The Standing Committee is responsible to Senate for all matters relating to the education and teaching of designated programmes taught in Partner Colleges and other organisations and the credit-bearing and other continuing education courses initiated within the Division for Lifelong Learning.
Secretary to the Standing Committee: If you would like further information about the Standing Committee for Lifelong Learning, please contact Catherine Harrison (ext 3373, email c.p.harrison@bath.ac.uk).
Membership 2011/12
Terms of office expire on 31st July in the year stated.
| Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell | Vice Chancellor | ex-officio |
| Prof B Morley | Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) | ex-officio |
| Prof C Jennison | Chair of Standing Committee | |
| Dr F Bisset | Programme and Partner Coordinator | ex-officio |
| Mrs H Fouquet | Programme and Partner Coordinator | ex-officio |
| Dr N Kinnie | Chair of Division Learning, Teaching and Quality Committee | ex-officio |
| Ms M Woodward | Head of Learning Partnerships Office | ex-officio |
One representative from and appointed by each Faculty/School:
| tbc | Engineering and Design | |
| Dr E Vass | Humanities and Social Sciences | |
| Dr M DeVos | Science | |
| Dr S Tams/Dr M Boussebaa | Management |
Such persons as the committee may co-opt, not exceeding three in number:
| Dr M Birdsall | Divisional Administrator | |
| Mrs M Salter | e-Developments Manager | |
| Ms C He | Subject Librarian |
One representative of the Students' Union appointed by the Students’ Union:
| Ms N Mackrill | BUSU Vice-President (Community and Diversity) |
The following Officers routinely attend meetings of the Standing Committee:
| Mrs C Harrison | Quality Administrator | |
| Mrs S Ibbitson | Senior Learning Partnerships Officer | |
| Ms C Slack | BUSU Representation & Democratic Services Co-ordinator |
Partner Colleges and Institutions will be required to send a representative to meetings of the Standing Committee where results are being considered. If a representative is not present to answer queries, consideration of results may be deferred to a future meeting. Representatives may also be invited to attend other meetings of the Standing Committee as appropriate.
Terms of Reference
Approved by Senate 27th October 2004, revised 26th October 2005,
14th June 2006, 3rd July 2009, 9th June 2010 and 22nd February 2012.
The Standing Committee for Lifelong Learning shall in respect of
- designated programmes taught in the Colleges of Further Education and other organisations working in partnership with the University
- credit-bearing or other continuing education courses initiated within the Division for Lifelong Learning
assume responsibility relating to:
(a) preparation of proposals for the establishment and amendment
of programmes and partnerships for recommendation to Senate;
(b) the assignment and appointment of teachers and external examiners;
(c) student progress and assessment;
(d) academic standards and the quality of provision, including consideration of delegation of authority to appropriate subject-level fora to approve minor and intermediate changes to units on the recommendation of the Division Learning, Teaching and Quality Committee. The latter will be responsible to the Standing Committee for the academic standards and quality of programmes within the Division as set out in its terms of reference;
(e) establishment of new academic prizes and the approval of the
award of such prizes.
(f) consider any matters referred to the Committee by Senate;
(g) receive minutes/reports from its constituent committees and
groups for information and consideration where appropriate.
Sub-committees of the Standing Committee:
The following sub-committees report to the Standing Committee:
(a) Teaching and Quality Committe
(b) Boards of Examiners
(c) Academic Review Committee
(d) Inquiry Sub-Committee
(e) Partner Organisation Liaison Group
(f) HE Co-ordinators’ Group
| 2011/2012: | 2010/2011: |
12 Oct 2011 |
13 Oct 2010 |
| 2009/2010: | 2008/2009: |
7 Oct 2009 |
15 July 2009 |
Please note that the summaries and minutes of meetings of the Standing Committee for Lifelong Learning published above exclude information which the University has declared will not be routinely published under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Further information about the Act (including the reasons why such information is exempt from publication) is available at http://www.bath.ac.uk/foi/faqs-staff-general.htm. If you have any queries about business conducted by the Committee and cannot find reference to it in the summaries/minutes published here, please contact Margaret Birdsall, the Secretary to the Committee.
Procedural Rules
Membership and Terms of Reference: See
Ordinance 13.
Appointment of Chair: The Standing Committee is chaired by the Director for
Lifelong Learning.
Co-options: See
Senate Standing Orders 16 (ii) and (iii).
Alternates: See
Senate Standing Orders 17(iii) and (iv).
Quorum: The quorum is one-third of the membership (Senate Standing Order 16).
Minutes: Submitted to Senate.
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