Senate Effectiveness Review 2019/20
Reviewing the effectiveness of Senate
Senate undertook an Effectiveness Review during 2019/20. The report can be found here. Details of the review group are below.
Membership:
- Professor Rebecca Lingwood, Provost of Brunel University London (Chair)
- Professor Julie Barnett, Senate member
- Professor David Bird,Senate member
- Dr Rob Branston, Senate member
- Professor Andrew Heath, Academic Director of Centre for Learning & Teaching
- Professor Richard Joiner, Chair, Director of Studies Forum
- Professor Robert Kelsh, Chair, Academic Assembly Accountability & Transparency working group
- Ruqia Osman, Students' Union Education Officer
- Kate Robinson, Senate member
- Dr Jane White, Chair of Academic Assembly
- Angela Pater. Secretary, Deputy Director (Academic Governance & Compliance)
Steering Group Meeting Dates:
26 July 2019
6 September 2019
16 October 2019
1 November 2019
29 November 2019
17/24 January 2020
19 February 2020
13 March 2020
The group reported to Senate on 11 May 2020.
Focus Group Dates
- 22 November 2019 - SU Academic Reps
- 22 November 2019 - Academic Assembly members
- 28 November 2019 - Council members
- 29 November 2019 - Senate Committee Chairs
- 29 November 2019 - Heads of Departments/Associate Deans/Directors of Studies and Directors of Teaching
- 29 November 2019 - Senate members
- 18 December 2019 - Chairs of Boards of Studies
- 7 January 2020 - Secretaries to the Boards of Studies
- 6 February 2020 - Chair of Research Committee
- 10 February 2020 - Chair of University Doctoral Studies Committee
- 14 February 2020 - Research Committee members
- 17 February 2020 - Chair of Ethics Committee
- 18 February 2020 - University Doctoral Studies Committee members
- 18 February 2020 - Ethics Committee members
- 24 February 2020 - Research Committee members
Updates
- Reports were made to Senate during 2019/20 and 2020/21.
- Online surveys were sent out on 24 October about Senate and its committees to members and other relevant staff and students.