Staff Handbook: 2.3 Officers and Committees for 2011/12
Contents
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Officers
- 2. School Committee
- 3. Advisory Group
- 4. Staffing Committee
- 5. Research Committee
- 6. Research Students Monitoring Group
- 7. Computing Facilities User Forum
- 8. Staff/Student Consultative Committee
- 9. Staff/Research Student Consultative Committee
- 10. Teaching Committee
- 11. Quality Assurance Committee
- 12. Accreditation Committee
- 13. External Liaison Committee
- 15. Student Recruitment Monitoring Group
- 16. Learning Resources Committee
- 17. Boards of Examiners
- 18. Extenuating Circumstances Panel
- 19. Appeals Panel
0. Introduction
"Until" means until the end of the academic year which falls in the given calendar year (thus "Until 2012" would mean "until the end of the academic year 2011/12", taken here to end on 31 July). Office-holders, other than taught student representatives, remain in post until substitute appointments have been made or elections held.
According to 2.2 Management Structures §1: "Unless otherwise stated, the term of office for all elected or appointed officers and members of committees is three years, except for research staff and students where it is one year."
1. Officers
| Post | Name | Until |
| Head of School | Achim Jung | 2012 |
| Deputy Head(s) of School | Jeremy Wyatt | 2012 |
| Head of Academic Programmes | Manfred Kerber | 2012 |
| Head of Quality Assurance | John Bullinaria | 2012 |
| Head of Student Development and Support | Mark Lee | 2012 |
| Director of Undergraduate Studies | Peter Tiño | 2012 |
| Director of Postgraduate Studies | Alan Sexton | 2013 |
| Senior Tutor | Manfred Kerber | 2012 |
| UG Programme Directors: | ||
| Intercalated Year | Achim Jung, Jim Yandle | 2012 |
| MSc Programme Directors: | ||
| MSc Computer Science | Jim Yandle | 2012 |
| MSc Computer Security | Tom Chothia | 2012 |
| MSc Advanced Computer Science | Bob Hendley | 2012 |
| MRes Natural Computation | Xin Yao, Shan He | 2012 |
| Industrial Placements Tutor | Mirco Musolesi and Behzad Bordbar | 2012 |
| Careers Tutor | Rami Bahsoon | 2014 |
| Undergraduate Projects Officer | Ela Claridge | 2012 |
| MSc Projects Officer | Shan He | 2014 |
| Individual Study | Andrew Howes | 2014 |
| Advanced MSc mini projects | Bob Hendley | 2012 |
| SSC coordinator | Hayo Thielecke (Term 1), Eike Ritter (Term 2) | 2012 |
| Examinations Officer | Eike Ritter (papers & processing) | 2012 |
| Welfare Tutor | Volker Sorge | 2013 |
| Deputy Welfare Tutors | Nick Hawes, Ata Kaban, Iain Styles |
2012, 2013, 2013 |
| International Students Tutor | Ata Kaban | 2013 |
| Research Students Tutor | Steve Vickers | 2014 |
| Exchanges Tutor | Peter Tiño | 2013 |
| Head of Admissions | Peter Hancox | 2013 |
| Admissions and Marketing Coordinator | Jessica Ashe | |
| Admissions Team | Peter Hancox Peter Breuer John Bullinaria Antoni Diller Shan He Andrew Howes Uday Reddy Hayo Thielecke Jim Yandle |
2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013 |
| Head of Marketing and Publicity | Russell Beale | 2013 |
| Senior Marketing Officer | Gurpreet Grewal-Kang | |
| Marketing Team | Russell Beale Hamid Dehghani Dan Ghica Nick Hawes Achim Jung Iain Styles Peter Tino Jeremy Wyatt |
2013 2013 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2014 |
| International Recruitment | Uday Reddy | 2014 |
| Director of Computing Facilities | Steve Pillinger | 2013 |
| Chair of User Forum | Dan Ghica | 2014 |
| Library Officer | Antoni Diller | 2013 |
| Director of Research | Xin Yao | 2013 |
| Deputy Director of Research | Ela Claridge | 2014 |
| Research Ethics Officer | Antoni Diller | 2012 |
| Other Officers | ||
| Departmental Seminar Coordinator | Asimina Vasalou | 2014 |
| AINC Seminar Coordinator | Leandro Minku | 2013 |
| Theory Seminar Coordinator | Paul Levy | 2012 |
| Interaction Seminar Coordinator | Chris Bowers | 2014 |
| Data Protection Officer, Freedom of Information Officer | Alexandra Broekema | ex off. |
| Returning Officer | Alexandra Broekema | ex off. |
| Health and Safety Coordinator | Sarah Collins | |
| Qualified First Aiders |
Keith Marlow Sharon Powell Mark Robbins |
|
| Fire Wardens | Ceinwen Cushway Bertram Dandy Antoni Diller Julie Heathcote Bob Hendley Eike Ritter |
|
2. School Committee
The membership of the School Committee will be reviewed at a future School Committee meeting.
e-mail: school-comm (school-comm-open is the corresponding open list). For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
| Head of School (chair) | Achim Jung | ex off. |
| All staff in the School are entitled to attend and vote (including Teaching Staff, Research Staff, Support Staff and Academic-related Staff). | ||
| PA to the Head of School (Secretary) | Sarah Collins | ex off. |
| Four student members of the School's Staff/Student Consultative Committee: one first-year undergraduate, one second-year undergraduate, one third-year or fourth-year undergraduate, one MSc student. |
Chris Green Jawad Hussain Karen Templer vacancy (MSc) |
All 2012 |
| One research student member of the School's Staff/Research Student Consultative Committee. | Catherine Harris | 2012 |
3. Advisory Group
| Head of School | Achim Jung | ex off. |
| PA to the Head of School | Sarah Collins | ex off. |
| Deputy Head(s) of School | Jeremy Wyatt | ex off. | Director of Research | Xin Yao | ex off. | Head of Academic Programmes | Manfred Kerber | ex off. | Director of Admissions | Peter Hancox | ex off. | Head of Student Development and Support | Mark Lee | ex off. |
| Operations Manager | Alexandra Broekema | ex off. |
| Two elected members of staff of the School |
Ela Claridge Nick Hawes |
2014 |
4. Staffing Committee
e-mail: staffing-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
| Head of School (Chair) | Achim Jung | ex off. |
| All Professors in the School |
John Barnden Russell Beale Ela Claridge Andrew Howes Ales Leonardis Jon Rowe (Achim Jung) Uday Reddy Mark Ryan Xin Yao |
ex off. |
| One other elected representative of the Non-Professorial Teaching Staff of the School (must be at Senior Lecturer, Reader, or Senior Research Fellow level, and on an open contract) | John Bullinaria | 2014 |
| Co-options | Aaron Sloman | 2010 |
5. Research Committee
e-mail: research-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
| Head of School | Achim Jung | ex off. |
| Director of Research (Chair) | Xin Yao | ex off. |
| Chair of the Research Students Monitoring Group | Steve Vickers | ex off. |
| Research Students Admissions Tutor | Hayo Thielecke | ex off. |
| Director of Computing Facilities | Steve Pillinger | ex off. |
| Between four and eight other representatives of the research active members of Teaching Staff, nominated by the Teaching Staff and appointed by School Committee after consideration of suggestions from the Research Committee |
Rami Bahsoon John Barnden Russell Beale Ela Claridge Dan Ghica Paul Levy Peter Tino Jeremy Wyatt |
2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 |
| Two elected representative of the Research Staff in the School | Peter Lewis Rustam Stolkin |
2012 2012 |
| One elected representative of the Research Students in the School | Osama Al-Hassani | 2012 |
| Research Secretary | Ceinwen Cushway |
6. Research Students Monitoring Group
e-mail: rsmg-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
| Research Students Tutor | Steve Vickers (chair) | ex off. |
| Three or more other members of teaching staff, at least one of whom will be a professor, appointed by School Committee after consideration of suggestions from the Research Students Monitoring Group |
John Barnden John Bullinaria Ela Claridge Richard Dearden Antoni Diller Martín Escardó Peter Hancox Mark Lee Uday Reddy Eike Ritter Jon Rowe Georgios Theodoropoulos Peter Tiño Xin Yao |
2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2009 2010 2012 2009 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 |
| Secretary | Patrycja Sliwa |
|
7. Computing Facilities User Forum
e-mail: user-forum. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
| Chair of User Forum |
Dan Ghica |
2014 |
| The meetings are open to all members of staff and students with an interest in the matters discussed. |
8. Staff/Student Consultative Committee
e-mail: staff-student-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
| Head of School | Achim Jung | ex off. |
| Head of Student Development & Support (chair) | Mark Lee | ex off. |
| Director of Undergraduate Studies | Peter Tiño | ex off. |
| Director of Postgraduate Studies | Alan Sexton | ex off. |
| One Computer Officer, nominated by the Director of Computing Facilities | Steve Pillinger | 2009 |
| Teaching Assistant member of Teaching Committee | Chris Novakovic | ex off. |
| One student representative for each group opposite, elected by those students |
vacancy (AICS1) Elizabeth Felton (AICS2) Jeremiah Via (AICS3) Chris Green (CS1) Jawad Hussain (CS2) (Co-Chair) Karen Templer (CS3) vacancy (HalfCS1) Joshua Issac (HalfCS2) Divyen Sanganee (HalfCS3) vacancy (HalfCS4) Oliver Smithson (SE1) William McEnaney (SE2) vacancy (SE3) vacancy (SE4) Jemma Thornton (CSBM1) Mark Johnson (CSBM2) Steve Dalai (CSBM3) vacancy (ICY) Iyere Oboite (MScCS) vacancy (MScACS) Somdutta Chakraborty (MScCSec) Kate Reed (MRes NC) |
All 2012 |
| Secretary | Sue Tippin |
|
9. Staff/Research Student Consultative Committee
e-mail: staff-research-student-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
| Head of School | Achim Jung | ex off. |
| Research Students Tutor (vice-chair) | Steve Vickers | ex off. |
| One Computer Officer, nominated by the Director of Computing Facilities | Mark Robbins | 2011 |
| One research student representative elected by each of Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, and all other years combined | Jay Young (Year 1) Catherine Harris (Year 2 - chair) Mark Rowan (Year 3) Vivek Nallur (All other years) |
All 2012 |
| MRes Natural Computation student representative on SSCC | Kate Reed | 2012 |
| Research student representative on Research Committee | Osama Al-Hassani | 2012 |
| Research student representative on Computing Facilities User Forum | Christopher Staite | 2012 |
| Co-opted members if required | Loretta Mancini (International students representative) | 2012 |
| Secretary | Patrycja Sliwa |
10. Teaching Committee
e-mail: teaching-comm (teaching-comm-open is the corresponding open list). For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
| Head of School | Achim Jung | ex off. |
| Head of Academic Programmes (Chair) | Manfred Kerber | ex off. |
| Head of Quality Assurance | John Bullinaria | ex off. |
| Director of Undergraduate Studies | Peter Tiño | ex off. |
| Director of Postgraduate Studies | Alan Sexton | ex off. |
| Head of Student Development & Support | Mark Lee | ex off. |
| Academic Administration Officer | Laura Ewers | ex off. |
| Four to eight other members of the Teaching Staff of the School, appointed by School Committee after consideration of suggestions from the Teaching Committee |
Russell Beale Tom Chothia Martín Escardó Nick Hawes |
2013 2012 2013 2012 |
| Three student members of the School's Staff/Student Consultative Committee: two undergraduates, one MSc student, elected by the student members of Staff/Student Consultative Committee. |
Elizabeth Felton (UG) William McEnaney (UG) Iyere Oboite (MSc) |
All 2012 |
| One Teaching Assistant, elected by the Teaching Assistants. | Chris Novakovic | 2012 |
| Secretary | Laura Ewers |
|
11. Quality Assurance Committee
e-mail: qae-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
| Head of School | Achim Jung | ex off. |
| Head of Quality Assurance (chair) | John Bullinaria | ex off. |
| Head of Academic Programmes | Manfred Kerber | ex off. |
| Head of Student Development and Support | Mark Lee | ex off. |
| Director of Undergraduate Studies | Peter Tiño | ex off. |
| Director of Postgraduate Studies | Alan Sexton | ex off. |
| Examinations Officer | Eike Ritter | ex off. |
| Academic Administration Officer | Laura Ewers | ex off. |
| At least three other members of Teaching Staff of the School appointed by School Committee after consideration of suggestions from the QAEC. |
Rami Bahsoon Bob Hendley Volker Sorge Iain Styles |
2012 2013 2012 2013 |
| Secretary | Julie Heathcote |
|
12. Accreditation Committee
e-mail: accredit-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
| Head of Quality Assurance (Chair) | John Bullinaria | ex off. |
| Head of Academic Programmes | Manfred Kerber | ex off. |
| Director of Undergraduate Studies | Peter Tino | ex off. |
| Academic Administration Officer | Laura Ewers | ex off. |
| Additional members |
Peter Coxhead (Consultant member) Uday Reddy |
co-opted |
13. External Liaison Committee
e-mail: external-liaison-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
| Head of School (Chair) | Achim Jung | ex off. |
| Head of Academic Programmes | Manfred Kerber | ex off. |
| Industrial Placements Tutor | Mirco Musolesi, Behzad Bordbar | ex off. |
| Business Development Manager | Padma Reddy | ex off. |
| Director of Research | Xin Yao | ex off. |
| Two other members of teaching staff appointed by School Committee after consideration of suggestions from the External Liaison Committee |
Mark Ryan Rami Bahsoon |
2012 2012 |
| Secretary | Ceinwen Cushway |
|
The External Liaison Committee forms part of the Industrial Advisory Board; see 2.2 Management Structures.
[Section 14 is obsolete.]
15. Student Recruitment Monitoring Group
The Student Recruitment Monitoring Group operates as an informal body to monitor and manage student recruitment. It is mainly operated by mailing list. Meetings will be called as necessary by the the Convenor, Peter Hancox.
e-mail: srmg-comm. (srmg-comm-open is the corresponding open list). For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.
|
Head of School |
Achim Jung |
ex off. |
|
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor |
William Edmondson |
ex off. |
|
Postgraduate Admissions Tutor |
Peter Hancox |
ex off. |
|
Student Recruitment Officer |
Russell Beale |
ex off. |
|
Schools Liaison Officer |
Russell Beale |
ex off. |
|
Student Recruitment and Marketing Officer |
Sally Cook |
ex off. |
|
Admissions and Marketing Assistant |
Natasha Nelson |
ex off. |
16. Learning Resources Committee
This committee has been dissolved.
17. Boards of Examiners
See 3.3.1 Assessment Procedures.
Undergraduate for Academic Year 2011/12 (normal meetings June and September 2012)
| Chair (member of the Academic Management Team) | Peter Tiño | ex off. |
| External Examiners (final award boards only) |
|
|
| Head of School | Achim Jung | ex off. |
| Examinations Officer | Eike Ritter | ex off. |
| One member of the Welfare Team | Volker Sorge | ex off. |
| One member of the Extenuating Circumstances Panel (normally the Chair) | Manfred Kerber | ex off. |
| Undergraduate Project Coordinator | Ela Claridge | ex off. |
| Four representatives of Module Examiners, who may not serve in this capacity for more than one year consecutively |
Rami Bahsoon Russell Beale Dan Ghica Andrew Howes |
All 2012 |
MSc for Academic Year 2011/12 (normal meetings June and October 2012)
| Chair (member of the Academic Management Team) | Alan Sexton | ex off. |
| External Examiners (final award boards only) | ||
| Head of School | Achim Jung | ex off. |
| Examinations Officer | Eike Ritter | ex off. |
| MSc Projects Officer | Shan He | ex off. |
| One member of the Welfare Team | Volker Sorge | ex off. |
| One member of the Extenuating Circumstances Panel (normally the Chair) | Manfred Kerber | ex off. |
| Four representatives of Module Examiners, who may not serve in this capacity for more than one year consecutively |
Tom Chothia Bob Hendley Uday Reddy Xin Yao |
All Jan 2013 |
18. Extenuating Circumstances Panel
See 3.3.1 Assessment Procedures.
Extenuating Circumstances Panel for 2010/11
| Senior Tutor (chair) | Manfred Kerber | ex off. |
| Extenuating Circumstances Officer | Volker Sorge | ex off. |
| One member of the corresponding Undergraduate and MSc Examination Boards to be present for discussions of undergraduates and MSc students respectively |
Rami Bahsoon (UG) Tom Chothia (MSc) |
Jan 2013 |
19. Appeals Panel
See 3.3.1 Assessment Procedures.
Appeals Panel for 2011/12
| Chair of the Extenuating Circumstances Panel (chair) | Manfred Kerber | ex off. |
| Chair of the relevant Examination Board (undergraduate or MSc) | Peter Tiño, Alan Sexton | ex off. |
| Examinations Officer | Eike Ritter | ex off. |