Strategic Responsibilities

• To provide a forum for deliberation on matters of academic policy and the development of taught education across the Faculty to enable the achievement of the College Strategy.
• To consider and advise on developments in the educational portfolio of the Faculty.
• To assess the implications of proposed new policies and procedures (both internal and external) and contribute to QAEC discussion or directly to external bodies.
• To advise, implement and monitor new policies and procedures (both internal and external) which affect the activities and/or administration of teaching.

 Quality and Standards Responsibilities

• To provide a forum for the discussion of student issues and to monitor the student experience, for example through consideration of the outcomes of student survey results and staff‐student committees, at all points of delivery.
• To ensure the effective implementation of the College’s Annual Monitoring process by (i) the receipt and consideration of Department’s Annual Monitoring Reports (AMRs) (ii) the preparation of an annual summary report on issues and emerging themes arising from the Committee’s consideration of the AMRs, for submission to the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee (QAEC) including for any collaborative programmes (iii) the development and ongoing oversight of an action plan to address issues arising through the annual monitoring process.
• To identify through the annual monitoring, periodic review and other quality assurance mechanisms, good practice and innovation in learning, teaching and assessment and promote its dissemination across the Faculty and elsewhere in the College.
• To consider on an annual basis College summaries of external examiner reports and identify and monitor actions arising from the reports at Faculty and College level.
• To consider reports of Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRB) on undergraduate and postgraduate taught provision and make recommendations for action as appropriate.
• To approve minor changes to existing programme curricula (including for existing collaborative provision) and short course provision in accordance with the College Academic Standards Framework and report these to the Programmes Committee.
• To recommend for QAEC approval changes to the threshold and additional entry requirements for existing programmes of study.
• To have oversight of programme specifications for taught degree programmes and course specifications for short course provision.
• To have oversight of marking schemes and schemes for award of honours.
• To oversee departmental arrangements for the consideration of special cases for admission and to have oversight of all special case decisions.
• To oversee the professional skills development programme for Master’s level students.
• To approve new student exchange partnerships and the renewal of existing student exchange partnerships and report these to QAEC.
• Where applicable, receive minutes from the joint management boards for the Faculty’s collaborative programme.
• To report regularly through formal minutes and termly summary reports to QAEC.
• Where appropriate to appoint sub‐committees to carry out the above responsibilities.

 To be quorate a minimum of one third of members need to be present.

The Undergraduate School Board and Postgraduate Education Board are sub-committees within the Faculty of Medicine. They have devolved responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate quality assurance and standards respectively. 

Constitution

• A senior representative for educational leadership for the Faculty as Chair;
• A College Consul;
• At least two student representatives;
• Additional members to be determined by each Faculty
  

For meetings including consideration of quality and standards matters:

• At least one representative from the Registry nominated by the Academic Registrar or Head of Academic Services;
• A representative from the Education Development Unit;
• Student representation including the ICU Deputy President Education and GSU President or Deputy President;

• Additionally the Faculty of Medicine Education Committee should include representation from the LKC Medical School

  Membership (Academic year 2018/19)

  Summary of the table's contents

  Name	Role
  Professor Desmond Johnson	Vice-Dean (Education) as Chair
  Mr Martin Lupton	Associate Dean
  Dr Sophie Rutschmann	Academic Lead for Postgraduate Education
  Dr Jo Harris	Deputy Head of the Undergraduate School
  Dr Laki Buluwela	Academic Lead for Postgraduate Research Programmes
  Dr Jeremy Levy	Director of the Clinical Academic Training Office
  Professor Alison McGregor	Director of Undergraduate Science/ Departmental Education Lead
  Professor Steve Gentleman	Departmental Education Lead*
  Professor Jeremy Nicholson	Departmental Education Lead*
  Professor Sue Smith	Departmental Education Lead*
  Professor Helen Ward	Departmental Education Lead*
  Professor Peter Openshaw	College Consul
  Dr Naomi Low-Beer	Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Representative
  Dr Chris Watkins	Faculty Operating Officer
  Mr Richard Viner	Faculty Finance Officer
  Ms Susan English	Director of Education Management
  Mr Gerry Greyling	Head of Business and Educational Development
  Ms Rebekah Fletcher	Head of the School Secretariat
  Mr Chris Harris	Head of Programme Management
  Ms Men-Yeut Wong	Registry Representative
  Ms Jo Horsburgh	Educational Development Unit Representative
  Ms Nikki Boyd	Educational Development Unit Representative
  Mr Alejandro Luy	ICU Deputy President Education
  Ms Ute Thiermann	GSU President
  Mr James Wild	Deputy Head of the School Secretariat (Secretary)
  *Departmental representatives are expected to send an alternate when they are unable to attend.

 Agenda items (including papers) should be submitted to the committee secretary two weeks prior to the committee meeting. Papers will normally be circulated to members one week prior to the committee meeting. 

Academic year 2017/18

• 25 September 2017 [pdf]
• 04 December 2017 [pdf]
• 05 March 2018*

Academic year 2016/17

• 08 December 2016 [pdf]
• 13 March 2017 [pdf]
• 24 April 2017 [pdf]

Academic year 2015/16

• 01 April 2016 [pdf]
• 06 June 2016 [pdf]

*Minutes to be approved at the next meeting.