Research and Teaching Steering Group

							Research and Teaching Steering Group


Frequency of meetings:      As required
Secretary:                  A member of Academic Registry (Alison Venis)
Reporting relationships:    Reporting to University Learning and Teaching Committee
Quorum:                     50 % +1


Membership

Deputy Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching (Chair)
  Prof Craig Mahoney (from April 2007)
An Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching or Research) from each School, ensuring a
balance between Learning and Teaching and Research
  Chris Wiggington (ASS), Jackie Guille (DE), Rebecca Strachan (CEIS), Helen Manns
    (AS), Kevin Robertson (PSS), Sharon Mavin (NBS), Charlotte Clarke (HCES), Debbie
    Rook (Law), Lesley Matthews (BE)
Head of Learning and Teaching Support
  Alan Dordoy
Head of Research Support
  Ruth Siddals


Terms of Reference

1.     To advise the University Learning and Teaching and Research Committees on
       actions required in view of HEFCE’s strategic priority for the period 2006-9, of
       ‘ensuring that teaching is informed and enriched by research’

2.     To devise and keep under review criteria for allocation of funding to School-based
       projects designed to meet the HEFCE objectives of:
        Keeping the curriculum up-to-date and active, effectively supported by
           appropriate learning resources linked to recent research
        Enabling staff to engage with developments in their field and link to developments
           in their teaching
        Ensuring that courses are designed in ways that support the development of
           learning outcomes appropriate to the knowledge economy, including appropriate
           pedagogy – that is, students experiencing research, and developing research
           skills

3.     To receive bids from Schools for projects as above, make judgements and allocate
       funding as appropriate

4.     To monitor the progress of School-based projects, receive reports and review the
       operation of the scheme

5.     To make recommendations on and provide support for dissemination of project
       outcomes and on staff development events, including conferences, to support the
       above objectives

6.     To make recommendations on actions required to meet the fourth HEFCE objective
       of:
        Embedding research-informed teaching in institutional structures, including
           human resources strategies and quality assurance processes

Notes: a)      ‘Schools’ in the above can include the Graduate School
       b)      ‘Research’ can include pedagogical as well as subject-based research,
               where appropriate