Planning Committee
Terms of reference
On behalf of Senate:
- Oversee the University's strategic planning, monitoring, post-investment evaluation and associated budgeting arrangements
- Approve and monitor faculty, Professional Services, and thematic strategies and plans, ensuring alignment to the University strategy
- 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)
- Make recommendations to UEB regarding strategic initiatives and allocation of resource
- Keep under review the University's range of disciplines and their strategies, in the context of the University Strategy
- Annually recommend to UEB, and monitor, a five-year forecast, including a five-year capital expenditure budget
- Consider and make recommendations on any matter of strategy or policy referred to it by Senate or UEB or any other body
- Approve tuition fee rates and accommodation charges.
October 2023
Members
- Professor Ken Badcock, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost (Chair)
- Professor Andy Dougill, Dean, Faculty of Sciences
- Professor Ambrose Field, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Global Strategy
- Professor Tracy Lightfoot, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Teaching, Learning and Students
- Professor Duncan Petrie, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Professor Karen Rowlingson, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Professor Matthias Ruth, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research
- Professor Kiran Trehan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Partnerships and Engagement
Members of academic staff (two from each faculty)
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Dr Aine Sheil, Head of School of Arts and Creative Technologies
- Professor Monika Schmid, HoD, Language and Linguistic Science
- Faculty of Sciences
- Professor Kate Flemming, HoD, Health Sciences
- Professor James Moir, HoD, Biology
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Professor Nina Caspersen, Associate Dean for Research and staff member of the Department of Politics and International Relations
- Professor Paul Wakeling, Education
In attendance
- Tyrrell Basson, IT Director
- Nirmal Borkhataria, Interim Finance Director
- Mike Clark, Head of Academic Accounting
- Simon Donoghue, Director of Strategic Planning and Performance
Meetings
2023-24
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Wednesday 11 October | 9.15am to 1.00pm |
| Wednesday 6 December | 9.15am to 1.00pm |
| Wednesday 7 February | 9.15am to 1.00pm |
| Wednesday 1 April | 9.15am to 1.00pm |
| Wednesday 5 June | 9.15am to 1.00pm |
2024-25
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Wednesday 2 October | 9.15am to 1.00pm |
| Wednesday 5 February | 9.15am to 1.00pm |
| Wednesday 4 June | 9.15am to 1.00pm |
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