Planning Committee

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Terms of Reference 2022/23

On behalf of Senate:

1 Oversee the University's strategic planning, monitoring, post-investment evaluation and associated budgeting arrangements

2 Approve and monitor faculty, PSS, and thematic strategies and plans, ensuring alignment to the University Strategy

3 Approve the financial model, including target faculty operating margins, internal charge rates and budgetary envelope for professional support services for approval by University Executive Board (UEB)

4 Make recommendations to UEB regarding strategic initiatives and allocation of resource

5 Keep under review the University's range of disciplines and their strategies, in the context of the University Strategy

6 Annually recommend to UEB, and monitor, a five-year forecast, including a five-year capital expenditure budget

7 Consider and make recommendations on any matter of strategy or policy referred to it by Senate or UEB or any other body

8 Approve tuition fee rates and accommodation charges.

October 2022

Membership

Membership 2022/23

Ref	Name		Term expires
1	Professor Saul Tendler	Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost	N/A
2	Professor Andy Dougill	Dean, Faculty of Sciences	N/A
3	Professor Karen Rowlingson	Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences	N/A
4	Professor Ambrose Field	Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities	N/A
5	Professor Tracy Lightfoot	Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Teaching, Learning and Students	N/A
6	Professor Matthias Ruth	Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research	N/A
7	Professor Kiran Trehan	Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Partnerships and Engagement	N/A
8	Professor James Moir	Biology	July 2025
9	Professor Tim Andrews	Psychology	July 2024
10	Professor Helen Smith	English and Related Literature	July 2024
11	Professor Monika Schmid	Language and Linguistic Science	July 2024
12	Professor Paul Wakeling	Education	July 2024
13	Professor Nina Caspersen	Politics	July 2024
	In attendance
14	Dr Joss Ivory	Chief Operating Officer	N/A
15	Jeremy Lindley	Director of Finance	N/A
16	Harvey Dowdy	Director of Technology, Estates and Facilities	N/A
17	Rebekah Desport	Director of Planning and Risk	N/A
18	Mike Clark	Head of Academic Accounting	N/A

Constituency of Members

1	The Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost (Chair)
2-4	The three Deans of Faculty (Arts & Humanities; Sciences; Social Sciences)
5	The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching, Learning and Students)
6	The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
7	The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Partnerships and Engagement)
8-13	Six members of academic staff, two from each faculty
	In attendance:
14	The Chief Operating Officer
15	The Director of Finance
16	The Director of Technology, Estates and Facilities
17	The Director of Planning and Risk
18	The Head of Academic Accounting