Veterinary education leadership
Our Veterinary programmes and courses are led by a team of academics across all departments who have dedicated their careers to making your experience the best possible.
Contacts
| Dr Emma Ormandy | Interim Head of Veterinary Education |
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| Professor Kieron Salmon | BVSc Director of Studies |
| Alison Reid | Director of Student Experience |
| Dr Emma Ormandy | BVSc Assessments Officer |
| Dr Hannah Hodgkiss-Geere | Director of Recruitment |
| Dr Karen Noble | Director of Admissions |
| Dr Alistair Freeman | Director of EMS (Clinical) |
| Dr Melanie Chapman | Director of EMS (Pre Clinical) |
| Programme directors | |
| Dr Jakob Bro-Jorgensen | Conservation Medicine |
| Ros Carslake | PgCertVPS/CertAVP |
| Dr Jo Ireland | Director of PgDip/MScVPS |
| Professor Rob Smith | DipBovine Reproduction |
| Professor Catherine McGowan | Veterinary Physiotherapy |
| Professor Catherine McGowan | Veterinary Business Management |
The School of Veterinary Science Follows the University of Liverpool’s Academic Governance Structure as defined by its Academic Standard and Quality Division’s Quality and Enhancement Framework.
The core university boards and committees are:
Academic Boards
Programme Boards of Studies (BoS)
School Curriculum Board (CB)
Further information on academic boards
Committee membership and rotating term for chair:
Each committee governance includes: The Head of level 1 (or representative i.e. HoVetEd), is responsible for annually appointing a Chairperson for the Board from among core members.
The Academic Boards are Informed by various subcommittees.
Committees
Staff Student Liaison Committee (SSLC)
Terms of reference found in the Code of Practice on Student Representation
School Recruitment, Admissions and Widening Participation committee (RAWP)
Exam Boards
The Terms of Reference of the University Board of Examiners are defined Section 13 of the University code of practice on assessment and Sections 13-17 of Appendix D
Further information on exam boards
Exam Boards comprise:
- Module review boards/Subject Review Boards
- Progress Boards
- Final Exam Boards
Boards of Examiners are empowered by Senate to consider illness and extenuating circumstances which may have affected a student’s performance through the Extenuating Circumstances Committee. The Extenuating circumstances committee sits prior to final exam board and comprises a subset of the exam board membership to view and make decisions on submitted ECs.