LTSN Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
Terms of reference
The Advisory Board will:
meet twice per year;
receive information about the plans and activities of the Subject Centre, and inform subject associations and other partners about them;
advise the Director and Management Group of the views and ideas of subject associations and other partners in the areas of languages, linguistics and area studies;
advise the Director and Management Group of the Subject Centre on matters of strategy and policy in promoting learning and teaching in the subject areas;
monitor and evaluate the activities of the Centre;
review the Director’s performance after the second year, and on other occasions at the request of one quarter of the members of the Board. 

Membership of the Advisory Board
The membership of the Advisory Board will be constituted as follows:
Chair, nominated by UCML, for a term of three years, which may be renewed once;
Representatives of the following constituencies, nominated by one subject association in each constituency in consultation  with other relevant associations.  Each representative will serve for a term of two years, which may be renewed once.
Constituencies
French studies
Hispanic studies
Germanic studies
Italian studies
Slavonic studies
Welsh, Scottish and Irish studies
Other languages
Linguistics
Applied linguistics
Language teaching for specialists
Language teaching for non-specialists
English Language Teaching. 
Cultural (and literary) studies not associated with modern languages
Area studies associated with modern languages
Area studies not associated with modern languages

Chairs of the Specialist Groups:
Languages
Linguistics
Area Studies

A representative from each of the following partner organisations:
ALL
CILT
LNTO

The Chair of UCML (ex officio)
The Hon. Secretary of UCML (ex officio)
A nominee of SEDA (Staff and Education Development Association)

In attendance:
The Subject Centre Manager, who will service the Board;
The Director, and members of the Subject Centre team as appropriate.
A representative of the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) by invitation