Engineering
Strategic responsibilities
- To provide a forum for deliberation on matters of academic policy and the development of taught education* across the Faculty to enable the achievement of the College Strategy.
- To consider and advise on developments in the educational portfolio of the Faculty.
- To assess the implications of proposed new policies and procedures (both internal and external) and contribute to QAEC discussion or directly to external bodies.
- To advise, implement and monitor new policies and procedures (both internal and external) which affect the activities and/or administration of teaching.*
Includes undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes of study and short course provision. The Committee may consider items related to postgraduate research provision, for example the results of the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey, if there are not other groups or committees in place to do that within the Faculty/Centre.
Quality and Standards Responsibilities
- To provide a forum for the discussion of student issues and to monitor the student experience, for example through consideration of the outcomes of student survey results and staff‐student committees, at all points of delivery.
- To ensure the effective implementation of the College’s Annual Monitoring process by (i) the receipt and consideration of Department’s Annual Monitoring Reports (AMRs) (ii) the preparation of an annual summary report on issues and emerging themes arising from the Committee’s consideration of the AMRs, for submission to the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee (QAEC) including for any collaborative programmes (iii) the development and ongoing oversight of an action plan to address issues arising through the annual monitoring process.
- To identify through the annual monitoring, periodic review and other quality assurance mechanisms, good practice and innovation in learning, teaching and assessment and promote its dissemination across the Faculty and elsewhere in the College.
- To consider on an annual basis College summaries of external examiner reports and identify and monitor actions arising from the reports at Faculty and College level.
- To consider reports of Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRB) on undergraduate and postgraduate taught provision and make recommendations for action as appropriate.
- To recommend to Programmes Committee proposals for and changes to short course provision in accordance with the schedule of delegation.
- To recommend to Programmes Committee major modifications for existing programmes of study.
• To recommend to Programmes Committee for approval changes to the threshold and additional entry requirements for existing programmes of study. - To have oversight of programme specifications for taught degree programmes and course specifications for short course provision.
- To have oversight of marking schemes.
- To oversee departmental arrangements for the consideration of special cases for admission and to have oversight of all special case decisions.
- To oversee the professional skills development programme for Master’s level students.
- To approve new student exchange partnerships and the renewal of existing student exchange partnerships and report these to QAEC.
- Where applicable, receive minutes from the joint management boards for the Faculty’s collaborative programme.
- To report regularly through summary reports to QAEC.
- Where appropriate to appoint sub‐committees to carry out the above responsibilities.
To be quorate a minimum of one third of members need to be present.
Constitution
- A senior representative for educational leadership for the Faculty as Chair;
- A College Consul;
- At least two student representatives;
- Additional members to be determined by each Faculty
For meetings including consideration of quality and standards matters:
- At least one representative from the Registry nominated by the Academic Registrar or Director of Academic Quality and Standards;
- A representative from the Educational Development Unit;
- Student representation including the ICU Deputy President Education and Postgraduate Representation Committee representative
Name | Role |
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Dr Lorraine Craig | Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching (Chair) |
Professor Nigel Brandon | Dean |
Professor Jason Riley | Vice-Dean (Education) |
Mr Tim Venables | Faculty Operating Officer |
Professor Alessandro Astolfi | University Consul |
Dr Errikos Levis | Aeronautics UG Representative |
Dr Emiliano Bilotti | Aeronautics PGT Representative |
Dr Spyros Masouros | Bioengineering UG Representative |
Dr David Labonte | Bioengineering PGT Representative |
Professor Jerry Heng | Chemical Engineering UG Representative |
Professor Cleo Kontoravdi | Chemical Engineering PGT Representative |
Dr Marc Stettler | Civil and Environmental Engineering UG Representative |
Dr Katerina Tsiampousi | Civil and Environmental Engineering PGT Representative |
Dr Matt Collison | Computing UG Representative |
Dr Robert Craven | Computing PGT Representative |
Dr Freddie Page | Design Engineering UG Representative |
Dr Shayan Sharifi | Design Engineering PGT Representative |
Professor Gary Hampson | Earth Science and Engineering UG Representative |
Professor Martin Blunt | Earth Science and Engineering PGT Representative |
Dr Christos-Savvas Bouganis | Electrical and Electronic Engineering UG Representative |
Professor David Angeli | Electrical and Electronic Engineering PGT Representative |
Dr Andrew Cairns | Materials UG Representative |
Professor Johannes Lischner | Materials PGT Representative |
Dr Catrin Davies | Mechanical Engineering UG Representative |
Dr Ulrich Hansen | Mechanical Engineering PGT Representative |
Dr Elizabeth Hauke / Dr Mark Pope | CLCC Representative |
Dr Monika Pazio Rossiter | EDU Representative |
Charlie Engel | Faculty Marketing Manager |
Dr Fei Teng | Director of Education, Energy Futures Lab |
Dr Anna Hankin | Course Co-director, IMSE |
Emina Hogas | ICU Deputy President (Education) |
TBC | Academic and Welfare Officer (Faculty of Engineering) |
Linmo Lin | Student Representative (CGCU) |
Emma Halford | Student Representative (RSMU) |
Dr Mike Streule | Head of Education and Student Experience Strategy |
Lorraine Bayfield | Education Projects Manager |
Zoe Guest | Education Support Coordinator (Secretary) |
Scott Tucker | Registry Representative |
Committee dates (Academic year 2024/25) | Submission deadlines (Academic year 2024/25) |
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25 September 2024 | 11 September 2024 |
30 October 2024 | 16 October 2024 |
22 January 2025 | 8 January 2024 |
12 February 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
14 May 2025 | 30 April 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 Zoe Guest, Education Support Coordinator (Faculty of Engineering).