Council of Military Education Committees of the Universities of the United Kingdom

Council of Military Education Committees of the Universities of the United Kingdom
Formation 1919
Membership
20 University Military Education Committees
President
 General Sir Mike Jackson
Key people
 Mr. Roderick Livingston (Chairman)
Dr. Patrick Mileham (Vice-Chairman)
Mr. Robin Thomas (Secretary)
Prof. Patton Taylor (Treasurer)
Website http://www.comec.org.uk/

The Council of Military Education Committees of the Universities of the United Kingdom (COMEC) represents the interests of Military Education Committees in negotiations with Defence and the Armed Forces over policy development in officer training, the University Service Units and the Reserve Forces.[1] COMEC organizes an Annual Defence Conference, publishes Occasional Papers and awards a Prize to the Officer Cadet who demonstrates outstanding achievement in leadership through military expertise, public service commitment and Service Unit activities.

The Central Organisation of Military Education Committees of the Universities and University Colleges was established in September 1919 following a conference of representatives of Military Education Committees of universities. The name was changed in 1970 to the Council of Military Education Committees of the Universities of the United Kingdom in order to express clearly the fact that it was not an organisation with an executive role but rather an advisory and coordinating body. Provision was also made at this time for the representation of universities and other institutions of higher education not furnishing Service Units.[2]

Members

President

2011 on General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO DL, former Chief of the General Staff

2006 - 2011 Sir Graeme Davies FRSE FREng, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London

1999 - 2006 Field Marshal The Lord Vincent of Coleshill GBE KCB DSO, former Chief of the Defence Staff

Military Education Committees (MECs)[3]

The University Service Units have their origins in the Army reforms of Richard Haldane, Secretary of State for War, from 1905 to 1908. In the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act of 1907, the Universities were invited to establish Officers’ Training Corps on the stipulation that they must have a Committee responsible for Military Education.

Military Education CommitteeMember Universities
Aberdeen MECAberdeen and Robert Gordon
Bristol MECBristol, Bath and West of England
Cambridge MECCambridge, Anglia Ruskin, East Anglia and Essex
East Midlands Combined MECNottingham, De Montfort, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Loughborough and Nottingham Trent
City of Edinburgh Joint MECEdinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Napier
Exeter MECExeter and Plymouth
Glasgow and Strathclyde MEC[4]Glasgow, Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian and West of Scotland
Leeds’ Military, Air Force and Naval Education CommitteeLeeds
Liverpool MECLiverpool, Lancaster, Liverpool John Moores and Central Lancashire
London MECLondon
Manchester and Salford MECManchester, Manchester Metropolitan and Salford
Northumbrian MECNewcastle, Durham, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside
Oxford Delegacy for Military InstructionOxford, Royal Agricultural College Cirencester, Oxford Brookes and Reading
Queen's Belfast MECQueen's Belfast
Sheffield MECSheffield and Sheffield Hallam
Southampton MECSouthampton, Portsmouth, Southampton Solent, Bournemouth and Winchester
Sussex MECSussex and Brighton
Tayforth MECSt. Andrews, Dundee and Abertay
MEC for WalesWales
West Midlands MECBirmingham and Aston

University Service Units (USUs)[5]

University Royal Naval Units (URNUs)[6]

MECs facilitated the establishment during the Second World War of the University Naval Division, which vanished with the end of war, not to be resurrected for another quarter of a century as the Royal Naval Unit in 1971.

University Royal Naval UnitShipUniversities
BirminghamHMS ExploitBirmingham, Aston, Loughborough, Warwick, Birmingham City
Bristol URNU HMS DasherBristol, Bath, West of England
Cambridge URNU HMS TrumpeterCambridge, East Anglia, Anglia Ruskin
Devon URNU-Exeter, Plymouth, UC St Mark & St John
Edinburgh URNU HMS ArcherEdinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh Napier
Glasgow & Strathclyde URNU HMS PursuerGlasgow, Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian
LiverpoolHMS ChargerLiverpool, Lancaster
London URNU HMS PuncherLondon, Imperial College, University College, King's College, Queen Mary
Manchester & Salford URNUHMS BiterManchester, Salford, Manchester Metropolitan
Northumbrian URNU HMS ExampleNewcastle, Durham, Northumbria
Oxford URNU HMS SmiterOxford, Reading, Oxford Brookes
Southampton URNU HMS BlazerSouthampton, Southampton Solent, Portsmouth
SussexHMS RangerSussex, Brighton
Wales URNU HMS ExpressCardiff, Swansea, South Wales, Wales Institute Cardiff
YorkshireHMS ExplorerLeeds, Sheffield, Hull

University Officers' Training Corps (UOTCs)[7]

UOTCs were inaugurated from 1908 onwards.

University Officers' Training CorpsUniversities
Aberdeen UOTC Aberdeen, Robert Gordon
Belfast UOTC Queen's Belfast, Ulster
Birmingham UOTC Birmingham, Aston, Keele, Warwick, Birmingham City, Coventry, Harper Adams, Staffordshire, UC Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Worcester
Bristol UOTC Bristol, Bath, West of England
Cambridge UOTC Cambridge, East Anglia, Essex, Anglia Ruskin, Hertfordshire
East Midlands UOTC Nottingham, Leicester, Loughborough, De Montfort, Derby, Lincoln, Northampton, Nottingham Trent
City of Edinburgh UOTC Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh Napier, Queen Margaret
Exeter UOTCExeter, Plymouth
Glasgow and Strathclyde UOTC Glasgow, Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian, West of Scotland
Leeds UOTC Leeds, Bradford, Hull, York, Huddersfield, Leeds Beckett, York St John
Liverpool UOTC Liverpool, Lancaster, Central Lancashire, Chester, Cumbria, Edge Hill, Liverpool Hope, Liverpool John Moores
London UOTC London, Kent, Canterbury
Manchester and Salford UOTC Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Manchester Metropolitan
Northumbrian UOTC Newcastle, Durham, Northumbria, Sunderland, Teesside
Oxford UOTC Oxford, Reading, Buckingham, Cranfield, Gloucestershire, Oxford Brookes, Royal Agricultural Cirencester
Sheffield UOTC Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam
Southampton UOTC Southampton, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Southampton Solent, Winchester, Sussex, Brighton, Chichester
Tayforth UOTC St. Andrews, Dundee, Stirling, Abertay
Wales UOTC Wales, Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham, Cardiff Metropolitan, Chester, Glyndwr, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, South Wales, Trinity St David

University Air Squadrons (UASs)[8]

University Air Squadrons were created at Cambridge and Oxford in 1925 and at London in 1935, but all were closed down with the outbreak of war in 1939. MECs sponsored in 1941 the inauguration of the national scheme for establishing Air Squadrons in Universities.

University Air SquadronUniversities
Birmingham UAS Birmingham, Aston, Birmingham City, Coventry, Keele, Staffordshire, Warwick, Wolverhampton
Bristol UAS Bristol, Bath, West of England, Exeter, Plymouth
Cambridge UAS Cambridge, East Anglia, Anglia Ruskin
East Midlands UAS Nottingham, Leicester, Loughborough, De Montfort, Lincoln, Nottingham Trent
East of Scotland UAS Aberdeen, St. Andrews, Edinburgh, Dundee, Heriot-Watt, Abertay, Edinburgh Napier, Queen Margaret, Robert Gordon
Glasgow and Strathclyde UAS Glasgow, Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian, West of Scotland, Stirling
Liverpool UAS Liverpool, Lancaster, Bangor, Chester, Edge Hill, Central Lancashire, Liverpool John Moores
London UAS London, Imperial College, Kings College, Royal Holloway, University College, Brunel, Hertfordshire
Manchester and Salford UAS Manchester, Salford, Manchester Metropolitan
Northern Ireland UAS Queen's Belfast, Ulster
Northumbrian UAS Newcastle, Durham, Northumbria, Sunderland, Teesside
Oxford UAS Oxford, Reading, Oxford Brookes
Southampton UAS Southampton, Bournemouth, Brighton, Chichester, Portsmouth, Southampton Solent, Sussex, Winchester
Wales UAS Wales, Aberystwyth, Cardiff, Swansea, Lampeter, College of Medicine, Cardiff Metropolitan, South Wales
Yorkshire UAS Leeds, Bradford, Hull, Sheffield, York, Huddersfield, Leeds Beckett, Leeds College of Music, Leeds Trinity, Sheffield Hallam, York St. John

Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS)[9]

The Defence Technical Officer Engineering Entry Scheme (DTOEES) provides education and support to students preparing for a career as an engineer or technical officer in the Armed Forces or MOD Civil Service. Students attend Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College (DSFC) and, on completion of their A levels, go on to study for an engineering, technical, business or logistics degree at one of the DTUS partner universities.

Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS) universities have separate partnership agreements with the Ministry of Defence to educate and support students from Welbeck attending selected degree courses in a range of subjects preparing for a career as a technical officer or engineer in the Armed Forces or Ministry of Defence. Students belong to a support Squadron which is responsible for their leadership development, mentorship, administration and monitoring their academic progress.

DTUS SquadronPartner Universities
TaurusBirmingham, Aston, Oxford
ThundererSouthampton, Imperial College, Portsmouth
TrojanNewcastle, Northumbria, Strathclyde
TyphoonLoughborough, Cambridge

Chairman[10]

2016 on Mr. Roderick Livingston (Glasgow and Strathclyde MEC)

2012 - 2016 Prof. Dick Clements MBE (Bristol MEC)

2004 - 2012 Prof. Donald Ritchie CBE DL (Liverpool MEC)

2000 - 2004 Mr. Shane Guy AE (London MEC)

1996 - 2000 Prof. Michael Furmston TD (Bristol MEC)

1989 - 1996 Col. Alan Roberts OBE TD DL (Leeds MEC)

1982 - 1989 Prof. Malcolm N Naylor RD DL (London MEC)

1968 - 1982 Prof. Cecil Howard Tonge TD (Northumbrian MEC)

1963 - 1968 Brig. Thomas Rice Henn CBE (Cambridge MEC)

1959 - 1963 Prof. John Thomas Whetton DSO OBE MC TD (Leeds MEC)

1953 - 1959 Brig. Sir Alick Buchanan-Smith CBE TD JP DL (Edinburgh MEC)

1946 - 1953 Col. S J Worsley DSO MC TD (London MEC)

1936 - 1946 Prof. J A Nixon CMG (Bristol MEC)

1926 - 1936 Prof. Dudley Medley (Glasgow MEC)

1921 - 1926 Prof. Sir Thomas Hudson Beare DL (Edinburgh MEC)

1919 - 1921 Prof. Thomas Frederick Tout (Manchester MEC)

Occasional Papers[11]

No. 7: The University Air Squadrons. Early Years 1920-39 by Clive Richards, 2016

No. 6: Britain's Maritime Future by Jeremy Blackham and Andrew Lambert, 2016

No. 5: Reshaping the British Nuclear Deterrent by Lord David Owen, 2015

No. 4: University Officers’ Training Corps and the First World War by Edward M. Spiers, 2014

No. 3: Leadership in Future Force 2020 by General Sir Richard Barrons, 2014

No. 2: The Conundrum of Leadership - Leadership in Government, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Society by Lord Owen, 2013

No. 1: University Service Units. What are they really for? by Dr. Patrick Mileham, 2012

References

  1. ↑ COMEC Constitution 2008 p5-6
  2. ↑ COMEC Constitution 2008 p16
  3. ↑ COMEC website members
  4. ↑ Military Education Committee of the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde website
  5. ↑ MoD TSP7 - UK Reserve Forces and Cadets 1 April 2015 p27
  6. ↑ Royal Navy website university training
  7. ↑ Army website UOTCs
  8. ↑ Royal Air Force website UASs
  9. ↑ Defence Academy website DTUS
  10. ↑ COMEC Constitution 2008 p15
  11. ↑ COMEC website publications

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