Senate
Senate
Terms of reference
The membership and meetings of Senate are outlined in section A8 of the College ordinances.
Constitution and membership
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Professor Ian Walmsley | Provost as Chair |
| Professor Peter Haynes | Vice-Provost (Education & Student Experience) |
| Professor Peter Lindstedt | Assistant Provost (Academic Promotions) |
| Hannah Bannister | Director of Student Services |
| Professor Nigel Brandon | Dean of the Faculty of Engineering |
| Professor Richard Craster | Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences |
| Professor Jonathan Weber | Dean of the Faculty of Medicine |
| Professor Francisco Veloso | Dean of Imperial College Business School |
| Dr Lorraine Craig | Chair of the Faculty of Engineering Education Committee |
| Dr Mike Tennant | Chair of the Faculty of Natural Sciences Education Committee |
| Martin Lupton | Chair of the Faculty of Medicine Education Committee |
| Professor Richard Green | Chair of the Imperial College Business School Education Committee |
| Dr Ana Costa-Pereira | Chair of the CHERS-CLCC Education Committee |
| Professor Alan Spivey | Assistant Provost (Learning and Teaching) |
| Professor Xiao Yun Xu | Director of the Graduate School |
| Professor Laki Buluwela | Deputy Director of the Graduate School |
| Andrew Tebbutt | Director of Student Recruitment and Outreach |
| Professor Jonathan Mestel | Senior College Consul |
| Professor Martyn Kingsbury | Director of Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship (CHERS) |
| Professor Omar Matar | Representative Head of Department (Engineering) |
| Professor Oscar Ces | Representative Head of Department (Natural Sciences) |
| Professor George Hanna | Representative Head of Department (Medicine) |
| Professor Wolfram Wiesemann | Representative Head of Department (Business School) |
| Hayley Wong | Imperial College Union Representative |
| Jason Zheng | Imperial College Union Representative |
| Chenging Yao | Imperial College Union Representative |
| Shanyi Liu | Imperial College Union Representative |
| Professor Tim Green | Elected Member (Engineering) |
| Dr Michael Bluck | Elected Member (Engineering) |
| Dr David Evans | Elected Member (Natural Sciences) |
| Professor Hugh Brady | Elected Member (Natural Sciences) |
| Dr Sophie Rutschmann | Elected Member (Medicine) |
| Professor Karim Meeran | Elected Member (Medicine) |
| TBC | Elected Member (Business School) |
| TBC | Elected Member (Business School) |
| David Ashton | Academic Registrar (Secretary) |
| Judith Webster | Head of Academic Services (Minute Secretary) |
Meeting dates and deadlines
| Commitee dates (Academic year 2023/24) | Submission deadlines (Academic year 2023/24) |
|---|---|
| 11 October 2023 | 27 September 2023 |
| 13 December 2023 | 29 November 2023 |
| 28 February 2024 | 14 February 2024 |
| 01 May 2024 | 17 April 2024 |
| 26 June 2024 | 12 June 2024 |
Agenda items (including papers) should be submitted to the committee secretary two weeks prior to the committee meeting. Papers will normally be circulated to members one week prior to the committee meeting.
Minutes
Academic Year 2022/23
- 12 October 2022
- 14 December 2022
- 01 March 2023
- 10 May 2023
- 28 June 2023
Academic Year 2021/22
- 20 October 2021
- 08 December 2021
- 23 March 2022
- 18 May 2022
- 29 June 2022
Academic Year 2020/21
- 14 October 2020 [pdf]
- 09 December 2020 [pdf]
- 17 March 2021
- 19 May 2021
- 16 June 2021
Academic Year 2019/20
- 09 October 2019 [pdf]
- 18 December 2019 [pdf]
- 18 March 2020 [cancelled]
- 20 May 2020 [pdf]
- 24 June 2020 [pdf]
Academic Year 2018/19
- 10 October 2018 [pdf]
- 12 December 2018 [pdf]
- 06 February 2019 [pdf]
- 01 May 2019 [pdf]
- 19 June 2019 [pdf]
Academic Year 2017/18
- 11 October 2017 [pdf]
- 06 December 2017 [pdf]
- 07 February 2018 [pdf]
- 09 May 2018 [pdf]
- 20 June 2018 [pdf]
Academic Year 2016/17
- 12 October 2016 [pdf]
- 14 December 2016 [pdf]
- 08 February 2017 [pdf]
- 17 May 2017 [pdf]
- 21 June 2017 [pdf]
Academic Year 2015/16
- 21 October 2015 [pdf]
- 09 December 2015 [pdf]
- 17 February 2016 [pdf]
- 11 May 2016 [pdf]
- 22 June 2016 [pdf]
Academic Year 2014/15
- 24 June 2015 [pdf]
- 20 May 2015 [pdf]
- 25 February 2015 [pdf]
- 10 December 2014 [pdf]
- 29 October 2014 [pdf]
Academic Year 2013/14
- 18 June 2014 [pdf]
- 14 May 2014 [pdf]
- 26 February 2014 [pdf]
- 30 October 2013 [pdf]
- 11 December 2013 [pdf]
Academic Year 2012/13
- 31 October 2012 [pdf]
- 12 December 2012 [pdf]
- 27 February 2013 [pdf]
- 8 May 2013 [pdf]
Academic Year 2011/12
- 2 November 2011 [pdf]
- 14 December 2011 [pdf]
- 22 February 2012 [pdf]
- 2 May 2012 [pdf]
- 20 June 2012 [pdf]
For minutes prior to academic year 2011/12 please contact the committee secretary
Elections
The constitution of Senate provides for eight elected members (two from each of the Faculties of Engineering, Natural Sciences, Medicine and the Business School). One elected member from each Faculty and the Business School is to be non-professorial.
Following elections in summer 2019, the following staff have been elected to serve on Senate until 30 September 2022:
Faculty of Engineering
- Dr Tony Field
- Dr Kristel Fobelets
Faculty of Natural Sciences
- Dr Kleoniki Gounaris
- Ms Karen Makuch
Faculty of Medicine
- Dr Sophie Rutschmann
- Professor Karim Meeran
Imperial College Business School
- Dr Namrata Malhotra
- Professor Walter Disato