Responsibilities of the senior officers of 果冻影院

Information about the responsibilities of the President and Provost, Vice-Presidents and Vice-Provosts, and Deans of Faculties

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President and Provost
Vice-Presidents and Vice-Provosts
Deans of Faculties

The President and Provost

The President and Provost is the principal academic and administrative officer of 果冻影院, and is 果冻影院's accountable聽officer for the purposes of the Financial Memorandum with the Office for Students (OfS). The President and Provost is appointed by Council, on the recommendation of a joint committee of Council and the Academic Board; is responsible to the Council; and works closely with its members, and especially with the Chair of Council. The essential role of the President and Provost is to provide leadership which ensures: that 果冻影院鈥檚 development is guided by a clear sense of mission and strategic direction which is sensitive to changes in the social, economic and political environment within which 果冻影院 operates; that all 果冻影院鈥檚 activities, across the full range of academic disciplines in which it conducts teaching and research, are properly resourced; and that 果冻影院鈥檚 staff and students feel genuinely part of a vibrant academic community. As chief executive, the President and Provost is also the driving force of 果冻影院鈥檚 system of governance. The President and Provost has crucial external roles to play in representing 果冻影院 both nationally and internationally, interacting with Government, seeking to influence the development of UK higher education, and developing 果冻影院鈥檚 sources of funding, within the UK and abroad, and in seeking philanthropic support for 果冻影院.

Vice-Presidents and Vice-Provosts

The Vice-Presidents and Vice-Provosts are appointed by the Council, on the recommendation of the Provost, to assist and advise the Provost as required. The聽Vice-Presidents and Vice-Provosts are members of the University Management Committee.

Deans of Faculties

The Deans of 果冻影院鈥檚 11 faculties are members of the University Management Committee. The Deans鈥� principal duties include: to advise the Provost and Vice-Provosts concerned on academic strategy, staffing matters and resources for academic departments within their faculty (which includes monitoring and ensuring achievement of budgetary targets); to oversee quality assurance and enhancement in curricula and programme management at faculty level; to liaise with Faculty Tutors on undergraduate admissions and on student academic matters; to oversee examination matters at faculty level; and to co-ordinate faculty views on library, IT and other matters relating to education and information support.

There are currently聽Deans of the Faculty for the following:聽

Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Brain Sciences
Faculty of the Built Environment
Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Faculty of Laws
Faculty of Life Sciences
Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Faculty of Population Health Sciences
Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
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