Departmental Committee Structure
- Departmental Committee
- Executive Team
- Administrative group
- Research Committee
- Teaching Committee
- Admissions Team
- Staff-Student Committee
In what follows, committees are distinguished from teams. Committees meet a specified number of times a year and on specified dates, in order that they can report to Departmental Committee. Committee meetings are formally minuted, and the minutes are public. The regularity with which teams will meet will, however, vary with the team and its needs, although meetings are likely to be more frequent and shorter than committee meetings. Team meetings are unlikely to be formally minuted (although some record should be kept by co-ordinators, in order to facilitate reporting back to the relevant committee). Much communication between teams can take place electronically.
Departmental Committee
This is the main Departmental forum in which decisions of the committees and teams itemised below can be discussed by all academic staff members (including researchers) and support staff and student representatives.
Executive Team
| Head of Department | Jan Howarth | j.horwath@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Research | Paul Martin | paul.martin@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Learning & Teaching | Lorna Warren | l.warren@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Social Work Education | Peter Castleton | p.castleton@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Administrative Support | Gillian Brown | gillian.brown@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Graduate Studies | Majella Kilkey | m.kilkey@sheffield.ac.uk |
| REF Co-ordinator | Allison James | allison.james@sheffield.ac.uk |
Responsibilities: As the Departmental senior management team, its formal role is to advise and support the HoD: it monitors Departmental finances; produces the annual Strategic Planning Document; formulates and implements strategy and policy in the light of University and external initiatives and policies and feedback from staff and Departmental Committee. Ideally meets weekly.
Administrative group
| Head of Department | Jan Horwath | j.horwath@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Administrative Support | Gillian Brown | gillian.brown@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Head of Department's Secretary | Janine Wilson | j.l.birch@sheffield.ac.uk |
Responsibilities: day-to-day housekeeping and resource issues; routine administrative and support staff matters; room allocation. Ideally meets weekly.
Research Committee
| Director of Research (Chair) | Paul Martin | paul.martin@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Ex Officio / HoD | Jan Horwath | j.horwath@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Graduate Studies | Majella Kilkey | m.kilkey@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Course Leader PhD Programme | Victoria Robinson | vicki.robinson@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Research Support Officer | Kay Cunningham | k.m.cunningham@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Faculty Director, Doctoral Training Centre/Doctoral Programme | Susan Molyneux-Hodgson | s.hodgson@sheffield.ac.uk |
| REF Co-ordinator | Allison James | allison.james@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Ethics Officer | Afua Twum-Danso Imoh | a.twum-danso@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Departmental Seminar Series Co-ordinator | Robin Sen | r.n.sen@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Representative of the Social Work Team | Kathy Boxall | kathy.boxall@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Contract Research Staff Representative | Juliet Craig | j.craig@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Secretary to the Research Committee | Sally Midgley | s.midgley@sheffield.ac.uk |
Responsibilities: all research-related issues. Reports to Executive Team and Departmental Committee.
Teaching Committee
| Director of Teaching and Learning (Chair) | Lorna Warren | l.warren@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Social Work Education | Peter Castleton | p.castleton@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Graduate Studies | Majella Kilkey | m.kilkey@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Administrative Support | Gillian Brown | gillian.brown@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Student Representatives | - | |
| ex-officio: Ethics Officer | Afua Twum-Danso Imoh | a.twum-danso@sheffield.ac.uk |
| ex-officio: Library Representative | Bridgette Wessels | b.wessels@sheffield.ac.uk |
| ex-officio: Exams Officer Social Work | Harriet Churchill | h.churchill@sheffield.ac.uk |
| ex-officio: Head of Deparment | Jan Horwath | j.horwath@sheffield.ac.uk |
Responsibilities: teaching quality oversight; new modules, courses and degrees; the resourcing and staffing of teaching. Reports to Executive Team and Departmental Committee.
Admissions Team
| Postgraduate Admissions Tutor | Kevin Farnsworth | k.farnsworth@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Administrative Support | Gillian Brown | gillian.brown@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Sociology and Social Policy UG Admissions Officer | Zoe Irving | z.irving@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Social Work Admissions Officer | Liam Foster | l.foster@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Director of Graduate Studies | Majella Kilkey | m.kilkey@sheffield.ac.uk |
Responsibilities: Monitoring admissions; producing regular summaries of admissions; outreach and recruitment strategy. Reports to Executive Team and Departmental Committee.
Staff-Student Committee
| Departmental Representatives | Gillian Brown Maureen Howard Jo Pepper Lorna Warren |
gillian.brown@sheffield.ac.uk m.j.howard@sheffield.ac.uk j.pepper@sheffield.ac.uk l.warren@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Student Representatives | ||
| Student Councillor 2012/13 | Hannah Godfrey | HMGodfrey1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Sociology Society | Sarah Langford James Fyfe |
selandgford1@sheffield.ac.uk jrnorman-fyfe1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Undergraduate Level 1 Social Policy/Sociology & Social work |
Winona Shaw Amy Charles |
wshaw1@sheffield.ac.uk ajcharles1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Undergraduate Level 2 Social Policy/Sociology & Social Work |
Harry Barber |
hjbarber1@sheffield.ac.uk eclark3@sheffield.ac.uk kaevans1@sheffield.ac.uk avhashim1@sheffield.ac.uk lrobinson3@sheffield.ac.uk pcbaldwin1@sheffield.ac.uk SBryant2@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Undergraduate Level 3 Social Policy/Sociology & Social Work |
Chris Beckett Laura Atkinson Holly Grinstead Jennifer West Ellie Reader Gleb Malyeyev Lydia Lewis |
cbeckett1@sheffield.ac.uk ljatkinson1@sheffield.ac.uk hgrinstead1@sheffield.ac.uk jwest1@sheffield.ac.uk ereader1@sheffield.ac.uk gmalyeyev1@sheffield.ac.uk llewis2@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Business Management and Social Policy Undergraduate Level 1 | James Lee | JLee26@sheffield.ac.uk |
| MA in Social Work (Year 1) | Faye Bates vacancy |
fbates1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| MA in Social Work (Year 2) | Ryan Rogerson Bev Cuckson |
rrogerson1@sheffield.ac.uk ega08bac@sheffield.ac.uk |
| MA in International and Global Social Policy | vacancy | |
| MA in Professional Practice with Children and Families | vacancy | |
| MA in Social Research | vacancy | |
| Postgraduate Research (Year 1) | Rob Meckin | r.meckin@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Postgraduate Research (Year 2) | Jennifer Kettle | sop06jk@sheffield.ac.uk |
Responsibilities: presentation of student comments and feedback on courses, modules, resources and other matters. Reports to Teaching Committee.
Staff-Student Committee meets twice a semester. Membership comprises two representatives from each year of each taught programme and two postgraduate research students. It is an opportunity for student representatives to have a direct input into the work of the department and to meet to discuss issues of common interest with colleagues from other courses.
The committee is chaired by the Gillian Brown, Director of Administrative Support, and attended by the Director of Learning and Teaching, Lorna Warren. Meetings are held at on Wednesdays at lunchtime, 1.00pm to 2.30pm, to allow a wider attendance and a sandwich lunch is served.
Meetings dates during 2012-2013 are:
Semester 1: 3 October 2012 and 21 November 2012 in room G07, Elmfield Building
Semester 2: 20 February 2013 in room 101, Elmfield Building and 1 May 2013 in room 109, Elmfield Building
Representatives will be chosen during induction meetings or at lectures during the first two weeks of the academic year.
Further information about Staff Student Committee can be obtained from Gillian Brown, contact details as above.