Governance

Deans & Faculty Leadership

Faculty Deans and departmental heads who lead academic schools and drive discipline-specific strategy.

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Purpose

Deans and Heads of Department provide academic and managerial leadership within each faculty, ensuring high-quality teaching, scholarship and student experience.

Key responsibilities

  • Lead the academic strategy, staffing and budget of their faculty or department.
  • Champion programme quality, student outcomes and graduate employability.
  • Develop research, innovation and external partnerships within the discipline.
  • Represent the faculty on the Academic Board and Executive Management Council.

Composition

Faculty Deans, Associate Deans and Heads of Department, supported by faculty managers.

Meets

Monthly as the Deans' Forum.