Senate

Terms of reference

The powers and functions of the Senate are determined by Ordinance.

Constitution and membership
Constitution and Membership 2026-27
Members  
Ex-Officio Members  
Provost and Deputy President (Chair) Professor Peter Haynes
Vice-Provost (Education & Student Experience) (Deputy Chair) Professor Alan Spivey
Associate Provost (Digitally-Enhanced Learning and Teaching Dr Sophie Rutschmann
   
Faculty Deans

Faculty of Engineering
Professor Omar Matar

Faculty of Medicine
Professor Deborah Ashby


Faculty of Natural Sciences
Professor Richard Craster

Imperial College Business School
Professor Peter Todd
Director of the Early Career Researcher Institute Professor George Constantinides
Chairs of the Faculty Education Committees Faculty of Engineering
Dr Lorraine Craig

Faculty of Medicine
Professor Martin Lupton

Faculty of Natural Sciences
Dr Mike Tennant

Imperial College Business School
Professor Cloda Jenkins

CHERS/CLCC
Dr Ana Costa-Pereira
Senior College Consul Professor Ann Muggeridge
Registrar and University Secretary Richard Martin
Academic Registrar Karen Omisore
Chief Student Services Officer Hannah Banister
Chief Marketing and Recruitment Officer Lizzie Burrows
Director of Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship (CHERS) Professor Martyn Kingsbury
Appointed Members  
Representatives from the Imperial College Union, one to be the Deputy President (Education) Daniel Zhou (President)

Joseph Eyre (Deputy President (Education))

TBC (PGR Representation Chair)

TBC (PGT Representation Chair)
Nominated Members  
One Head of Department from each of the Faculties of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Medicine, and of the Imperial College Business School, nominated from among their number. Faculty of Engineering
TBC (from 2026/27)

Faculty of Medicine
Professor Neil Ferguson (from 2024/25)

Faculty of Natural Sciences
Professor Axel Gandy (from 2025/26)

Imperial College Business School
Professor Wolfram Wiesemann (from 2025/26)
Eight nominated members (two from each of the Faculties of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Medicine, and the Imperial College Business School). One nominated member from each Faculty and the Imperial College Business School to be non-professorial.

Faculty of Engineering
Professor Michael Bluck (from 2025/26)
Dr Katerina Tsiampousi (from 2025/26)

Faculty of Medicine
Dr Emma Keeling (from 2025/26)
Professor Karim Meeran (from 2025/26)

Faculty of Natural Sciences
Professor Don Craig (from 2025/26)
TBC (from 2026/27)

Imperial College Business School
TBC (from 2026/27)
Professor Robert Kosowski (from 2026/27)

 

Meeting dates and deadlines
 
Committee dates (Academic year 2026/27) Submission deadlines (Academic year 2026/27)
Wednesday 04 November 2026 Friday 23 October 2026
Wednesday 27 January 2027 Friday 15 January 2027
Wednesday 21 April 2027 Friday 09 April 2027
Wednesday 16 June 2027 Friday 04 June 2027
Summary of the table's contents

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.

Minutes
Academic Year 2025/26
Academic Year 2024/25
Academic Year 2023/24
Academic Year 2022/23
Academic Year 2021/22
Academic Year 2020/21
Academic Year 2019/20
Academic Year 2018/19
Academic Year 2017/18
Academic Year 2016/17
Academic Year 2015/16
Academic Year 2014/15
Academic Year 2013/14
Academic Year 2012/13
Academic Year 2011/12

For minutes prior to academic year 2011/12 please contact the committee secretary

Committee Secretary

For more information please contact Judith Webster, Director of Academic Quality and Standards.