Education

The Education Committee reports to the External Relations Committee.

Chair

S Monro

 

Other members

J Andrews
V Banks
S Brough
B Gaskarth
C Graham
S Hitch
C King
S Smallwood

Staff

Executive Secretary (Edmund Nickless)
Education and Training Officer (Joanna Mears)

Committee meeting minutes

Aims

The scope of the Education Committee is broad, ranging from primary education to Keystages 3 and 4, GCSE, AS and A levels and their Scottish equivalents, through university degrees (with special emphasis on MSc degree programmes),to CPD and lifelong learning.

Terms of Reference

• To establish a vision and strategy for the development of, and support for, geoscienceeducation in the UK.
• To promote the Society as one of the leading bodies for geoscience education in the UK, and one that can work effectively with other organisations in this field.
• To ensure that the Society maintains a coherent policy for education at all levels in the light of national and international developments.
• To provide guidance on the integration and management of educational activities within the Society
• To serve as a steering group for the activities of the Education & Training Officer.

Structure

The Chair of the committee shall be a Fellow of the Society and shall sit on the ERC ex officio. Members will be chosen to ensure that all key areas of education are covered, eg the teaching profession; ESTA; CHUGD. The Chair will normally retire after 3 years and the successor be chosen from amongst existing committee members.

The secretariat will be provided by the Education & Training Officer.

Method of Working

The Education Committee will report to Council through the ERC; where relevant certain items will be circulated additionally to the Professional Committee.

There will be up to four meetings a year and the Committee may establish advisory panels and time-limited working groups as required.