SEG Education Committee

Primary Purpose

The Education Committee will develop strategies and co-ordinate activity across the University to ensure alignment of policies and procedures, consistency of practice, and high quality outcomes in the education of all students and in the development of all teachers.

Terms of Reference

The Education Committee of the Senior Executive Group (SEG) was established in 2009 to:

1. Monitor educational performance across the University and develop strategies to improve learning and teaching pedagogies and outcomes.
2. Provide advice to SEG on divisional teaching excellence strategies, including the development of divisional teaching and learning compacts, and on other matters relating to teaching, learning, the student experience and student administration.
3. Develop and monitor policies and procedures with respect to student services, student administration, and the co-curricular experience.
4. Develop proposals to enhance the educational experience of students, focusing in particular on such areas as transition to University and the first-year experience.
5. Design a framework for the allocation of teaching improvement funds.
6. Advise SEG on physical and virtual teaching and learning needs and priorities.
7. With the Academic Board, develop a program for the systematic review and development of education policies.

The SEG Education Committee is chaired by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Education, Professor Derrick Armstrong.

All correspondence relating to the Committee should be addressed to the Secretary, Ms Dominique Haywood.