Academic Council

Academic Council elections 2019/20 

Following the recent round of elections for two members of the Professoriate to serve on Academic Council, expressions of interest were received from Professor Phil Cox, Head of the School of Engineering and Professor Rosana Pacella, Director Institute for Life Course Development.

Professors Phil Cox and Rosana Pacella are, therefore, elected unopposed as representatives of the university's Professoriate, 2019-2022.

Academic Council

Five university wide committees and four Faculty Boards report to Council which oversees their work through summary reports, monitoring their minutes and through items referred by the committees for consideration.

Some areas of authority are delegated to Council by the Governing Body and Council's Executive Secretary provides a regular written brief to Court on items of academic significance raised at Council.

Terms of Reference

Within the general policy of the University and subject to the ultimate responsibility of the Governing Body and to the responsibilities of the Vice Chancellor, the Academic Council exercises a number of functions.

Membership 

Elections are held every three years, except in the case of Early Career Academics and Heads of Department, which are held every two years and Students' Union Members, which are held annually.

• Academic Council members by year

Structure

• Four faculty boards - Business, Education and Health, Engineering and Science, Liberal Arts and Sciences 
• Academic planning committee - Partnership Scrutiny Panel
• Programme Approval committee (previously Academic Planning committee) - Partnership Strategy Group - Partnership Working group
• Learning Quality and Standards Committee - Approval and Review Group, Faculty Learning Quality and Standards Committee, Learning Innovation Group
• Student Experience Committee - Faculty Student Experience Committees, Strategy for Access and Student Success
• Research and Enterprise Committee - Faculty Research Degrees Committees
• University Research Ethics Committee - Faculty Research Ethics Committees

Download Academic Council structure chart

University Calendar

The University Calendar 2020-21 lists Academic Council and Central Committees meetings by month.