Policy and Resources Committee
- Remit
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(Formerly known as Operating Board)
Responsible for:
Strategic Objectives
- monitoring the implementation of strategies agreed by Court, including reviewing all Business Plans associated with strategic projects
- monitoring the University’s Health and Safety performance
Resource Planning
- making recommendations to Court on the University’s Annual Budgets and Financial Forecasts
- making recommendations to the Court regarding the University’s Capital Plan and its implementation
- to approve proposed expenditure outwith the agreed revenue and capital budget with a value between £1 million to £5 million
- monitoring the University’s financial performance and approving additional expenditure on approved projects within a tolerance threshold of up to the lesser of 10% or £1m
- monitoring performance of the implementation of the University’s capital projects and receiving reports from the Estates Committee
- overseeing cash management, borrowing policies and compliance with banking covenants and ensuring compliance with the Financial Memorandum
- overseeing the management and performance of the University’s investments
- monitoring the performance of the University’s spin-out/joint venture companies
- overseeing the creation, dissolution or sale of University subsidiary companies
Policy Making
- approving University staffing and development policies and staff terms and conditions of employment
- approving the strategy for the setting of University tuition fees
Performance
- monitoring the University’s performance across finance, HR, student recruitment and admissions, and all other matters necessary for strategy delivery
- overseeing institutional equality and diversity issues
- Composition & Membership
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Composition
- Chair (Independent Member not being Senior Governor)
- Four Independent Members of Court
- Principal (who may delegate to SVP)
- Three* other Court members providing expertise from across the Court including at least one elected staff or Trade Union appointed Court Member and a Students' Association nominated member of Court
*In line with Court’s overarching principles for sub-committee membership, at least one of these three members to be a Senate Assessor.
Membership 2021-22
Chair:
Anne Minto
Four independent members of Court:
Julie Ashworth
Gary McRae
Lyndsay Menzies
Charlotte Pope-Williams
Principal:
Professor George Boyne
Three other Court members:
Camilo Torres-Barragán (AUSA)
Nick Edwards
Professor Neil Vargesson
Clerk:
Jan Whitfield
- Agendas & Minutes
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2022
2021
- 9 November - Agenda | Papers
- 14 September - Agenda | Papers
- 08 June - Agenda | Papers
- 02 March - Agenda | Papers
- 02 February - Agenda | Papers
2020
- 17 November - Agenda | Papers
- 27 October - Agenda | Papers
- 15 September - Agenda | Papers
- 19 June - Agenda | Papers
- 06 May - Agenda | Minutes
- 03 March - Agenda | Papers
- 21 February - Agenda | Minutes (Teleconference)
2019