The Senate

Senate is the principal academic body of the University, responsible to Council for: regulating and directing the academic work of the University in teaching, examining and research. It oversees quality assurance and standards of the education provided by the University.

Membership 2021/22

Ex-Officio Members
Professor Adam Tickell		Vice-Chancellor and Principal (in the Chair)
Professor Tim Jones		Provost and Vice-Principal (Deputy Chair)

		Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)
Professor Heather Widdows		Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Transfer)
Professor Robin Mason		Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International)

Professor Andrzej Gasiorek		Head of College of Arts and Law
Professor Stephen Jarvis		Head of College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Professor Laura Green		Head of College of Life and Environmental Sciences
Professor David Adams		Head of College of Medical and Dental Sciences
Professor Richard Black		Head of College of Social Sciences
Three College Board Members nominated by the Heads of College, two of which must be Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer and Director of Education (in the College of Medical and Dental Sciences this will be four College Board members, and will also include the Dean of Birmingham Medical School)
Arts and Law	Professor Elaine Fulton Professor Hugh Adlington Professor Helen Abbott			Director of Education Director of Research and KT Head of School, LCAHM
Engineering and Physical Sciences	Professor Nicola Wilkin Professor Costas Constantinou Professor Clive Roberts			Director of Education Director of Research and KT Head of School, Engineering
Life and Environmental Sciences	Professor Jeremy Pritchard Professor David Hannah Professor Ed Wilding			Director of Education Director of Research and KT Head of School, Psychology
Medical and Dental Sciences	Professor John Curnow Professor Phil Newsome Professor Una Martin Professor Phil Lumley			Director of Education Director of Research and KT Dean of Birmingham Medical School Deputy Head of College
Social Sciences	Professor Catherine Mangan Professor Paul Jackson Professor Anthea Hucklesby			Director of Education Director of Research and KT Head of School, Social Policy
Education Officer of the Guild of Students
Jules Singh				Ex-Officio
Five registered students nominated by the Guild of Students
				Term of Office (to 31 July - unless otherwise stated)
Danielle Murinas				2022
Khushi Dagalia				2022
Vanessa Chigariro				2022
Arthika Suendran				2022
Vaseem Ali				2022
Four members of the Academic or Research Staff of each College, one of whom must be a Professor, elected by and from the Academic and Research Staff of each College
						Term of Office (to 31 July - unless otherwise stated)
Arts and Law	Dr Rehana Parveen Dr Tom Cutterham Professor Deborah Longworth Dr Matteo Fuoli				Birmingham Law School History & Cultures EDACS EDACS	2024 2023 2024 2023
Engineering and Physical Sciences	Dr Stephen Kukureka Professor Marta Mazzocco Dr Tzany Kokalova Wheldon Dr Aziza Mahomed				Mettallurgy & Materials Mathematics Physics and Astronomy Engineering	2022 2022 2024 2023
Life and Environmental Sciences	Professor Alicia Hidalgo Dr Jennifer Cook Dr Lloyd Jenkins Professor Stephen Busby				Biosciences Psychology GEES Biosciences	2022 2024 2022 2022
Medical and Dental Sciences	Dr Aga Gambus Dr Emma Shepherd Professor Julie Taylor Professor Chris Tselepis				Cancer and Genomic Sciences Immunology and Immunotherapy Nursing Institute of Clinical Sciences	2024 2024 2022 2024
Social Sciences	Professor Anindya Banerjee Dr Stephen Bates Dr Nando Sigona Dr Catherine Durose				Birmingham Business School Government Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Government	2024 2024 2022 2023
Up to six members co-opted by Senate on the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor
Professor Joanne Duberley Professor Jon Green Professor Celia Greenway Professor Karen Rowlingson Professor Duncan Shepherd Professor Mark Sterling			Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) Director of Student Engagement Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Engagement and Impact) Postgraduate Dean Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Staffing)

Terms of Reference

2.10	Powers of the Senate
2.10.1	The Senate shall, within the authority delegated by the Council and further specified in any terms of reference approved by the Council from time to time:
	(a)	keep under review the overall academic policies and academic strategies of the University and make recommendations thereon to the Council;
	(b)	be responsible to the Council for regulating and directing the academic work of the University in admission, teaching, assessment and research for the award of all Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates and other academic distinctions of the University; and
	(c)	be responsible to the Council for the control and regulation of the conduct, discipline and academic progress of the Registered Students of the University (whether intra-mural or extra-mural) and for the enforcement of discipline and for procedures for hearing the legitimate complaints by Registered Students against the University.
2.10.2	The Senate shall have power to discuss any proposed change in the Charter and Statutes and to send views to the Council.
2.10.3	Such matters as shall be committed to the Senate by the Council shall be transacted by the Senate, provided always that the Senate may at any time delegate any of its duties or powers to:
	(a)	an appropriately qualified member of the Senate; or
	(b)	an appropriately qualified committee consisting of persons appointed by the Senate or under its authority; or
	(c)	an appropriately qualified member of the Staff.
2.10.4	The Senate may make standing orders governing the procedure at meetings of the Senate. This includes the power to add to, amend, alter or repeal any theretofore made.

Committees of Senate

The Committees of Senate are:

Further information about Committees can be obtained by contacting be contacting the Secretary for the Committee. The Secretary's contact details can be found on the individual web page for each Committee.

Contact Details

Any queries relating to Senate should be directed to:

Colette McDonough
Assistant Secretary
E-mail: C.McDonough@bham.ac.uk

The Senate

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