Academic Board

The Academic Board advises the Council on all academic matters and questions affecting the educational policy of UCL. Find out more about its terms of reference, membership, meeting dates and minutes.

On this page you will find:

 

Overview

Reports toCouncil
ChairPresident and Provost
Secretary

Nick McGhee
n.mcghee@ucl.ac.uk 
+44 (0)20 3108 8217 

For agendas and minutes; apologies for absence

Meeting dates

Scheduled meeting dates: 2025-26

Please contact the Secretary for information regarding copy deadlines
Tuesday 16 September 2025, 2.00pm [Special Meeting]
Monday 20 September 2025, 10.00am
Wednesday 29 October 2025, 2.00pm
Monday 24 November 2025, 10.30am
Wednesday 4 February 2026, 2.00pm
Wednesday 11 March 2026, 2.00pm
Wednesday 20 May 2026, 2.00pm
Tuesday 7 July 2026, 2.00pm

Minutes

2025-26

2024-25

2023-24

2022-23

2021-22

2020-21

Membership

Terms of Reference

The following powers and duties of the Academic Board are laid down by Statute (Statute 7):

  1. Subject to the provisions of Article 8 of the Charter and to the Statutes and Ordinances of the University, the duties of the Academic Board shall be:
    1. To consider and advise the Council upon all academic matters and questions affecting the educational policy of the College, the organisation of teaching, examining, research, and courses of instruction, including the following:
      • Matters concerning academic co-operation between the College and any other body;
      • Appointments to established Chairs and Readerships of the University of London tenable at the College;
      • Any other matter that may be referred to it by the Council.
    2. To consider and advise the Council upon conditions and tenure of appointment of Members of the Academic Staff.
    3. To discharge such other duties and functions connected with the College as the Council may from time to time assign to it.
    4. To elect and nominate as and when necessary Members to the Council in accordance with Statute 3(1).
    5. To recommend the award of degrees of the University.
  2. Subject to the provisions of the Charter and these Statutes the powers of the Academic Board shall be governed by Regulation or decision of the Council made in manner hereinbefore provided.
  3. Subject to the provisions of the Charter and these Statutes, and to such powers as may be delegated to it by the Council, the Academic Board shall have power to delegate upon such conditions as it may from time to time determine any of its powers and duties to Faculty Boards or Committees or Sub-Committees formed from its own number or otherwise appointed, or to Officers of the College, with or without power to the Faculty Boards, or such Committees or Sub-Committees further to delegate any of the delegated powers to any subordinate body.

 

AB elections

Elections from Academic Board to other Committees

A list of members elected from Academic Board to other committees in the 2025 election round is available below. 

Election to Academic Board

There are currently standing vacancies on Academic Board in the following staff constituencies:

  • Non-professorial academic staff
  • Technical staff

If you are interested in joining Academic Board for the rest of the current two-year cycle (2024/25 and 2025/26) in one of the above categories, please write to the Academic Board Secretary at governance@ucl.ac.uk, including the contact details of two colleagues from the same staff category who are willing to act as proposer and seconder. They do not themselves need to be members of the Board. You will then be able to join the Board from the start of the next term following your nomination.

 

Additional Information

Access AB agendas and papers
Access GCAB memos
Access Standing Orders of AB