The Academic Board is responsible to the Board of Governors and the Vice Chancellor for overseeing and regulating all academic activities, maintaining the academic standard of awards and enhancing the quality of educational provision.

The Academic Board delegates its work to a number of sub-committees:

• Teaching Quality & Standards Committee
• Quality Enhancement Committee
• UK Partnerships Committee
• Overseas Partnerships Committee
• Honours Committee
• External Examiners Committee
• University Research & Enterprise Committee
• Research Degrees Committee
• University Research Ethics Committee
• Faculty Academic Board
• Faculty Teaching Quality & Standards Committee

The Academic Board committee structure - PDF 43.0 KB

The Assistant University Secretary (Governance) is clerk to the Academic Board.