Military Education Committee
Convener: Dr J Grieve
Clerk: Ms Yvonne Gordon
Tel: 01224 273394
Email: y.gordon@abdn.ac.uk
Remit
The following remit was approved in 1993 by the Court and Senate of the University of Aberdeen and by the Academic Council and the Board of Governors of the Robert Gordon University:
(a) To direct the policy of the Officer Training Corps, the Air Squadron and Royal Naval Unit (the three Service Units) within the University of Aberdeen and the Robert Gordon University (the Aberdeen Universities).
(b) To co-operate and liaise with the Ministry of Defence in all service matters affecting the Universities.
(c) To encourage the study of National Defence within the Universities and to secure Military Science its due place in University studies.
(d) To ensure that the time spent by students with the Service Units is not to the detriment of their academic studies.
(e) To promote instruction and training for candidates for commissions in the Armed Services.
(f) To foster an interest in, and an understanding of, the Armed Services and to provide leadership training in a military environment.
(g) To approve recommendations for the posts of Commanding Officers of the three Service Units.
Composition
The University of Aberdeen
Senate - Principal and 7 nominees
The Robert Gordon University
Board of Governors - Principal and 1 nominee
Academic Council - 3 nominees
