Senate
Subject to oversight and control from Council, Senate is the University’s principal academic authority. Senate is responsible for promoting research, for promoting and regulating learning and teaching, and for maintaining the quality and standards of the University’s academic provision.
Committee documentation
- Senate Terms of Reference (PDF, 65KB)
- Senate Standing Orders (PDF, 94KB)
- Senate’s powers and duties are detailed in Ordinances 1-34 (PDF, 189KB) of the University’s Statutory Framework
- Senate has a membership of 87 (download the full Membership of Senate (PDF, 119KB)), comprising the Vice-Chancellor, the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, the Chief Operating Officer, the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, the Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellors, the Deans of Schools/Institutes, eight heads of Level 1 academic units from each Faculty, eight representatives from each Faculty elected by and from among the academic staff employed on substantive Teaching and Research or Teaching and Scholarship contracts, the four Student Representative Officers and one student representative from each Faculty
- The Senate Members’ Handbook is accessible via the Senate Convene site.
Sub-committees of Senate
The two Strategic Committees of Senate are:
Further information about these Committees, including their sub-committees, can be obtained by accessing the hyperlinks above.
There is also a joint committee of Senate and Council that has oversight of the University’s Honorary Degrees process.
Meeting dates
Senate usually meets on four occasions during the academic year. Dates for the 2024/25 session are as follows:
- 20 November 2024
- 29 January 2025
- 19 March 2025
- 25 June 2025.
Senate Minutes
Please note that minutes of meetings are not published online until they have been formally approved by the Committee at its next meeting.
All links below open a PDF document.
2024-25
Senate Minutes 20 November 2024
Senate Minutes 29 January 2025
2023-24
Senate Minutes 26 June 2024
Senate Minutes 22 May 2024
Senate Minutes 20 March 2024
Senate Minutes 24 January 2024
Senate Minutes 15 November 2023
Senate Special Meeting Minutes 19 September 2023
2022-23
Senate Minutes 28 June 2023
Senate Minutes 29 March 2023
Senate Minutes January 2023
Senate Minutes 16 Nov 2022
2021-22
26 January 2022
30 March 2022
29 June 2022
2020-21
30 June 2021
24 March 2021
27 January 2021
4 November 2020
For further information, please contact the Secretary to Senate, Mike Edge.
Please contact governance@liverpool.ac.uk for minutes from pre-2017.
Only pdf documents of minutes dated post-2018 are in an accessible format for screen readers. If you would like older documents in an accessible format please email accessibility@liverpool.ac.uk.