Senate
Subject: Constitution
and Membership of the Learning and Teaching Committee
Origin: Learning and Teaching Committee, 5
November 2009
Senate action required: Senate is invited to endorse the actions taken by Learning
and Teaching Committee in relation to the attendance at its meetings of Heads
of Support Services and other members of staff as appropriate, and in inviting
the presence of student observers. The
relevant LTC Minute follows below; the paper setting out the constitution and
updated membership of the Committee is appended.
It was
agreed in the light of a report of discussions in the Programme Quality Team
concerning the membership of Learning and Teaching Committee:
(i)
to
confirm an invitation issued to LSU to nominate, for 2009/10 on a trial basis,
three students, one from each Faculty, from outgoing departmental committee
chairs, to attend LTC meetings as observers;
(ii)
to
approve the arrangements being made for non-members, and in particular Heads of
Support Services, to attend meetings as appropriate to contribute to the
Committee’s discussions;
(iii)
to
leave vacant for the time being the place on the Committee for ‘a
Director of a Support Service contributing to learning and teaching’.
It was
noted that an item ‘Learning Spaces’ would continue to be included
on the agenda for each meeting, for which the Director of Change Projects would
be invited to attend.
A paper
setting out the constitution and updated membership of the Committee was
received by the Committee.
It was
agreed to seek the endorsement of Senate for the actions taken.
Constitution
- Vice-Chancellor
- Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor
- Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching) - Chair
- Associate Deans (Teaching)
- Chair of the Curriculum Sub-Committee
- Academic Registrar
- Director of the Teaching Centre
- Director of a Support Service contributing to Learning and Teaching
- Director of the
- Three members appointed by Senate, one from each Faculty
- Two student members appointed by LSU, one of whom should be a
postgraduate
The Librarian and the Director of IT will receive all
papers and a standing invitation to attend for any item of business relating to
the services they provide if they are not a full member of the Committee under
any category above. The Director of Change Projects
will similarly receive all papers and a standing invitation to attend for any
item of business within her area of responsibility. The Director of Student Services
will also receive all papers and a standing invitation to attend.
For 2009/10 on a trial basis,
the LSU Executive is invited to appoint one student from each Faculty from
amongst the outgoing departmental student committee chairs in the Faculty to
attend meetings of LTC as an observer.
Membership 2009/10
|
Position |
Member |
|
Vice-Chancellor |
Professor
S Pearce |
|
|
|
|
Provost
and Deputy Vice-Chancellor |
Professor
N A Halliwell |
|
|
|
|
Pro-Vice-Chancellor
(Teaching) |
Professor
M Bell (Chair) |
|
|
|
|
Associate
Deans (Teaching) |
Dr P L
Byrne (SSH) Professor
J G Dickens (ENG) Dr M C Harrison
(SCI) Dr D R
Twigg (BUE) |
|
|
|
|
Chair of
the Curriculum Sub-Committee |
Professor
S A Austin |
|
|
|
|
Academic
Registrar |
Dr J C
Nutkins |
|
|
|
|
Director
of Teaching Centre |
J M
Tennant |
|
|
|
|
Director
of a Support Service contributing to Learning and Teaching |
Vacancy |
|
|
|
|
Director
of |
J F
Harper |
|
|
|
|
Three
members of Senate, one from each Faculty |
B Haworth
(SCI) 2010 Dr B
Jarvis (SSH) 2012 Dr E S
Tarleton (ENG) 2011 |
|
|
|
|
Two
students nominated by the Students’ Union (one of whom should be a
postgraduate) |
Chris
Peel 2010 Jemima
Barnes 2010 |
|
|
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Student observers, one from
each Faculty |
Scott
Vickers (ENG) 2010 Daniel
Harris (SCI) 2010 James
Carroll (SSH) 2010 |