Quality and Standards Committee
Terms of Reference
- To assist the Teaching and Learning Committee in discharging its responsibilities for the University's academic quality and standards.
- To oversee the application of all University regulations, policies, procedures and codes of practice at the University of Nottingham, including those related to admissions, University of Nottingham Online and apprenticeship provision.
- To keep relevant Quality Manual policies under regular review.
- To consider Memoranda of Agreement for approval and renewal.
- To approve all new programme specifications/revisions to existing programme specifications. This will include programmes consisting of Microcredential modules.
- To approve the withdrawal of programmes upon which students are currently registered or for which applicants hold offers.
- To have oversight of the process of approval of all new and amended modules, including microcredentials and University of Nottingham Online verification work undertaken in conjunction with partners and business.
- To undertake the appointment of External Examiners and External Assessors.
- To approve exemptions from university regulatory frameworks where required and provide assurance to TLC/ESEC that any amendments made, or suspensions granted, relating to academic quality and standards activities are appropriate.
- To receive External Examiners' Reports and School responses for consideration.
- To receive Schools' annual monitoring reports for consideration.
- To receive reports from professional statutory and regulatory bodies with regard to accredited programmes for consideration.
- To advise on Portfolio diversification with respect to quality and standards.
- To make regular reports to Teaching and Learning Committee on its activities and plans.
- To make regular reports to Faculty meetings on its activities and plans, as well as receive Faculty concerns relating to Quality Assurance matters.
- To establish working groups or commission individuals to carry out detailed work under the Committee's oversight.
- To receive minutes and consider reports of constituted sub committees and working groups.
- To provide advice to University senior committees on the implications for quality and standards of any educational strategic and policies under development.
- Support the University's engagement with regulators in respect to external quality requirements and activities.
- Members normally sit on the Committee for 4-5 years.
Membership
Chair: Professor Kim Edwards
Deputy Chair: Professor Harriet Allen
For each Faculty/Campus Representative:
Arts: Sean Matthews (UG), Monica White (PG)
Social Sciences: David Harvey (UG), Anne Emerson (PG)
Science: Shailesh Mistry (UG),Colin Johnson (PG)
Engineering: Barbara Turnbull (UG), Ed Morris (PG)
Medicine and Health Sciences: Ian Kerr (UG), Alison Mostyn (PG)
Malaysia Campus: Wei Keong Too, Jessica Price, TBC
Ningbo Campus: Hing Kai Chan, Dave Towey, Derek Irwin, TBC
Chair of Foundation Year Committee: Beverley Allan
Inter-Campus Quality Officer: Vacant
Adademic Director of Degree Apprenticeships: Jonathan Tallant
Education Officers of the Students' Union/Association (one per campus):
Tu Anh Do (Nottingham Campus)
Lhayanesh Kunalan (Malaysia Campus)
Yifei Shao (Ningbo Campus)
Postgraduate Officer: River Butterworth
Associate Director Quality and Student Management System: Sandra Mienczakowski
Head of Student Registry: Joo Pei Poh
Director of Academic Services Office: Maggie Yang
Deputy Director of Registry and Academic Affairs: Tracey George
Associate Director Student Wellbeing: Claire Thompson
Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Researcher Academy: Richard Graham
Associate Director Education Excellence: Vacant
Head of Operations, Institute for Professional and Workbased Learning: Alison Reeves
Head of Education Excellence Support: Sarah Seeley
Secretary: Hayley Robinson
(updated February 2024)
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