Chair

1. Nominated by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education): Academic Director of the Doctoral College

Student Co-Chair

2. Nominated by the Students’ Union: Normally the Vice-President (Postgraduate) or an elected PGR student rep at Faculty level

Deputy Chair

3. Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research

Other ex-officio academic leads

4. Chair of the Quality and Standards Subcommittee

5. Head of the Academic Development Centre

6. Dean of Students

7. Director of the Postgraduate Certificate in Transferable Skills in Science (PGCTSS)

8. Director of the Doctoral Education and Academia Research Centre (DEAR)

Ex-officio PS leads

9. Head of the Doctoral College

10. Director of Wellbeing and Safeguarding or nominee

11. Director of Education Policy and Quality or nominee

12. Director of Student Opportunity or nominee

13. Director of Admissions or nominee

14. University Librarian or nominee

15. Deputy Director, Student Experience Division

Student members

16. SU Vice-President (Postgraduate)

17-19. Three non-sabbatical student representatives appointed by the Senate Nominations Panel from amongst nominations by the Students’ Union – typically PGR Faculty Reps or Chairs of PGR Student Staff Liaison Committees.

Representatives of the faculties

20. Deputy Chair (Education), Faculty of Arts or nominee

21. Deputy Chair (Education), Faculty of Science, Engineering & Medicine or nominee

22. Deputy Chair (Education), Faculty of Social Sciences or nominee

One Director of PGR / Graduate Studies from each Faculty, appointed by the Senate Nominations Panel

23. Director of PGR/DGS from the Faculty of Arts

24. Director of PGR/DGS from the Faculty of Science, Engineering & Medicine

25. Director of PGR/DGS from the Faculty of Social Sciences

Two CDT or DTP Directors, appointed by the Senate Nominations Panel

26. CDT or DTP Director from the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

27. CDT or DTP Director from the Sciences

Four members of staff from the University Community, the majority of whom shall be academic staff, assigned by the Senate Nominations Panel

28. Staff member

29. Staff member

30. Staff member

31. Staff member

Secretary

Manager, Doctoral College

Assistant Secretary

Administrative Officer, Doctoral College

SU support

Student Voice Manager, Warwick SU

Others

Researcher Development Manager, Doctoral College

PGR Funding Manager, Doctoral College

CDT, DTP & PGR Scholarships Manager, Doctoral College

Researcher Development Consultant, Leadership and Management Development

To approve:

1. A long-term roadmap for the work of the Subcommittee, its panels, faculties and professional services that achieves shared priorities for postgraduate research, guided by the Education and Student Experience Strategy and the Research Strategy.

2. The specification, implementation plan, guidance, and outcomes of quality assurance processes specific to postgraduate research provision detailed in the Education Quality Framework.

3. Decisions on the outcomes and actions arising from assessments of the quality of postgraduate research programmes, training and supervision – based upon the expert findings, advice and recommendations from approval panels, review panels, PSRBs, and external examiners/assessors.

4. New and revised programmes and partnerships leading to the award of a University of Warwick research degree. These decisions are typically delegated to approval panels, except where more complex or high-risk proposals are escalated for further review by the Subcommittee.

5. Guidance that supports the operationalisation of relevant regulation and policy, including on the examination, supervision, training and funding of postgraduate researchers.

6. The terms of reference, nominations for membership, delegated authority, and forthcoming priorities of bodies reporting to it.

To recommend:

7. [To the Education and Student Experience Committee and the Research CommitteeLink opens in a new window] Strategy and policy in relation to the University’s postgraduate research provision.

8. [To the Education and Student Experience CommitteeLink opens in a new window and the Senate] The University’s regulations governing research degrees and postgraduate researchers.

To receive:

9. Assurance, analysis of risk and identified areas of improvement from the work of faculties, academic departments and working groups/panels established by Subcommittee.

10. Recommendations and advice from its working groups/panels, as it relate to their specialist remits, on EDI, Training, Supervision

To report:

11. [To the Education and Student Experience Committee] Progress towards the implementation of the Postgraduate Research Strategy, namely on PGR training, supervision, parity of outcomes, and the PGR experience (including PRES).

12. [To the Research Committee] Progress towards the implementation of the Postgraduate Research Strategy, namely on the size and shape of provision, the establishment and success of Centres for Doctoral Training, funding, and research culture.

Provides assurance on:

OfS Conditions of Registration:

B1: Academic experience

B2: Resources, support and student engagement

B3: Student outcomes

B4: Assessment and awards

Adherence to the conditions of external funders