Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference

Responsibilities

  • To scrutinise changes to existing programme curricula (including for existing collaborative provision) and short course provision in accordance with the College Academic Standards Framework and Programme and Module Modification Procedure and report recommendations to NSEC, to include:
    • To scrutinise and review major modifications to existing UG/PGT modules and/or programmes for recommendation to NSEC.
  • When applicable, scrutinise and review programme specifications for taught degree programmes and scrutinise and review course specifications for short course provision and report recommendations to NSEC, to include:
    • To scrutinise and review new UG/PGT programme proposals for recommendation to NSEC.

NSEC retains the ability to action the above responsibilities without PDSC recommendation should this be necessary (for example, meeting necessary deadlines, or for practical considerations).

 

Membership

Membership (Academic Year 2024/25)

All members are ex-officio, unless otherwise stated.

Name Role
Mike Tennant Vice-Dean (Education), FoNS (Chair) 
Bernadette Byrne Associate Dean for EDI (FoNS) 
Emina Hogas ICU: Deputy President (Education) 
TBC ICU: Postgraduate Taught Academic & Welfare Officer (FoNS) (when PGT matters discussed)
Jack Swires RCSU: Vice President (Education) (when UG matters discussed)
Don Craig Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chemistry 
Huw Williams Director of Undergraduate Studies, Life Sciences 
Christopher Hallsworth  Director of Undergraduate Studies, Mathematics 
Derek Lee Director of Undergraduate Studies, Physics 
James Bull Director of Masters Studies, Chemistry 
James Rosindell Director of Postgraduate Taught Studies, DoLS 
Marina Evangelou  Director of Taught Postgraduate Studies, Mathematics 
Toby Wiseman Director of Postgraduate Taught Studies, Physics 
Martin Head Head of Masters Studies, CEP 
Vijay Tymms FoNS Representative on Programmes Committee 
Moira Sarsfield Director of the FoNS EdTech Lab, FoNS 
Kirstie Ward Registry QA Representative 
Kate Ippolito Education Development Unit (EDU) Representative * 
Mark Anderson Education Development Unit (EDU) Representative  *
Paul Hancock Faculty Marketing and Recruitment Manager (Natural Sciences) 
Rebecca Middleton Head of Education and Student Experience, FoNS 
Emma Mattin Education and EDI Coordinator, FoNS 
Chris Kerr Education and Quality Assurance Coordinator, FoNS (Secretary) 
To be quorate a minimum of one third of the total expected members need to be present.
Meeting Dates and Deadlines
Committee dates (Academic Year 2024/25) Paper submission deadline (Academic Year 2024/25)

04 September 2024

21 August 2024

06 November 2024

23 October 2024

12 February 2025

29 January 2025

 

Agenda items (including papers) should be submitted to the committee secretary two weeks prior to the committee meeting. Papers will normally be circulated to members one week prior to the committee meeting. 

Committee Secretary

For more information please contact Chris Kerr, Education and Quality Assurance Coordinator (Faculty of Natural Sciences).