Collaborative Provision Committee
Committee description
Secretary: Gill Price, Email: gillyp@liverpool.ac.uk
Terms of Reference
The Committee’s responsibilities and decision-making powers are as follows:
- To oversee the quality assurance, monitoring and review of collaborative arrangements, delegating responsibility to Faculties, Schools, Institutes or Departments as appropriate.
- To monitor the quality assurance, delivery and management of Degree Apprenticeships and receive reports from the Degree Apprenticeship Steering Group.
- To make recommendations to Senate on the renewal and termination of collaborative arrangements.
- To approve International Student Exchange Partners for the University of Liverpool and XJTLU.
- To advise Senate on the development of procedures relating to the quality assurance of collaborative arrangements, particularly in response to external guidance.
- To report to and liaise with, as appropriate, the Postgraduate Research Committee with regards to developments in collaborative postgraduate research arrangements.
Reporting Relationship
The Collaborative Provision Committee reports to Senate.
Frequency of Meetings
The Collaborative Provision Committee usually meets on five occasions during the academic year.
Quorum
The quorum for meetings of the Collaborative Provision Committee shall be one third of the membership.
Members or key people
Ex-Officio Members
| Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education (Chair) |
Professor Gavin Brown |
Appointed Members
| Two representatives from the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences |
Professor Lisa Anderson
Ms Liz Crolley |
| Two representatives from the Faculty of Science & Engineering |
Dr. Miguel López-Benítez
Professor Joseph Sweeney |
| Two representatives from the Faculty of Health & Life Sciences |
Professor Francine Watkins
Professor Denise Prescott |
| Director, Liverpool Doctoral College |
Professor Georgina Endfield |
| Manager, Liverpool Doctoral College |
Mr Steve Bickerstaff |
| Dean, XJTLU |
Professor Simon Jones |
| Degree Apprenticeship Manager |
Ms Jane Edwards |
| XJTLU Chief Internal Moderator |
Dr Gita Sedghi |
| Director, English Language Centre |
Ms Michelle Dwyer |
| Student Representative Officer |
Ms Lina Dubbins |
| Director, Student Experience & Enhancement |
Dr Paul Redmond |
| Director, Academic Quality & Standards Division |
Ms Trish Barker |
Other members may be co-opted or invited to attend for specific meetings at the discretion of the Committee.
The Committee may establish time-limited groups as necessary to deal with pertinent issues.
Invited to Attend
| Head of Global Opportunities |
Mrs Sarah Husain |
| Academic Quality Support Officer, XJTLU |
Mr Alan Smithson |
| Online Programmes Business and Quality Officer |
Mrs Joanne Billington |
| Partnerships Officer, AQSD |
Ms Gill Murphy |
| PGR Quality Officer |
Mrs Liz Dixon |
| Academic Compliance (Student Administration) |
Ms Nicola Casson |
If non-University staff or University staff who are not members of the Committee wish to attend, then a formal written request must be made to the Chair who will then decide whether the attendance at the meeting is appropriate.
A deputy should attend the Committee in the event that a Committee member is unavailable.
Meeting dates
- 2 October 2024, 10.00 am
- 12 December 2024, 10.00 am
- 5 February 2025, 2.00 pm
- 10 April 2025, 10.00 am
- 3 July 2025, 2.00 pm
A full schedule of Committee meeting dates can be viewed here.