SEARCH MENU Find out more about your student experience and our COVID-secure measures. SENATE Breadcrumb Home About us How our University operates Governance and Management Senate Senate Senate is our senior academic board and is responsible to Council for: general issues relating to the research, scholarship and teaching of our courses; taking appropriate action to safeguard the standards and quality of our awards; considering the development of our academic activities and the resources needed to support them; and for general advice on other matters that Council or the Vice-Chancellor may refer to them. Senate is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor and membership includes senior academics and professional service employees, representatives of the University’s teaching body, and Students’ Union representatives. Senate is supported by the University’s Governance team. For queries please contact Dr Marcus Wood, Principal Registry Officer (Extension 5066), or Mrs Leah Hill, Senior Registry Officer and Senate Secretary (Extension 4042). Proposed agenda items should be sent to the Secretary at least two weeks before the meeting to enable the agenda to be set in good time. Senate meetings and sub-committees Meeting dates for Senate during 2020-21 are: 23 September 2020, 16 December 2020, 24 March 2021, and 9 June 2021. There is also a joint meeting with Council on 16 November 2020. Members may access Senate paperwork by logging in to their Board Effect Platform. The work of Senate is delegated to various sub-committees. Please see the University Committees document for full details of constitutions and terms of reference. Academic Planning Committee Education Committee Research & Enterprise Committee Minutes of previous meetings Additional information If you would like more information on the way in which Senate and its sub-committees operate, or would like to explore the role of different members on a committee, please consult the Committees Handbook. For a diagram of the University’s deliberative committee structure please see the University Committees document. ONLINE RESOURCES STUDENTS APPRENTICES STAFF JOBS ESTORE CONTACT High Wycombe Campus Queen Alexandra Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2JZ T: 01494 522 141 Contact us Make an enquiry LOCATIONS HIGH WYCOMBE CAMPUS UXBRIDGE CAMPUS AYLESBURY CAMPUS MISSENDEN ABBEY CONNECT WITH US DOWNLOADS UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS POSTGRADUATE GUIDE NEWS AND PRESS OFFICE ALUMNI ACCESSIBILITY DATA PROTECTION MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY JOBS © COPYRIGHT BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY 2021 Cookie Management We use cookies to personalise and improve your site experience, to enable us to analyse the traffic usage of the website, to remember your settings and privacy choices, and to support our marketing and sales efforts. By selecting "Accept" you agree that Buckinghamshire New University may collect data about you and use cookies or related technologies as described in our cookies statement ACCEPT