Committees

Council

Council is the Governing Body of the University. The Chair is Sarah Turvill and the Secretary is Dr Claire Baines, Chief Operating Officer. Council meets six times a year and has a number of committees reporting to it.

Senate

Senate is the chief academic decision-making body of the University. Its powers and constitution can be found in the University’s Statutes and it meets three times a year.

Joint Committees of Council and Senate

The following committees report to both Council and Senate (some sites may be password protected). An organisation chart showing the Committee structure (pdf) is also available.

Committees of Council

Council Nominations Committee
Remuneration Committee
Audit Committee

Committees of Senate

Board of the Faculty of Taught Programmes
Board of the Faculty of Graduate Research
Flexible Combined Honours Degree Board of Studies
Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry Joint Approval and Review Board
Military Education Committee

Following a major review of governance in 2006/07 the following committees were stood down:

Academic Policy Committee
Planning and Resources Committee
Information Services Committee
Physical Resources Committee
Research Committee
Risk Governance Committee (formerly Performance and Risk Steering Group)
Strategy, Performance and Resources Committee
Student Affairs Committee
Programme and Pricing Group
Board of the Faculty of Undergraduate Studies (replaced by the Board of the Faculty of Taught Programmes)
Board of the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies (replaced by the Board of Graduate Research)
Cornwall Campus Management Group (replaced by the Cornwall Campus Strategy Group)
Cornwall Campus Academic Group
Education Committee
Programme Accreditation Committee - Faculty of Undergraduate Studies
Programme Accreditaiton Committee - Faculty of Postgraduate Studies