Engagement Manager	Claire Edden

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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 (Social Sciences) reports to the Faculty Board (Social Sciences).

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

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Secretariat

Secretary: Gabriella Bersanetti, Senior Policy Advisor (Education), EPQ

Assistant Secretary: TBC

(EFSS at warwick dot ac dot uk)

Papers for consideration by the Faculty Education Committee (Social Sciences) should be submitted to the 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 Faculty Education Committee (Social Sciences) can be found within the University Committee Timetable.

Click here to access minutes of previous meetings.

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