Education Committee

Terms of Reference

To advise and make recommendations to Senate on matters of policy and practice in relation to:

  1. The promotion, implementation, monitoring and review of the University’s Strategy for Learning.
  2. The strategic development of the University’s portfolio in line with its mission.
  3. In relation to academic policy and practice, recruitment, widening participation, selection and admission of students on taught programmes of study.
  4. The monitoring and enhancement of the student experience for all GCU students and the strategic oversight of University action and policy and practice developments in response to student feedback.
  5. Quality assurance and enhancement in learning, teaching and assessment.
  6. The award of degrees, diplomas and certificates.
  7. Overseeing the implementation of enhancement strategies in relation to student performance and outcomes: progression, retention and attainment.
  8. Institutional research and development needs in relation to the Strategy for Learning and the student experience.
  9. Staff development necessary to support staff in the delivery of academic strategy.
  10. Regulations relating to the conduct of all taught (undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education) programmes.

* The Committee will have a Learning Enhancement Subcommittee to provide a forum for key stakeholders to consider, advise and make recommendations to the Education Committee (EC) relating to the enhancement of learning, teaching and the academic student experience at GCU.

**  The Committee has established an Assessment Regulations Subcommittee to oversee regulatory development and an Exceptions Subcommittee to examine cases for exception to current academic regulations.

Composition and Membership

Ex officio Members

Pro Vice-Chancellor Education (Chair) - Professor Louise Dixon

Academic Registrar and Director of Future Students (Vice Chair) - Karen Varty

Dean of Glasgow School for Business and Society - Professor Shirley Rate

Dean of School of Engineering and the Built Environment - Professor Joanna Lumsden

Director of GCU London - Professor Peter Jones

Dean of School of Health and Life Sciences - Professor Anita Simmers

Head of Library Services - Gary Steele

Student President - Oluwatomisin Osinubi

Student Vice President (1 VP nominated by the Students’ Association) - Chinaenyenwa Ugo

Director of Student Life - Avril Williams

Director of Strategy and Planning - Kirsty Roden

Associate Dean Learning and Teaching Quality- Professor Kerri McPherson (School of Health and Life Sciences)

Associate Dean Learning and Teaching Quality - Dr Mary Maclachlan (School of Science and Engineering)

Associate Dean Learning and Teaching Quality - Mandy Sheridan (Glasgow School for Business and Society)

GCU London Head of Learning, Teaching and Quality - Dr Anne Chapman

Associate Academic Registrar (Quality, Assurance and Enhancement) - Alen MacKinlay

Pro Vice-Chancellor International - Dawn Anderson

Lead for Academic Development and Student Learning - Dr Fiona Kennedy

Chair of Senate Disciplinary Committee - Professor John Connolly

Chair of the Assessment Regulations Subcommittee - Mandy Sheridan

Director of Information Technology - Stuart Graham

Non Ex officio

2 elected members of Academic Staff

Dr Elaine Smith
Dr Val Ness

By Invitation: Debbie Donnet, Head of Governance and Legal Services.

Subcommittees:
- Learning Enhancement Subcommittee
- Assessment Regulations Subcommittee
- Exceptions Subcommittee

Quorum
The quorum is 50% of the membership excluding members by invitation.

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