Governance Support

This team's responsibilities include ensuring that principal decision-making bodies are provided with timely information, analysis and advice. It also oversees the constitutional operation of the University as a whole, by administering:

• Main University committees
• Corporate governance
• Applying for research ethics approval
• Research misconduct investigations
• Whistleblowing procedure (a brief guide is available here)
• Constitutional arrangements (Faculty and School) and other regulatory matters
• Company secretariat services

The team is headed by Catherine Cho (Head of Governance Support) and includes Cathy O'Neill, Elspeth Summerfield, Karyn Noades and Helen Pickersgill (Governance); Catherine Dickson, Taylor Haworth, Rachel De Souza, Sou Sit Chung and Rachel Prinn (Research Ethics); Helena Smith and Dawn Thompson (Company Secretariat); and Daksha Chavda and River Hey (Business Support).