Academic Committee
Academic Committee Meeting Dates
Monday 26 April 2021 | |
Academic Committee Members
The current Chair of the Academic Committee is Mr Brian Westbury
Should you like to contact the chair please send an email to forensic.medicine@fflm.ac.uk.
Mr Brian Westbury
Academic Dean
Dr Margaret Stark
President & FSSC Chair
Dr Caroline Jones
Chief Examiner
Dr Helena Thornton
Registrar
Dr Alex Gorton
Assistant Registrar & Conference Subcommittee Chair
Dr Marie-Elle Vooijs
Assistant Academic Dean
Dr Susan Waterworth
Treasurer
Dr Shiraz Qamaruddin
VP – Forensic Medicine
Dr Michael Devlin
VP – Medico-legal Medicine
Prof Paul Marks
President-elect
Dr Cath White
Sexual Offence Lead
Prof Keith Rix
Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Lead
Prof Carol Seymour
Chair of the Specialty Advisory Committee
Ms Jaqualine Lindridge
College of Paramedics
Ms Jennie Smith
UKAFN President
Dr David Carson
Scottish Representative
Dr Joanne Gifford
RCPCH
Prof Philip Lumb
David Jenkins Chair
Terms of Reference
The terms of reference of the Committee are set out in the Standing Orders of the Faculty, as follows:
- To consider all matters relevant to the examinations of the Faculty.
- To report the results of the Faculty’s awards following examinations.
- To consider all matters relating to the award of Diplomas, Licentiateship & Membership of the Faculty.
- To refer to the Membership and Fellowship Committee applications for Membership falling outside the current Regulations.
- To consider all matters relating to the formulation and interpretation of the Regulations for Membership.
- To recommend to the Board the appointment of representative(s) to examination Boards established by other bodies, for examinations which have been approved by the Board as being of value, or interest, to the specialty where those bodies have sought such appointment, or where it is thought to be in the interest of the Faculty.
- To determine the syllabus for each Faculty examination, appoint examiners and appoint a committee, or committees, to arrange and supervise the Faculty’s examinations.
- To consider all matters relating to research with which the Faculty may be associated.
- To prepare an annual budget of projected income and expenditure for consideration by the Treasurer and Senior Officers.
- To recommend fees for examinations and to recommend payments to examiners for consideration by the Senior Officers.
- An officer will be appointed by the Committee to be responsible for the budgeting for the costs of the examinations.
- To develop a U.K. research agenda for forensic and legal medicine. The agenda will reflect any nationally agreed research priorities and the need to develop evidence-based forensic and legal medical practice.
- To identify suitable research topics to implement the research agenda.
- To advise the Faculty on strategic direction of forensic and legal medical research.