The Undergraduate Admission Committee's principal role is to monitor and review the Undergraduate Admissions process in Mathematics.
Terms of Reference
- The Winter and Summer Pools;
- The arrangements and operation of the STEP (and, if applicable, other admissions tests), and associated STEP-preparation activities;
- Entrance requirements (e.g. in the light of changing pre-University preparation);
- Faculty and University Open Days, and other Faculty and relevant CAO admissions and widening participation events and other activities;
- Faculty admissions literature, both paper and electronic, together with mathematics admissions publications produced centrally (e.g. the mathematics entry in the University prospectus);
- Application, entrance and cohort-tracking statistics related to, but not limited to, widening participation, equality and diversity.
The committee is required to:
- advise, and/or make recommendations to, the Directors of Studies Meeting and/or the Faculty Board.
- oversee implementation of agreed policy in those areas where the Faculty Board has remit; proposed alterations to arrangements that represent a change in policy should be referred by the Committee to the Faculty Board
- meet at least once a term and submit to both the Faculty Board and the Director of Studies Meeting the minutes of its meetings and, in the Easter Term, an Annual Report on its activities
Membership
The Undergraduate Admissions Committee is a committee appointed by the Faculty Board of Mathematics and the Director of Studies Meeting. Its membership consists of:
- The Faculty Admissions Officer (Ex-officio);
- 3 members appointed by the Directors of Studies Meeting to serve for 3 years from 1 October (with terms staggered at 1-year intervals);
- 2 members appointed by the Faculty Board of Mathematics to serve for 2 years from 1 October (with terms staggered at 1-year intervals);
- The Mathematics Subject Convenor (Ex-officio, if not already a member by virtue of one of the above classes).
- 2 student members to serve for 2 years from 1 October (with terms staggered at 1-year intervals);
- Up to 2 members co-opted annually from 1 October
Unless the Committee decides otherwise the Faculty Admissions Officer and the Mathematics Subject Convenor will Chair on alternating academic years.
The current members are:
Name | Start date | End date |
---|---|---|
Faculty Admissions Officer | ||
Dr O Rath-Spivack | ex officio | |
Mathematics Subject Convenor | ||
Mr J Dougal - Chair 2024/25 | ex officio | |
3 members appointed by the Directors of Studies Meeting | ||
Dr D Frank | 30/09/2027 | |
Dr W Boucher | 31/03/2025 | |
A Sarkovic | 30/09/2026 | |
2 members appointed by the Faculty Board of Mathematics | ||
Professor D Tong (DAMTP) | 30/09/2025 | |
Dr J Button (DPMMS) | 30/09/2025 | |
2 student members, appointed by the Committee | ||
Chenxu Li (ED) | 30/09/2025 | |
Michelle Ching (JN) | 30/09/2026 | |
Up to 2 co-opted members | ||
Ms J E M Hawkins | 30/09/2023 | |
Mrs C Metcalfe | 30/09/2023 |
Reports (internal access only, Raven authentication required)
- Minutes of the meeting held on 21 February 2022
- Minutes of the meeting held on 2 November 2021
- Minutes of the meeting held on 4 May 2021
- Minutes of the meeting held on 3 November 2020
- Minutes of the meeting held on 4 May 2020
- Minutes of the meeting held on 24 February 2020
- Minutes of the meeting held on 4 November 2019
- Minutes of the meeting held on 8 March 2019
- Minutes of the meeting held on 1 November 2018
- Minutes of the meeting held on 26 July 2018
- Minutes of the meeting held on 21 February 2018
- Minutes of the meeting held on 9 November 2017
- Minutes of the meeting held on 17 February 2017
- Minutes of the meeting held on 11 October 2016
- Minutes of the meeting held on 22 February 2016
- Minutes of the meeting held on 13 January 2016
- Minutes of the meeting held on 13 August 2015
- Statement from Faculty of Mathematics on testing, June 2015
- Minutes of the meeting held on 27 April 2015
- Minutes of the meeting held on 26 January 2015
- Minutes of the meeting held on 02 October 2014