School Committee

Membership and Terms of Reference

1. Membership

The membership of a School Committee will include

1.1	All full-time and part-time academic staff of the School on contracts of one or more year's duration and on contracts of indefinite duration.
1.2	Student representatives: undergraduate and postgraduate - number of representatives to be in accordance with section 6 of Schedule 3 Committees of Academic Units and the Table of Student Representatives.
1.3	Representatives of research fellows / postdoctoral fellows: number to be agreed.
1.4	A representative of each School or Department providing service teaching to the School, who may be a Director of Teaching and Learning.
1.5	Representatives of non-academic staff in the School including technical, support, and administrative: number to be agreed.

2. Terms of Reference

2.1	To promote academic excellence in all areas of the School's activities.
2.2	To create an effective and collegial environment for research, scholarship and learning.
2.3	To provide a forum for discussion of all matters relating to the School.
2.4	To receive reports from the members of the School Executive Committee and consider issues of co-ordination that may arise.
2.5	To advise the Executive Committee of the School, as appropriate.
2.6	To participate in quality and other review processes.

3. Meetings of School Committee

3.1	The School Committee shall meet at least once a term.
3.2	The Chair will ensure that dates of meetings for the year will be circulated in advance of or early in Michaelmas Term.
3.3	Additional meetings may be scheduled by the Chair as required or if requested by not less than the number of members which constitute a quorum. Where possible, notice of additional meetings will be given at least three days¹ in advance. Where no quorum has been set, then the Chair will convene a meeting of a Committee when requested to do so by not less than the number of members which constitutes one-fifth of the total number of members, rounded up to the nearest whole number, plus one.
3.4	Members of the School should receive an agenda, papers and minutes of the previous meeting at least three days¹ in advance of the meeting.
3.5	The Head of School will chair meetings of the School Committee and the School Administrator will act as secretary.
3.6	The quorum for meetings of the School Committee shall be set by the School Executive Committee, provided it does not exceed one-third plus one of members. If no quorum is set, meetings may proceed without a quota.
3.7	The School Committee will publish the minutes of their meetings at least to members of the School.

¹Pursuant to the Introduction Chapter, section 17(1), "day" includes any day of the Academic Year, and excludes Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.