Academic Standards Committee
Academic Standards Committee (ASC) is a Committee of the Senate, which develops and oversees quality assurance policies and procedures, reviews the quality of academic programmes, and ensures that academic standards are maintained.
Membership 2025/26
Ex-officio
- Professor Ken Neil, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Academic (Chair)
- Sacchita Sriganapathiraju, Vice President, Students’ Union
- Professor Zey Suka Bill, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education and Student Success
Co-opted
- Professor Chantal Faust, Dean, School of Arts & Humanities
- Professor Adrian Lahoud, Dean, School of Architecture
- Professor Hala Mansour, Head of Doctoral Programmes
- Dr Jonathan Boyd, Head of Programme, School of Arts and Humanities
- Professor Sarah Cheang, Head of Programme, School of Arts and Humanities
- Sandra Denicke-Polcher, Associate Dean, School of Architecture
- Dr Ben Cranfield, Associate Dean, School of Arts and Humanities
- Dr Barbara Brownie, Associate Dean, School of Communication
- Anne Toomey, Associate Dean, School of Design
- Dr Thandi Loewenson, Senior Tutor (Research), Architecture
- Dr Elif Ozden Yenigun, Senior Tutor, MA Textiles
In attendance
- Dr Lucy Dawkins, Academic Registrar (Interim)
- Dr Jernej Mozic, Quality Manager (Interim) (Secretary)
Terms of office
Co-opted members of academic staff will serve on the committee for a maximum term of three years. An individual term of office may be extended by one year, by mutual agreement.
- Quorum: Five members
- Frequency of meetings: A minimum of seven times per annum
Terms of Reference
- To advise the Senate on the definition, measurement, evaluation and management of the quality and standards of the College’s academic provision at all levels.
- To develop and implement the College’s quality assurance systems.
- To inform the Senior Management Team and make recommendations to the Senate about the feasibility and sustainability of proposals for new academic development, with reference to the academic, market and business cases.
- To develop and implement procedures for the validation of programmes of study and collaborative provision on behalf of the Senate.
- To develop and implement procedures for the review of College-wide provision and learning support, as the need arises, on behalf of the Senate.
- To develop and implement procedures for the annual review of all academic programmes, and to consider the reports of such reviews.
- To consider and act upon any quality management or enhancement matters arising from the Annual Programme Review and School Overview processes.
- To monitor the development and annual review of policies and academic provision relating to research students, including the Doctoral Training Programme.
- To monitor the development and annual review of the policies and academic provision relating to College-wide programmes.
- To distribute the information received as part of the annual review of programmes to the relevant committees of the College such as School Leadership teams, the Senior Management Team, the Research Committee and the Senate.
- To formulate and review all academic regulations, policies and procedures.
- To recommend to the Senate the appointment of External Examiner and and Internal Moderators.
- To monitor external assessments of the College’s provision, for example, External Examiners’ reports.
- To direct the work of, and receive the minutes from the Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Committee.
- To undertake such other responsibilities as may be delegated by the Senate.