Senate Awarding Panel

The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) (Chair)	Professor Lorenzo Frigerio
The Co-Chairs of AQSC (Deputy Chairs)	Professor Andrew Clark Professor William Curtis
The External Advisory Consultant (Quality & Standards)	Professor David Lamburn
The Academic Director (Postgraduate Taught)	Lee Griffin
The Chairs of the Faculty Boards (or their nominee appointed in consultation with the Chair)	Professor Jeremy Ahearne (Arts) Professor Rob Thornton (Science, Engineering and Medicine) Dr Will Haywood (Social Sciences)
The Deputy Chairs of Faculty (or Deputy Chairs of the Faculty Education Committees)	Dr Marta Guerriero (Arts) Professor Georgia Kremmyda (Science, Engineering and Medicine) Dr Karen Simecek (Social Sciences)
The Academic Registrar	Adam Child
The Chief External Examiner	Professor Steve King

The year after a member’s name indicates that their term of office expires on 31 July of that year.

Director of Education Policy & Quality

Exams Office Manager

Student Records Manager

Senior Policy Advisor (Assessment) (Secretary)

Policy Advisor (Assessment and Regulations) (Assistant Secretary)

Approves, rejects or moderates the award of taught degrees and sub-degree on the recommendation of Boards of Examiners.
Approves the award of aegrotat and posthumous awards.
Approves appointments to Boards of Examiners and the appointment of External Examiners.
Determines cases referred by Boards of Examiners where a ruling on the interpretation of regulations is needed, or a decision outside of approved regulations is proposed.
Advises on opportunities to improve process or policy relating to assessment, progression and award.

The Senate Awarding Panel has delegated authority from the Senate.

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Secretary: Dr Lynne Bayley, Senior Policy Advisor (Assessment)

Assistant Secretary: Helen Hotten, Policy Advisor (Assessment and Regulations)

The Senate Awarding Panel meets on at least three occasions over the summer period in order to:

Consider recommendations and ensure that the outcomes for all first year students are released at the same time in a consistent and systematic manner
Consider and approve pass lists to enable the conferment of final year undergraduate awards
Confirm the progression of postgraduate taught students to the dissertation phase or confer final awards.

A schedule of key dates relating to Student Administrative Services processes including dates of Senate Sub-Group meetings is available here: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/actcal/keydatesinfo/

The responsibilities of the Chief External Examiner are as follows:

Attend meetings of the Senate Sub-Group with delegated authority from the Senate at which decisions on the approval of pass lists/DRLs for UG and PGT courses in relation to awards are made and ensure that those recommendations have been reached by means consistent with the University’s requirements and, if required, with the exceptional practice that the University has undertaken to address a force majeure (Reg. 41);
Provide advice and act as sounding board on the appropriateness of the University's approach to addressing the particular challenges presented as a result of force majeure circumstances, if required;
Ensure that the responsibilities of the SSG relating to oversight of students’ eligibility for an award are fully and properly discharged in accordance with the assessment conventions;
Receive the SSG data regarding courses and cohorts and participate in discussions at the SSG regarding course performance. These observations should be included in a Chief External Examiner report;
Report to the University on the effectiveness of the approach to assessment and the conduct of the SSG and any matters arising in accordance with the University’s requirements for such reports.