Committees

Department Board

Term of reference

1.  To be responsible for the delivery of the programme(s) and courses it offers, including course planning, teaching, assessment, evaluation, and achievement of the intended student learning outcomes.

2.  To be responsible for the quality of teaching and research work of the department.

3.  To formulate departmental policies within University guidelines.

4.  To consider staff matters of the department.

5.  To set up committees as it thinks necessary to discharge its duties.

6.  To exercise such additional responsibilities and powers as may be assigned to it by the President from time to time.

Membership

Chairman   :   Head of the Department

Members   :   All full-time members of the teaching staff of the Department at the rank of Assistant Lecturer or higher

                       Two elected student representatives

Secretary   :   To be slected from among its members

Observer   :   One research postgraduate student (if any) elected from among themselves

*Note: The Dean concerned should receive the agenda papers and minutes of the Department Boards.

TPg Programme Management Group

Terms of reference

        1.    To oversee the compliance of the programme with University standards and regulations;

2.    To initiate and plan for the management and longer term development of the programme;

3.    To deliberate over the use of funds arising from the programme, and

4.    To submit any substantive proposal arising from (1), (2) and (3) above to the Department Board for consideration and approval as appropriate.

Membership

Chairman:          Head of Department of Sociology and Social Policy         Prof. Stefan Kuehner

Members:          Director of IMCSP Programme (if not HoD)                       Prof. Stefan Kuehner

                            Director of MSoDA Programme (if not HoD)                       Prof. Francisco Olivos

                           Three representatives appointed by Head of                     

          SOCSP Department                                                              

Secretary:        A Staff member of the IMCSP Programme                            Ms. Tsang Chiuyu

Department's Undergraduate Studies Sub-Committee

Members   :   Prof. Ruby Lai, Prof. Au Yeung Tat Chor, Prof. Paul O'Connor, Prof. Frankie Wong, Prof. Celia Chen, Dr. Lulu Li, and Dr. Leo Leung

Department's Postgraduate Studies Sub-Committee

Members   : Prof. Stefan Kuehner, Prof. Roman David, Prof. Alex Preda, Prof. Chen Hon Fai and Prof. Jenny Chiu

Department's Student Engagement Sub-Committee

Members   : Prof. Au Yeung Tat Chor,  Prof. Yau Yung, Dr. Li Lulu and Dr. Leo Leung

Department's Institutional Partnerships Sub-Committee

Members   :   Prof. Celia Chen, Prof. Plamen Akaliyski, Prof. Ren Chunhui and Dr. Getrude Dadirai Gwenzi
 

Department's Research Environment Sub-Committee

Members   :   Prof. Plamen Akaliyski, Prof. Francisco Olivos, Prof. Ren Chunhui, Dr. Ginbert Cuaton and Dr. Alex Tsang

BSocSc Programme and Curriculum Committee (PCC)

Members   :  Prof. Ruby Lai and Prof. Francisco Olivos

Staff-Student Consultation Committee (BSocSc)

Department Representative :  Prof. Frankie Wong

Staff-Student Consultation Committee (TPg Programmes)

Department Representatives   :   Dr. Getrude Dadirai Gwenzi and Dr. Ginbert Cuaton

Library Liaison  :   Dr. Alex Tsang