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College Education Committee

The College Education Committee will provide strategic leadership of education for the University. It will ensure that the University’s academic taught provision aligns with national and international expectations for quality and academic standards and enhances students’ learning experience. The Committee will promote:

  • Risk-management approaches in relation to quality assurance, providing oversight of the quality and academic standards of students’ learning opportunities and learning experience, advising Academic Board of any issues and areas of good practice.

  • The level of University compliance with external regulatory bodies such as the Office for Students.

  • Enhancement in learning, teaching, and assessment

  • An ethos of students as co-creators of the education experience

Meeting dates 2024/25

  • 2 October 2024. (Paper deadline: 18 September 2024)
  • 13 November 2024. (Paper deadline: 30 October 2024)
  • 29 January 2025. (Paper deadline: 15 January 2024)
  • 12 March 2025. (Paper deadline: 26 February 2025)
  • 4 June 2025. (Paper deadline: 21 May 2025)
  • 16 July 2025. (Paper deadline: 2 July2025) 

Meetings 2025/26

  • 8 October 2025. (Paper deadline: 24 November 2025)
  • 19 November 2025. (Paper deadline: 5 November 2025)
  • 28 January 2026. (Paper deadline: 14 November 2026)
  • 11 March 2026. (Paper deadline: 25 February 2026)
  • 3 June 2026. (Paper deadline: 20 May 2026)
  • 8 July 2026. (Paper deadline: 24 June 2026)

Membership 2023/24

  • Chair, Vice President & Vice-Principal (Education & Student Success): Professor Adam Fagan
  • Deputy Chair, nominated by the Vice President (Education & Student Success) from amongst the members of the Committee: Sam Smidt

Faculty Members: (one Faculty Member and one alternate per Faculty)

Non-Faculty membership

  • Executive Director, Students & Education Directorate:  Darren Wallis
  • Academic Director, King's Academy: Professor Sam Smidt
  • Academic Director, King's Experience: Professor Mark Peace
  • Academic Director, Student Success: Professor Kim Piper
  • Director of Digital Education: Dr Fiona Strawbridge
  • Chair: Assessment & Regulatory Oversight Sub Committee: Anette Schroeder-Rossell
  • Chair: Programme Development & Approval Sub-committee (PDASC): Professor Sam Smidt
  • Chair: Student Experience Sub Committee (SESC): Professor Kim Piper
  • Chair:Quality Assurance & Enhancement Sub Committee (QAESC): Professor Mark Peace

KCLSU (unreserved business only)

  • KCLSU Vice President Education (Health): Julia Kosowska
  • KCLSU Vice President Postgraduate: Sheeba Naaz

In attendance

  • Strategic Director, Education & Students: Joy Whyte
  • Executive Director, King’s Digital: Nick Worthington
  • Director of Academic Quality: Phil Berry
  • Director, Library & Collections: Elisabeth Hannon 
  • Director, King's Online: Nick Worthington
  • Dean of King's College London: The Revd Dr Ellen Clark-King
  • Four Associate Directors (Education) - two from Arts & Sciences, two from the Health Faculties

Other officers of the College may also be permitted by the Chair to attend the College Education Committee either permanently or for particular meetings, along with those presenting papers to the Committee at specific meetings.

Secretariat