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Faculty Education and Student Experience Committee (Science, Engineering and Medicine) (Established 1 August 2025)

Statement of Purpose:

The Faculty Education and Student Experience Committee is responsible for the strategic overview of the implementation of the University Education and Student Experience strategy within the Schools/Departments and across the Faculty.

The Committee has strategic overview of Faculty-level approaches to key sub strategies including teaching, learning, assessment, employability, skills, inclusivity, student success, curriculum development, interdisciplinarity and external engagement.

It has responsibility for enabling work within the Faculty, its Schools, and Departments to:

  • identify, develop and foster excellence and innovation in learning, teaching, assessment and curriculum development.
  • inform shared approaches to academic quality standards and enhancement.
  • enhance the wider student experience in relation to learning and teaching and student success.
  • inform development and application of policy.

The Committee has a remit across and champions the breadth of the Faculty鈥檚 taught and postgraduate research courses and across all modes of delivery.


Membership

Terms of Reference

Reporting Structure

Secretariat

Meetings


Membership 2026/27

(Subject to approval by Education and Student Experience Committee)

Chair

Dr Martyn Parker, Faculty Deputy Chair (Education)

Deputy Chairs (Expressions of Interest from Academics in the Faculty and appointed by the Deputy Chair (Education))

Dr Claire Rocks (UG)

Dr Leda Mirbahai (PG)

Other ex-officio academic leads

Professor David Davies, Faculty Deputy Chair (External Engagement)

Cheryl Cane, Faculty Senior Tutor

Dr Jianhua Yang / Dr Gemma Gray (role-share), Faculty Student Engagement Co-Ordinator

Professor Lanre Sorinola, Faculty EDI Forum Chair (or nominee)

Ex-officio PS leads:

Thomas Hulley, Chief Operating Officer (or nominee)

Katie Berlin, Widening Participation Faculty Engagement Manager

Up to four Student members:

Alfie Giffen (UG)

Raven Taylor (UG)

Dehuti Agarwal (PGT)

Michael Cavaliere (PGR) 

    One representative from each of the other Faculty Education and Student Experience Committees

    Dr Heidi Ashton, Faculty Representative (Arts)

    Fiona Wallace, Faculty Representative (Social Sciences)

    Two academic representatives from each School/Department in the Faculty to be appointed by Head of Department

    Professor Andrew Clark (Chemistry)
    Dr Dan Murdock (Chemistry)
    Dr James Archbold (Computer Science)
    Dr Claire Rocks (Computer Science)
    Dr Cathy Slack (Life Sciences)
    Dr Ian Edwards (Life Sciences)
    Professor Samir Siksek (Mathematics)
    Dr Siri Chongchitnan (Mathematics)
    Dr Nicholas 诲鈥橝尘产谤耻尘别苍颈濒 (Physics)
    Dr Michael Pounds (Physics)
    Dr Adrian von Muhlenen (Psychology)
    Dr Elisabeth Blagrove (Psychology)
    Dr Elia Gironacci (Engineering)
    Dr Thomas Popham (Engineering)
    Dr Elke Thonnes (Statistics)鈥�
    Dr Richard Everitt (Statistics)
    Professor Rob Thornton (WMG)
    Professor Parveen Kaur Samra (WMG)
    Dr Gurpreet Chouhan (WMS)
    Dr Helen Nolan (WMS)

    Up to Four Representatives of the Faculty Community (To include a minimum of two academic members) appointed by the Senate Nominations Panel

    Siobhan Qadir, Senior Careers Consultant (Student Opportunity)
    India Palmer, Apprentice Support Tutor (WMG)
    Dr Mucahit Ozden (WMG)
    Dr Anthony Lyons (WMS)

    In attendance

    STEM Connect Education Lead 

    Professor Phil Young 

    Secretary:

    Michelle Kitchen, Operations and Projects Officer, Education Operations

    Assistant Secretary:

    Inga Turner, Teaching and Learning Quality Assurance Officer, Life Sciences

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    Terms of Reference

    To approve:

    1. Faculty level approaches, plans and programmes of work in support of the University Education and Student Experience strategy and supporting strategies.

    2. The terms of reference, membership, delegated authority and forthcoming priorities of sub-committees and other bodies reporting to it, where appropriate.

    To recommend:

    3. [To the ESEC] proposals and advice on University strategies, policies, practice and innovation on behalf of the Faculty.

    4. [To the Faculty Steering Group] collective challenges and opportunities to secure the implementation of the University Education and Student Experience Strategy and supporting strategies.

    To receive:

    5. [From Schools/Departments] thematic updates on progress towards the implementation of plans and programmes of work in support of the University Education and Student Experience strategy and supporting strategies.

    6. [From Schools/Departments] the sharing of best practice in areas relating to education, the student experience and external engagement, including as recognised in sector metrics.

    7. [From Schools/Departments] updates on curriculum development in support of interdisciplinarity, innovation and excellence in learning and teaching.

    8. [From Schools/Departments] thematic updates on learning and teaching excellence and enhancement informed by School/Department outcomes from institutional and external reviews of the quality of education.

    9. [From the Chair and Schools/Departments] periodic reports on issues arising from the broader education and student experience.

    10. [from Faculty Representatives on Senate or its committees and sub-committees] periodic reports on matters of relevance across the Faculty.

    11. Reports on matters referred to it by the Senate or its committees and sub-committees to stimulate and share good and innovative practice across the Faculty.

    To report:

    12. [To the Education and Student Experience Committee or its delegated tier 3 sub-committees] progress on the implementation of the Education and Student Experience Strategy and supporting strategies and other Senate approved plans.

    13. [To Schools/Departments] the strategic priorities, plans and programmes of the Faculty and Schools/Departments in education, the student experience and external engagement for the forthcoming period.

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    Reporting Structure

    Each Faculty Education and Student Experience Committee reports to the Education and Student Experience Committee (ESEC).

    The following committees report to the Faculty Education and Student Experience Committee:

    Click here to see a diagrammatic representation of the Committee Structure.

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    Secretariat

    Secretary: Craig Franklin, Senior Policy Advisor (Education), EPQ
    Assistant Secretary: Michelle Kitchen, Operations and Projects Officer, EPQ

    Please use the following email address to communicate with the Faculty Education and Student Experience Committee (SEM) secretariat

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    Meetings

    Dates of meetings of the Faculty Education and Student Experience Committee are published within the University Committee Timetable.

    Click here to access minutes of previous meetings.

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