Organisation and governance

Professor Judith Rees is Director of the School. She is supported by three pro-directors, appointed for three or four years at a time, who deputise when the Director is away and assist her in various aspects of her work.

The current pro-directors are Professor Stuart Corbridge, Professor George Gaskell and Professor Janet Hartley. The secretary and director of administration of the School, Adrian Hall, has overall responsibility to the Director as secretary of the LSE Council (the School's governing body), clerk of the Court of Governors and company secretary. He is responsible for the services provided by the central administration.

The LSE Council, as governing body, is responsible for determining strategy and its members are company directors of the School. The Court of Governors deals with some constitutional matters and has influence in the School through pre-decision discussions on key policy issues and the involvement of individual governors in the School's activities. Peter Sutherland KCMG, former chairman of BP, chairs both bodies.

The Academic Board is the principal academic body, which considers all major issues of general policy affecting the academic life of the School and its development. It is chaired by the Director, with staff and student membership.

There are a number of committees of the Council, Court and the Academic Board, and others, which are advisory to the Director. The principal committee of the Council is the Finance and General Purposes Committee, which advises about financial matters and scrutinises the Strategic Plan. The Academic Planning and Resources Committee (APRC) is responsible for resource allocation within the School and for regular reviews of academic departments and organisational units.

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Director	Professor J Rees
Pro-director	Professor J Hartley
Pro-director	Professor G Gaskell
Pro-director	Professor S Corbridge
Vice-chairman of the Academic Board	Professor D Marsden
Vice-chairman of the Appointments Committee	Professor D Stevenson
Chairman Teaching Learning and Assessment Committee	Professor J Hartley
Chairman Student Affairs Committee	Professor J Hartley
Chairman International Programmes Board	Professor R Richardson
Chairman Graduate Studies Subcommittee	Professor D Lewis
Chairman Research Committee	Professor S Corbridge
Chairman Undergraduate Studies Subcommittee	Dr C Alexander
Vice-chairman of the Academic Planning and Resources Committee	Professor G Gaskell
Dean of Graduate Studies	Dr Sunil Kumar
Dean of Undergraduate Studies	Dr Janet Stockdale
Associate Dean General Course	Mr Mark Hoffman
Adviser to Women Students	Dr Shani Ograd
Adviser to Male Students	Dr Jonathan Hopkin
Director, University of London International Programmes at LSE	Dr Keith Sharp

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