Committees

The following are the respective roles and responsibilities in relation to functioning of School committees, together with the templates that must be used by the School’s Committees and operating guidelines.

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The Buildings Committee meets four times a year and is chaired by the Director of Professional Services

Computing Strategy Group meets five times a year and is chaired by the Director of Computing.

The Ethics Committee meets monthly and is chaired by the Ethics convenor.

An overview of Health, Safety & Wellbeing Committee

Informatics General Meetings are all-staff meetings primarily used for communicating high level updates from all areas of the school.

The People & Culture Committee advises the Head of School and Strategy Committee on matters that ensure the School has an inclusive culture.

The Recruitment Committee is a sub-committee of the Informatics Strategy Committee and exists to recommend and implement policy on UG and PG admissions and other recruitment activity.

The Research Committee meets monthly and is chaired by the Director of Research to oversee School research.

The Strategy Committee meets monthly and is chaired by the Head of School.

Teaching Committee develops policy on the delivery of taught courses and monitors activity within those courses.