Governance

Quality and Standards Committee

Terms of Reference

  1. To assist the Education and Student Experience Committee (ESEC) in discharging its responsibilities for the University's academic quality and standards.
  2. To oversee the development and review of all academic Quality and Standards related regulations, policies, procedures and codes of practice at the University of Nottingham including those related to admissions, University of Nottingham Online and apprenticeship provision.  
  3. To keep relevant Quality Manual regulations, policies and procedures under regular review.
  4. To consider Memoranda of Agreement for approval and renewal. 
  5. To approve all new programme specifications/revisions to existing programme specifications. This will include programmes consisting of Microcredential modules.
  6. To approve the withdrawal of programmes upon which students are currently registered or for which applicants hold offers.
  7. To have oversight of the process of approval of all new and amended modules including microcredentials and University of Nottingham Online verification work undertaken in conjunction with partners and business.
  8. To undertake the appointment of External Examiners, Internal Assessors and External Assessors.
  9. To approve exemptions from university regulatory frameworks where required and provide assurance to ESEC that any amendments made, or suspensions granted, relating to academic quality and standards activities are appropriate. 
  10. To receive External Examiners' Reports and School responses for consideration.
  11. To receive Schools' annual monitoring reports for consideration and provide University summaries of areas of commendations and concerns as they relate to Academic Quality and Standards.
  12. To receive reports from professional statutory and regulatory bodies with regard to accredited programmes for consideration.
  13. To advise on Portfolio diversification with respect to academic quality and standards.
  14. To make regular reports to ESEC on its activities and plans.
  15. To make regular reports to Faculty meetings on its activities and plans, as well as receive Faculty concerns relating to Quality Assurance matters.
  16. To establish working groups or commission individuals to carry out detailed work under the Committee’s oversight. 
  17. To receive minutes and consider reports of constituted sub committees and working groups.
  18. To provide advice to University senior committees on the implications for quality and standards of any educational strategies and policies under development. 
  19. Support the University’s engagement with regulators in respect to external quality requirements and activities,
  20. Members normally sit on the Committee for 4-5 years.

Membership

Chair

Kim Edwards

Deputy Chair

Harriet Allen

Shailesh Mistry

Appointed Representatives 

Faculty of Arts (UNUK)

Steven Morrison

Monica White

Faculty of Social Sciences (UNUK)

David Harvey 

Venga Sarma

Faculty of Science (UNUK)

Christie Siettou

Colin Johnson

Faculty of Engineering (UNUK)

Katy Voisey

Ed Morris

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (UNUK)

Ian Kerr

Alison Mostyn

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (UNM)

Wendy Siew Wei Gan

Faculty of Science and Engineering (UNM)

Mun Seng Kan

Foundation Programmes (UNM)

Premanand Krishnan

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (UNNC)

Shaun Goldfinch

Faculty of Science and Engineering (UNNC)

Nicholas Hamm

Nottingham University Business School China (UNNC)

Andrew Edwards

Student Representatives

Education Officer (Nottingham)

Scarlett (Jiale) Zhang

Education Officer (Malaysia)

Kayla Shaffiyah

Education Officer (China)

Lucy (Luxi) Cai

Postgraduate Officer (Nottingham)

Clement Asante

Ex Officio Members    

Associate Dean, University of Nottingham Malaysia

Wei Keong Too

Jessica Price

Associate Dean, University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus

Jim Mao

Bencan Tang

Derek Irwin

Associate Director Quality and Student Management System, Registry and Academic Affairs

Sandra Mienczakowski

Head of Student Registry

Joo Pei Poh

Director of Academic Services Office

Maggie Yang 

Associate Director of Assessments, Registry and Academic Affairs

Carolyn Taylor

Associate Director Student Wellbeing

Claire Thompson

Researcher Academy

Jeanette Woolard

Chair of Foundation Year Committee

Beverley Allan

Academic Director of Professional and Work Based Learning

Jonathan Tallant

Head of Operations, Institute for Professional and Work Based Learning

Alison Reeves

Associate Director Education Excellence

Sarah Seeley

Senior Quality Assurance Manager

Ian Bainbridge

Secretary

Educational Excellence

 

(updated July 2025)

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