Committees

Council

Council is the Governing Body of the University. The Chair is Russell Seal and the Secretary is David Allen, Registrar and Deputy Chief Executive.  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.

• Health and Safety Committee
• Joint Negotiating Committees
• Staff Liaison Committee
• Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry Joint Board of Management  
• Collaborative Provision Committee
• Ethics Committee
• Research Strategy Executive Board 
• Joint Committee on Honorary Degrees

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

The following committees have now been 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
• Board of the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies
• Cornwall Campus Management Group
• Cornwall Campus Academic Group
• Education Committee
• Programme Accreditation Committee - Faculty of Undergraduate Studies
• Programme Accreditaiton Committee - Faculty of Postgraduate Studies