Research Committee
MembershipTerms of ReferenceReporting StructureSecretariatMeetings
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Membership 2025/26 subject to Senate approval
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Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) (Chair) |
Professor David Leadley |
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Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) (Deputy Chair) |
TBC |
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Vice-Provost of the Faculty of Arts or their nominee |
Professor Rachel Moseley |
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Vice-Provost of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine or their nominee |
Professor Mike Ward |
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Vice-Provost of the Faculty of Social Sciences or their nominee |
Professor James Hayton |
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Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Impact, Governance and Ethics) |
Professor Jon Coaffee |
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Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Knowledge Exchange and Partnerships) |
Professor Tom Montenegro-Johnson |
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Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Culture) |
Professor Kirstie Haywood |
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Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure) |
TBC |
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Academic Director (Doctoral College)(Postgraduate Research) |
Professor Jonathan Hickman-Heron |
| Academic Director (Interdisciplinary Research, Research Communications) | Professor Fabienne Peter |
| Academic Director (Sustainability) | Professor Stéphanie Panichelli-Batalla |
| Director of Research and Impact Services | Dr Navdeep Bains |
| Associate Director (Research Strategy, Funding & Contracts), R&IS | Dr Dan Blakey |
| Associate Director (Research Policy, Performance & Systems), R&IS | Sam Cole |
| Assistant Director (Head of Research Impact), R&IS | Cliona Boyle |
| University Librarian | Anna O'Neill |
| One Student Officer nominated by the Students’ Union | TBC |
| One postgraduate research student representative (non-sabbatical) appointed by the Senate Nominations Panel | TBC |
| Deputy Chair (Research), Faculty of Arts | Professor Alison Ribeiro de Menezes (Arts) |
| Deputy Chair (Research), Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine | Professor Mark Williams (Science, Engineering & Medicine) |
| Deputy Chair (Research), Faculty of Social Sciences | Professor Chris Moran (Social Sciences) |
| Chair of the Open Research Group (ORG) | Professor Elliot Ludvig |
| Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies | Professor Alison Cooley |
| Director of Warwick Institute of Engagement | Professor Helen Wheatley |
| A technician’s representative, nominated by the Technician’s Steering Committee and approved by Senate | Paul Johnson |
| Five members of staff from the University Community, the majority of whom shall be academic staff, from across the three Faculties, to include one member of the Research Staff Forum, to be appointed by the Senate Nominations Panel |
Professor Neil Stewart (ends July 2027) Professor James Kermode (ends July 2027) Professor Andrew McAinsh (ends July 2028) Dr Camilla Audia (from Research Staff Forum) TBC |
In Attendance
Carole Harris (Associate Director - Head of Research Culture, Governance and Compliance, R&IS) (Secretary)
Lelia Buretia (Research Development Officer, R&IS) (Assistant Secretary)
Terms of Reference
To approve:
1. Policies and practices to stimulate research and impact programmes and initiatives.
2. Strategies to influence the research policy and strategy of key national and international agencies, the government and funders, including responses to sector consultations.
3. Strategies to support research culture.
4. Strategies to support the career development, training, and assessment, of research staff, including relevant action plans relating to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment and other related sector initiatives.
5. Activity of the University’s institutional interdisciplinary research structures, including recommendations from the Spotlights Steering Group.
6. The terms of reference, nominations for membership, delegated authority, and priorities of sub-Committees.
To recommend:
7. [To the Senate] The Research Strategy in support of the University’s Strategy.
8. [To the Academic Resourcing Committee, with the approval of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)] Considerations and findings of the Committee to aid in aligning resource allocation with research strategy.
9. [To the Senate and in consultation with the relevant Faculty Committees] The establishment, disestablishment and continuation of University Research Centres in line with the University’s research strategy.
To receive:
10. Key research and impact items from Faculty Research Committees.
11. Reports on the research performance, research quality and the generation of research income of the University and its constituent parts, to identify areas where improvements could be made, where there are significant risks and/or where new opportunities may be pursued.
12. Reports on the University’s research communications strategy and related activities.
13. Reports on the University’s research culture and environment, including reports from the Research Culture Forum and the National Centre for Research Culture (NCRC), and from the Open Research Group.
14. Reports from the Postgraduate Research Subcommittee on progress towards the implementation of the Postgraduate Research Strategy.
15. Reports on research governance and assurance, including reports from the Research Governance and Ethics Committee.
16. Reports on the management and mitigation of strategic research risks as set out in the relevant risk register.
17. Reports on other matters referred by the Senate.
To report:
18. [To the Senate] To provide regular reports on the operation of the work of the Committee.
Provide assurance on:
• Adherence to the conditions of external funders
• Research Excellence Framework (REF)
• The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers
• Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment
Reporting Structure
The Research Committee reports to the Senate.
The following report to the Research Committee:
Click here to see a diagrammatic representation of the Committee Structure.
Secretariat
Secretary: Carole Harris, Associate Director - Head of Research Culture, Governance and Compliance, R&IS
Assistant Secretary: Lelia Buretia, Research Development Officer, R&IS
Contact: researchcommittee@warwick.ac.uk
Papers for consideration by the Research Committee should be submitted to the Secretary two weeks in advance of the meeting at which they are to be considered.
Meetings
Dates of meetings of the Research Committee can be found within the University Committee Timetable.
Click here to access minutes of previous meetings.