The Committee on the
Office of Vice-Chancellor is a Joint Committee of Council and Senate
and is responsible for making recommendations to Council and Senate
on the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
Contact: If
you would like further information about the Committee on the Office
of Vice-Chancellor, please contact Mark Humphriss (ext 6212, email m.g.w.humphriss@bath.ac.uk).
Membership 2012/13
Terms of office expire on 31st July in the year stated.
| Lord Tugendhat | Chancellor | ex-officio |
| Mr P Troughton | Chair of Council | ex-officio |
| Mr P Wyman | Member of Council elected by Council | 2015 |
| Mrs S Appleton | Member of Council elected by Council | 2014 |
| Mr J Davenport | Member of Senate elected by Senate | 2015 |
| Professor K Edge | Member of Senate elected by Senate | 2014 |
| Professor J Millar | Member of Senate elected by Senate | 2013 |
The following Officer routinely attends meetings of the Committee:
| Mr M Humphriss | University Secretary |
Terms of Reference
Approved by Privy Council in 1966, Revised in 2009.
In accordance with Section 5.1 of the Statutes, the
successors to the first Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the
Council after consideration of a report from a Joint Committee consisting
of the Chancellor, Chair of Council and two other members of the
Council and three members of the Senate; the Chair shall be appointed
by the Chancellor.
Dates of Meetings
The Committee will be convened as required.
The minutes and summaries of meetings of the Office
of Vice-Chancellor Committee are not published here because they
contain information which the University has declared will not be
routinely published under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Further
information about the Act (including the reasons why such information
is exempt from publication) is available at http://www.bath.ac.uk/foi/faqs-staff-general.htm.
If you have any queries about the business conducted by the Committee,
please contact Mark Humphriss (ext 6212, email m.g.w.humphriss@bath.ac.uk).
Procedural Rules
Appointment of Chair: Appointed by the Chancellor.
Co-option: See Council Standing Orders 16(iv) and 16(v).
Alternates: See Council Standing Order 17(iii) and 17(iv).
Quorum: One third of the membership (Council Standing Order 16(vi)).
Rules for voting: None specified.
Minutes: Submitted to Council and Senate.