Governance

Deans & Faculty Leadership

Faculty Deans and departmental heads who lead academic schools and drive discipline-specific strategy.

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Purpose

Deans and Heads of Department provide academic and managerial leadership within each faculty, ensuring high-quality teaching, scholarship and student experience.

Key responsibilities

  • Lead the academic strategy, staffing and budget of their faculty or department.
  • Champion programme quality, student outcomes and graduate employability.
  • Develop research, innovation and external partnerships within the discipline.
  • Represent the faculty on the Academic Board and Executive Management Council.

Composition

Faculty Deans, Associate Deans and Heads of Department, supported by faculty managers.

Meets

Monthly as the Deans' Forum.

Committee head

Committee Chair

To be announced

chair.deans-faculty-leadership@southshore.edu.gh