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Academic Administration Committee

Terms of Reference
LAMDA – Photo credit Alex Brenner

 

 Purpose

 The Academic Administration Committee will:

  1. Monitor national and international developments within the Committee’s scope (particularly those of a statutory or regulatory nature), advising the CUK Board on issues of strategic importance to CUK members through the Committee Chair
  2. Develop, and recommend to the CUK Board for approval, joint administrative systems, policies and procedures for CUK members, as appropriate
  3. Represent the interests of CUKAS members to UCAS, monitoring the operation and development of CUKAS and reporting to the CUK Board any issues of strategic importance, through the Committee Chair
  4. Undertake projects on behalf of CUK members, as requested from time to time by the CUK Board
  5. Be a forum for the sharing of best practice in the areas listed below.

Scope

 The Academic Administration Committee will consider matters relating to the administration of:

  1. student welfare
  2. student records
  3. applications
  4. programmes and research
  5. quality assurance
  6. statutory returns, such as HESA and TQI & other issues which may fall within the general area of academic administration

Membership 

  1. One member of the CUK Board (Chair)
  2. One relevant manager nominated by each CUK institution
  3. At the Committee Chair’s discretion, one further member of staff from any CUK institution that is unable to furnish a single manager able to cover the full scope of the Committee’s work

 

Notes

  1. Occasional deputies will be permitted, but they may not vote.
  2. The Committee may invite any other person to attend its meetings, if this aids the conduct of its business.
  3. The Committee may either elect a Secretary from its membership, or use the services of an additional member of staff from one of the institutions represented.

Approved by the CUK Board of Directors November 2009