The Education and Employability Board is responsible to Senate and the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) for the purpose of making recommendations about the enhancement of City St George’s educational and employability strategy and provision.
Purpose
The Education and Employability Board provides oversight and leadership of delivering City St George’s strategic priorities pertaining to education and employability across the full range of its taught and research portfolio (including, but not limited to, undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes, postgraduate research provision, short courses, CPD and executive education, and apprenticeships).
The Education and Employability Board has the following responsibilities:
- Develop proposals and make recommendations to Senate and SLT on City St George’s educational provision and character to:
- Drive educational strategy and performance;
- Drive strategy and performance in the area of employability.
- Act as the forum for considering external data and reports relating to the quality of City St George’s educational provision and employability.
- Act as the forum for considering reports and recommendations from accreditation activity by professional, statutory and regulatory bodies, where this has university-wide implications.
- Consider and evaluate outcomes from City St George’s internal quality and data processes to identify enhancements to educational provision and employability.
- Act as the forum for monitoring the career activation programme and implementation of graduate attributes across City St George’s.
- Advise on funding bids for strategic investment in education and employability.
- Receive summary reports from the Learning Environment Committee regarding developments in the learning environment and resources at City St George’s.
- Receive summary reports from the Access and Participation Committee regarding City St George’s Access and Participation Plan and other work related to widening participation.
- Receive summary reports from the Educational Quality Committee regarding the framework and operation of academic regulation, policy and practices concerning the quality and standards of City St George’s awards.
- Receive summary reports from the Student Experience Board and ensure cross working on items that cut across education, employability and student experience.
- Receive regular updates from the Students’ Union who ensure feedback between students and SLT at the University.
- Receive regular updates from Information Technology Services (ITS) to ensure effective communication regarding digital services, technology developments, and matters impacting staff and students across the University.
- Receive regular updates from Educational Enterprise Committee to ensure effective communication, feedback, and engagement between educational enterprise provision, and the University's quality and governance committees.
Equality and Diversity statement
City St George’s, University of London works to advance equity, diversity and inclusion in line with the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty. This includes enabling an environment of equity and inclusion for all, irrespective of any protected characteristic, working pattern, family circumstance, socio-economic background, political belief or other distinction.
Diverse committee membership that reflects the diversity of the university community ensures that all voices are heard and considered to support the work being progressed. Committee chairs will strive to ensure, in line with the Equality Act’s protected characteristics, that membership reflects the diversity of the City St George’s community. Intersecting characteristics mean that one member may represent multiple categories, and it is acknowledged that those characteristics may be visible or invisible.
Diversity of committee membership aligns with actions outlined in charter marks including Athena Swan, the Race Equality Charter, and Disability Confident Scheme.