Committee structure

Court and Academic Council are supported by a number of committees, from which they receive recommendations about all aspects of the University’s business. The committees meet on a regular basis throughout the year to consider a wide range of issues. Committees include:

• Academic Promotions Committee
• Audit Committee
• Governance and Nominations Committee
• University Research Ethics Committee
• Honorary Degrees Committee
• Combined Joint Negotiating and Consultation Committee
• Research Committee
• Joint Policy, Planning and Resources Committee
• Remunerations Committee
• Education and Student Experience Committee

The following diagram shows the structure of the University Committees

• Committee structure (if you need this information in an alternative format, please contact the Policy and Planning team at planning@stir.ac.uk).

The link below gives details of the current remit, chairs and secretaries of the University’s Governance committees

• Committee Remits and Compositions

For the current schedule of meetings for this year see Schedule of meetings

Guidelines for committee chairs and secretaries on how a committee should be managed is given in the Committee Conventions