Sub Committees

A list of the University's statutory bodies and committees supporting Council, Senate, and the University Executive Board.

Statutory body
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Boards and committees support the work of Council, Senate and the University Executive Board. Click on a board or committee name below to view its terms of reference, membership, Chair and point of contact.

View the University's governance structure for an overview of governance arrangements and reporting lines.

Access the 2026-27 calendar of meetings for boards and committees.

Council

For enquiries relating to Council and its Committees, please contact governance@bath.ac.uk.

	Chair	Contact Name
Council	Sharon Flood	Elisabeth Day
Audit and Risk Assurance Committee	Jo Rhoden	Ruth Robins
Finance Committee	Calum Mercer	Ben Goose
Grievance Committee		Elisabeth Day
Infrastructure Working Group	Anthony Smith	Katie Anderton
Investment Sub-Committee	Calum Mercer	Ruth Robins
Nominations Committee	Sharon Flood	Katie Anderton
People and Culture Committee	Alun Griffiths	Laura Andrews
Remuneration Committee	Alun Griffiths	Elisabeth Day
University Ethics Committee	Phil Taylor	Katie Anderton

Senate

	Chair	Contact Name	Contact E-mail
Senate	Phil Taylor	Elisabeth Day	governance@bath.ac.uk
Academic Ethics and Integrity Committee	Rachel Arnold	Laura Andrews	governance@bath.ac.uk
Academic Programmes Committee	Momna Hejmadi	Academic Registry	academic-registry@bath.ac.uk
Academic Staff Committee	Marcus Munafo	Katie Anderton	governance@bath.ac.uk
Biomedical Sciences Research Ethics Committee	Lee Moore	Sarah Hearn	sh3508@bath.ac.uk
Courses and Partnerships Approval Committee	Momna Hejmadi	Academic Registry	academic-registry@bath.ac.uk
Data and Digital Science Research Ethics Committee	Julian Padget	Jacob Barker	jb4065@bath.ac.uk
Education and Student Experience Committee (Senate-Executive Joint Committee)	Momna Hejmadi / Cassie Wilson	Laura Andrews	governance@bath.ac.uk
Education, Quality and Standards Committee	Momna Hejmadi	Academic Registry	academic-registry@bath.ac.uk
External and Sponsorship Ethics Committee	David Brown	Sarah Hearn	sh3508@bath.ac.uk
Global Engagement Committee (Senate-Executive Joint Committee)	Manuel Barcia	Ben Goose	governance@bath.ac.uk
Recruitment and Admission Committee (Senate-Executive Joint Committee)	Catherine Baldwin	Ruth Robins	governance@bath.ac.uk
Research Committee (Senate-Executive Joint Committee)	Jianzhong Wu	Katie Anderton	governance@bath.ac.uk
Senate Appointments Committee	Marcus Munafo	Ruth Robins	governance@bath.ac.uk
Social Science Research Ethics Committee	David Ellis	Jacob Barker	jb4065@bath.ac.uk
Student Conduct Panels	Various	Jacob Bullus	student-discipline@bath.ac.uk
University Doctoral Studies Committee	Joe Devine	Kate Morley	km854@bath.ac.uk

Boards of Studies

	Chair	Contact Name	Contact E-mail
Boards of Studies
Doctoral	Richard James	Ceri Dibble	cd285@bath.ac.uk
Engineering and Design	Ian Craddock	Rachel Summers	r.summers@bath.ac.uk
Humanities and Social Sciences	Deborah Wilson	Rachel Acres	r.s.acres@bath.ac.uk
Management	Steve Brammer	Kay Elliott	k.elliott@bath.ac.uk
Science	Duncan Craig	Marguerite Hallett	m.l.hallett@bath.ac.uk

Joint Senate and Council Committees

	Chair	Contact Name	Contact E-mail
Academic Staff Appeal Committee		Katie Anderton	governance@bath.ac.uk
Honorary Awards Committee	Phil Taylor	Laura Andrews	governance@bath.ac.uk
Office of the Chancellor, Committee of	Phil Taylor	Elisabeth Day	governance@bath.ac.uk
Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Committee of	His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT GCVO	Richard Brooks	r.brooks@bath.ac.uk
Student Appeal Panels	Various	Katie Anderton/Ben Goose	student-appeals@bath.ac.uk

Executive

	Chair	Contact Name	Contact E-mail
University Executive Board	Phil Taylor	Helena Barrell	governance@bath.ac.uk
Academic Coordination Board	Marcus munafo	Helena Barrell	governance@bath.ac.uk
Compliance Board	Ian Blenkharn	Ruth Robins	governance@bath.ac.uk
Delivery Board	Kirsty Shaw	Planning,Performance & Strategic Change	universityplanning@bath.ac.uk
Innovation & Enterprise Board	Jon Hunt	Katie Anderton	governance@bath.ac.uk
Joint SU-University Executive Board	Cassie Wilson / Ryan Bird	Rosie Jensen	pro-vc-se@bath.ac.uk
People and Culture Board	Richard Brooks	Laura Andrews	governance@bath.ac.uk
Planning Board	Marcus Munafo	Planning, Performance & strategic Change	universityplanning@bath.ac.uk

Other

For enquiries relating to Academic Assembly and Court, please contact governance@bath.ac.uk.

	Chair	Contact Name
Academic Assembly	Sabina Gheduzzi	Ben Goose

Court	His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT GCVO	Laura Andrews