Examinations and Assessment Committee (EAC)

EAC is a sub-committee of Academic Board. On this page you will find information about the committee, links to current and past papers and agendas and links to other sources of useful information.

Information for the 2008/09 session Staff only
Archive of past papers and agendas Staff only

Meeting dates

27 November 2008
3 February 2009
30 April 2009

24 November 2009
2 March 2010
11 May 2010

Membership

The membership of the EAC consists of the Academic Secretary and all the Degree Examination Board (DEB) chairs as ex officio members as well as selected chairs of large postgraduate programmes in the College to ensure fair representation and consideration of undergraduate and taught postgraduate provision. The committee is Chaired by the Vice Principal for Teaching and Learning and serviced by the Academic Secretariat.

Professor Morag Shiach	Chair
Dr Omar Garcia*	Chair of the undergraduate Arts DEB
Professor Farida Fortune	Chair of the undergraduate Dentistry DEB (BDS)
Dr Nigel John	Chair of the undergraduate Engineering DEB
Nick Bernard	Chair of the undergraduate Law DEB (LLB)
Professor Chris Fowler	Chair of the undergraduate Medicine DEB (MB.BS)
Professor Alan Hildrew	Chair of the undergraduate Science DEB
Dr Adam Fagan	Chair of the postgraduate Arts DEB
Professor Ian Walden	Chair of the postgraduate Law DEB (LLM)
Professor Clive Parini	Chair of the postgraduate Science (non SMD) DEB
Dr Martin Carrier	Chair of the postgraduate Science SMD DEB
Dr John Schormans	Chair of the Electronic Engineering postgraduate SEB
Professor Bruce Kidd	Deputy Dean for Education (SMD)
Wendy Appleby	Academic Secretary

Kate Dunster	Secretary

* For 2008/09 Peter Orton will be acting as Chair of the Undergraduate Arts DEB, in his role as Deputy Chair.

Terms of reference

The Examinations and Assessment Committee reports to Academic Board and has a particular remit to take an overview of operational, regulatory and governance aspects of examinations and assessment.

To monitor and review matters relating to the organisation and conduct of examinations and assessment within the College.
To monitor and review the academic regulations for taught programmes of study, making recommendations for changes, as appropriate, to Quality Enhancement Committee and Academic Board.
To oversee the operation of examination boards in the College and consider issues arising from examination boards, seeking College-wide solutions to matters of concern and sharing good practice.
To consider external developments that might impact on the operation of examinations and assessment in the College.
To consider and make recommendations on other matters referred by Academic Board and its committees.

Further information and useful links

Examinations and assessment home page
Academic Regulations 2008/09 - previous versions can be located in the Policy zone
QAA Codes of Practice - Queen Mary is not responsible for the contect of external sites

If you cannot find the information you require on these pages then please contact Kate Dunster.