College Office: Academic Affairs Section
Remit of the Section:
To provide administrative support to the College Officers in the following areas:
- Learning and teaching policy and support for the Dean of Learning and Teaching for all taught programmes (undergraduate and taught postgraduate).
- Support for the Dean of Research Careers for postgraduate research students.
- On-course student administration (undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research postgraduate), including regulations, concessions and assessment.
- Quality assurance and support for the Dean, Quality Assurance for all taught and research programmes.
- Academic collaborations.
The section provides administrative support for the following College Committees:
- Learning and Teaching Committee
- Researcher Training Committee
- Quality Assurance Committee
- Computing and Information Technology Committee
- Library Committee
Members of the Section:
| Name | Role | Tel (internal) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Williams | Senior Academic Administrator Head of Section | 507531 | David.Williams@ed.ac.uk |
| Murdo Gillanders | PGR Senior Admin Officer | 505763 | Murdo.Gillanders@ed.ac.uk |
| Lynda Henderson | Academic Affairs Officer | 505765 | Lynda.M.Henderson@ed.ac.uk |
| Linda Archibald | Learning & Teaching Support Administrator | 505793 | Linda.Archibald@ed.ac.uk |
| Carol Ward | PGR Student Support Administrator | 507142 | Carol.Ward@ed.ac.uk |
| Kathryn Nicol | QA Support Administrator | 505034 | kathryn.nicol@ed.ac.uk |
| Sarah Wyse | PGR Administrative Assistant | 507324 | Sarah.Wyse@ed.ac.uk |
Primary contacts for Section affairs (see contact details above)
Learning and Teaching
- Advice on College regulations / procedures (UG and taught PG): Lynda Henderson
- Advice on development of new programmes (UG and taught PG): Lynda Henderson
- Learning and Teaching Committee (Administrative Officer): Lynda Henderson
- Learning and Teaching Committee (Minute Secretary): Linda Archibald
- College vacation scholarships and awards (on-course): Linda Archibald
Postgraduate Research Students
- Researcher Training Committee: Carol Ward
- Postgraduate Research Student Administration: Carol Ward
Quality Assurance
- Quality assurance queries (general): Lynda Henderson
- Quality Assurance Committee (Administrative Officer): Lynda Henderson
- Quality Assurance Committee (Minute Secretary): Kathryn Nicol
- Postgraduate Programme Reviews: Lynda Henderson
- External Examiner fees / reports / nominations (taught programmes) : Kathryn Nicol
- External Examiners (research programmes): Carol Ward
Academic Collaborations
- External academic collaborations (taught programmes): David Williams
- External academic collaborations (research programmes): Murdo Gillanders
Other
- Academic Misconduct (UG; PGT and PGR): Linda Archibald
- Complaints / appeals administration (College level): Lynda Henderson
- Computing and Information Technology Committee (Administrative): David Williams
- Computing and Information Technology Committee (Minute Secretary): Kathryn Nicol
- College Library Committee: Sarah Wyse
- Freedom of Information (College level): Lynda Henderson
This article was published on Nov 23, 2012