Constitution and Nominations Committee

Terms of reference

The full Terms of Reference of the Constitutions and Nominations Committee can be found in the following document:

Constitution and Nominations Committee (PDF , 286kb)

Membership

Membership of Constitution and Nominations Committee

• Denise Jagger (Chair) (Chair of Council and Pro-Chancellor) Ex Officio
• Professor Charlie Jeffery (Vice-Chancellor and President) Ex officio
• Professor Saul Tendler (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost) Ex officio
• Mr Philip Carpenter (Pro Chancellor and Chair of Remuneration Committee) Ex officio
• Mr Chris Thompson (Pro-Chancellor, Treasurer and Chair of Finance Committee) Ex officio
• Mr David Watson (Chair, Audit and Risk Committee) Ex officio

All of the above plus the following members for the meeting(s) will address the Honorary Associations

aspect of the remit:

• 4 members of academic staff appointed by (going forward from) the Senate:
• Mr Ian Hamilton, Department of Health Sciences (until 31 July 2022)
• Professor Richard Ogden, Department of Language and Linguistic Science (until 31 July 2022)
• Vacancy
• YUSU President
• GSA President

In attendance

• Director of External Relations, Ms Joan Concannon
• University Secretary, Dr Adam Dawkins
• Secretary to the Committee: Senior Governance and Assurance Officer, Dr Philip Evans

Meeting dates

Constitution and Nominations Committee meeting dates 2021-22

• 1 March 2022, 13:30-15:00
• 24 May 2022, 13:30-15:30
• 26 July 2022, 15:30-15:00

Nominations

The criteria, deadline and process for submitting honorary degree nominations are available via the External Relations webpage.