Graduate School Committee
The Graduate School Committee advises the Dean and the Policy and Resources Committee on postgraduate studies across the faculty.
The aims of the committee are to:
- develop strategy in postgraduate teaching, learning and recruitment and prepare policy for discussion at PRC
- ensure good practice in postgraduate teaching throughout the faculty, develop and maintain good practice in research supervision
- review departmental recruitment plans, monitoring recruitment to all courses, seeking and analysing market intelligence, encouraging new course developments to meet identified demand, and scrutinising all course proposals against known demand
- coordinate and work with departments to develop new postgraduate courses and schemes of study and scrutinise and monitor existing course provision
- make proposals to the Senate and other appropriate committees for new postgraduate courses and schemes of study and for changes to existing courses and schemes
- coordinate quality control and academic audit for postgraduate courses and monitor progress of research students
- advise the dean on cost effective use of teaching resources
- make recommendations about external examiners for all postgraduate schemes of study
- provide training courses for postgraduate students in the faculty as part of the science graduate training programme and in conjunction with the courses offered by other university faculties and departments. These courses will be responsive to criteria for training specified by the research councils
- monitor the employment of graduates of faculty courses and develop and review activities to increase employability
- coordinate and develop the recruitment of postgraduate research students
- respond to central committee consultation
- report to the PRC and plenary meeting actions taken on their behalf
The membership of the committee is as follows:
- associate dean for postgraduate studies (in the chair)
- dean (ex officio)
- associate dean for undergraduate teaching
- director of postgraduate teaching of each department in the faculty (in their absence a designated alternative will attend)
- one representative of each centre and unit in the Faculty which has direct responsibility for postgraduate studies
- two postgraduate students, (one PGT and one PGR), to withdraw for certain reserved items
- one representative of the support staff (selected by ballot following nominations by the support staff to the dean)
- one representative of each of the Library, the Careers Service, and the Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching shall attend when business relevant to their service is under discussion
- representatives of cognate schemes of study shall be invited to attend when relevant
- any co-opted member as agreed by the committee
The committee normally meets at least once per term. Additional meetings may be called by the dean or the associate dean for postgraduate studies as necessary. The Teaching Quality Support Officer shall normally be the secretary.
Current Members
- Professor Awais Rashid (Chair) - Associate Dean For Postgraduate Studies, Faculty Of Science and Technology
- Dr Ruth Allen - Graduate School Administrator, Faculty Of Science and Technology
- Susan Armitage, CELT
- Professor Gordon Blower (ex officio) - Associate Dean for Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty Of Science and Technology
- Jenny Brine, Library
- Dr Chris Edwards, School of Computing and Communications
- Dr Ian Hartley, Lancaster Environment Centre
- Dr Oleg Kolosov, Physics
- Dr Gillian Lancaster, Mathematics and Statistics
- Professor Christine Milligan - Associate Dean For Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Health and Medicine
- Dr Claire Roberts - Postgraduate Admissions Officer, Faculty Of Science and Technology
- Professor Mary Smyth (ex officio) - Dean, Faculty Of Science and Technology
- Dr James Taylor, Engineering
- Anne Thorley - Postgraduate Admissions Officer, Faculty Of Science and Technology
- Dr John Towse, Psychology
- Phil Tubman, Learning Technology Group
- Simon Cresswell (Secretary) - Teaching Quality Support Officer, Faculty Of Science and Technology
Meetings
- 2013-2014
- Thursday 24th October, 14:00-17:00 (C29 Engineering)
- Thursday 5th December, 14:00-17:00 (C29 Engineering)
- Thursday 30th January, 14:00-17:00 (C29 Engineering)
- Thursday 13th March, 14:00-17:00 (C29 Engineering)
- Thursday 8th May, 14:00-17:00 (C29 Engineering)
- Thursday 12th June, 14:00-17:00 (C29 Engineering)
- 2012-2013
- Thursday 25th October, 14:00-17:00
- Thursday 6th December, 14:00-17:00
- Thursday 7th February, 14:00-17:00
- Thursday 14th March, 14:00-17:00
- Thursday 9th May, 14:00-17:00
- Thursday 13th June, 14:00-17:00 (C29 Engineering)
- 2011-2012
- Thursday 27th October, 14:00-17:00
- Thursday 8th December, 14:00-17:00
- Thursday 26th January, 14:00-17:00
- Thursday 15th March, 14:00-17:00
- Thursday 10th May, 14:00-17:00
- Thursday 21st June, 14:00-17:00
- 2010-2011
- Thursday 28th October, 11:00-13:00
- Monday 22nd November, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 27th January, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 17th February, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 5th May, 15:00-17:00
- Friday 10th June, 10:00-12:00
- 2009-2010
- Friday 23rd October, 15:00-17:00
- Monday 30th November, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 28th January, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 18th February, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 6th May, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 10th June, 15:00-17:00
- 2008-2009
- Friday 24th October, 15:00-17:00
- Monday 24th November, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 29th January, 15:00-17:00
- Monday 23rd February, 10:00-12:00
- Thursday 7th May, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 11th June, 15:00-17:00
- 2007-2008
- Wednesday 31st October, 15:00-17:00
- Tuesday 20th November, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 31st January, 15:00-17:00
- Tuesday 4th March, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 15th May, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 12th June, 15:00-17:00
- 2006-2007
- Friday 13th October, 15:00-17:00
- Tuesday 21st November, 15:00-17:00
- Monday 5th February, 15:00-17:00
- Tuesday 6th March, 15:00-17:00
- Thursday 10th May, 15:00-17:00
- Wednesday 6th June, 15:00-17:00
- 2005-2006
- Thursday 13th October, 15:00
- Thursday 24th November, 15:00
- Thursday 16th February, 15:00
- Thursday 2nd March, 15:00
- Thursday 11th May, 15:00
- Thursday 15th June, 15:00