advisory committees definition
1 The functions of Advisory Committees include: 2  providing input and guidance concerning aspects related to the curriculum (including admission and assessment requirements), external needs, vocational profiles, relevance and research; 3  defining and setting academic standards for the learning programmes concerned; 1 An Advisory Committee is a committee comprised of knowledgeable, prominent and credible members in their field of expertise from within and outside the University. 2  The functions of Advisory Committees include: EU. An economic and political union established in 1993 after the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty by members of the European Community and since expanded to include numerous Central and Eastern European nations. Formerly known as the European Economic Community, the European Union's member states are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The current members are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. The level of the advisory committee's work varies tremendously along a spectrum of involvement and activity. Some committees exist in name only and have never met or, after one organizational meeting, go on for years on paper. Others meet once or twice annually, for largely ceremonial purposes. The establishment of the European Union expanded the political scope of the European Economic Community, especially in the area of foreign and security policy, and provided for the creation of a central European bank and the adoption of a common currency, the euro. 1 Advisory Committees also receive comments and input, and are supported in issues that are programme-specific and non programme-specific, from specialized internal parties and units dealing with quality, curriculum design and development, academic support and engagement. 1 Advisory Committees may also be an active engagement partner in activities such as the creation of facilities, generating funds and bursaries, creating opportunities for work integrated learning, research, marketing of the University in general and staff development. Advisory committees can range from those that consult to university presidents on the broadest of policy issues (Scott 1988) to committees that focus on the nitty-gritty--what machine shop tools a community college should buy, for example (Corley 1988).
It is a committee comprised of knowledgeable, prominent and credible members in their field of expertise from within and outside the University.