School of Education Committees & Meetings
There are a number of meetings held within the school.
Key Monthly Meetings
School of Education Committees
School Leadership Team
| Remit | Membership | Convenor | Clerk | Frequency | Reports to |
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Management of resources and strategic planning, oversight and governance. |
Members of staff with senior research, teaching and internationalisation roles within the School of Education | Head of School (HoS) | Eleanor Rae |
Monthly 1st Wednesady of each month 9:30-11 |
CMG and Head of College (HoC) |
Research Committee
| Remit | Membership | Convener | Clerk | Frequency | Reports to |
| To ensure that research activity in the School meets the research KPIs in the College Research Strategy. To facilitate increased research income and quality. |
Director PGR Publications Lead Impact Lead Directors, Research Centres RTG Leaders Co-opted Members as required |
Director of Research (Prof Simon McGrath) |
Susan White |
Bi-Monthly (see monthly meetings schedule for details) |
School Leadership Team and Head of School (HoS) |
School Council
| Remit | Membership | Convener | Clerk | Frequency | Reports to |
| Informs, communicates and consults with staff about current and future developments within the School and University | All staff within the School of Education | Chair, School Council |
Eleanor Rae |
Quarterly 3rd Wednesday of the month: October, December, March and June. [2 additional meetings held in reserve if needed] |
School Leadership Team and Head of School (HoS) |
Post Graduate Taught (PGT) Learning & Teaching Committee
| Remit | Membership | Convener | Clerk | Frequency | Reports to |
| To consider matters relating to Postgraduate Taught learning and teaching. The committee will discuss, advise and make recommendations to the Head of School and School Executive on issues relating to postgraduate taught learning and teaching development, regulation and responsibilities | PGT Programme Leaders, Director of PGT, HoPS or nominee, Internationalisation Lead, Assessment Officer, PGT Programmes Manager, Student Support Officer |
Director PGT (Dr Ines Alves) |
Ania Doswell |
Monthly 1st Wednesday of each month, 13:30-15:00 |
Head of School and School Executive |
Board of Catholic Education
| Remit | Membership | Convener | Clerk | Frequency | Reports to |
| Advisory Committee of Court comprised of Church and University representatives for oversight of School mission to Catholic Education |
As per University Court Resolution No.677. Includes Vice-Principal and Head of College, Head of School of Education and others members from within the School and Catholic Church. |
Joint Conveners: one nominated by the School of Education and another nominated by the Bishops Conference. (Currently Professor Sara Carter & Bishop John Keenan) | Susan White | 3 times per year (see monthly meetings schedule for details) | Through the School of Education to the University Court |
Undergraduate & Initial Teacher Education (UG/ITE) Learning and Teaching Committee
| Remit | Membership | Convener | Clerk | Frequency | Reports to |
|
Oversight and quality enhancement of learning and teaching at Undergraduate and Initial Teacher Education levels. |
All Programme Leaders of UG, School’s Quality Assurance Officer, Director of PGT, School Erasmus Co-ordinator |
Director UG/ITE Dr Jennifer Farrar |
Joanne McIntyre |
1st Wednesday of each month. 1pm-3pm |
School Leadership Team, Head of School,College Learning and Teaching Committee, University Learning and Teaching Committee |
College and University Committees/Meetings
College Council
| Remit | Membership | Convener/Clerk | Reports to |
|
Informs, communicates and consults with staff about current and future developments within the College and University. |
All staff within the College of Social Sciences |
HoC |
Council of Senate
| Remit | Membership | Convener/Clerk | Reports to |
|
Representative cross-section of members of Senate for deliberation and discussion of all matters relating to good governance of the University. |
Combination of appointed and elected senior staff from across Colleges and Institutes. |
SMG and University Court |
External Committees/Meetings
Scottish Council of Deans of Education (SCDE)
| Remit | Membership | Convener | Frequency | Reports to |
|
A sub-committee of Universities Scotland collaborating and co-ordinating all of the work of teacher education in accordance with government and University objectives. |
Deans of Schools of Education |
5 times per year |
Universities Scotland |