Court Agenda 6 December 2023

The next meeting of the University Court will be held on Wednesday, 6 December 2023 at 3.00 pm in the Large Boardroom, Queen Margaret University campus.

All agenda items and papers may be disclosed under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 unless specifically exempted by the legislation. Where items cannot be disclosed, the relevant section of the Act is indicated.

*The agenda is divided into starred and non-starred items. Starred items are for discussion and, where appropriate, decision. Non-starred items are for noting only and will not normally be discussed. Any member wishing to discuss a paper listed for noting should contact the Secretary no later than two days before the meeting stating the reason for the request.

Order	Agenda	Ref
1	*Welcome and Membership
2	*Conflicts of Interest To NOTE any conflicts of interest, and to determine any required action.
3 3.1 3.2	*Determination of Other Competent Business To RECEIVE notification of Other Competent Business. To DISCUSS any business arising from Items for Information.
4 4.1 4.2	*Minutes of the previous meeting To APPROVE the minutes of the meeting held on 4 October 2023. Matters arising	COURT (23) MINS 04
5	*Chair’s Report To RECEIVE an oral report from the Chair of the University Court.
6	*Principal’s Report To RECEIVE an oral update report from the Principal.	COURT (23) 40
	Ordinary Business
7 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6	*Strategic Report & Financial Statements To APPROVE formally the Strategic Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2023. To CONSIDER the DRAFT Letter of Representations to Ernst and Young, and to AUTHORISE the Chair to sign on behalf of the Court. To NOTE the external audit report from Ernst and Young. To NOTE the Annual Internal Audit report from Henderson Loggie. To RECEIVE the Annual Report of the Finance and Estates Committee. To RECEIVE the DRAFT Annual Report of the Audit and Risk Committee.	COURT (23) 41 COURT (23) 42 COURT (23) 43 COURT (23) 44 COURT (23) 45 COURT (23) 46
8 8.1 8.2	*Land Development To RECEIVE an update on the Land Development Project. To HOMOLOGATE Chair’s action to approve a recommendation from the Finance and Estates Committee, held on 27 November 2023, concerning the tender for a principal contractor to complete the design and construction works for the Edinburgh Innovation Hub (EIH).	COURT (23) 47
9	*Performance Report and Key Performance Indicators To RECEIVE and to DISCUSS draft proposals for a Performance Report and a supporting revised suite of Key Performance Indicators.	COURT (23) 48
10	*Scottish Funding Council Outcome Agreement 2023-24 To RECEIVE the Queen Margaret University Outcome Agreement 2023-24 submitted to the Scottish Funding Council under powers delegated to the Chair of Court by the Court at its 4 October meeting (minute 11.2 refers).	COURT (23) 49
11	Complaint Handling Annual Report 2022-23 To NOTE a report on formal complaints dealt with under the University’s Model Complaints Handling procedure during Session 2022-23.	COURT (23) 50
	Reports from Committees
12	*Audit and Risk Committee/Finance and Estates Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of a joint meeting of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Finance and Estates Committee held on 22 November 2023. (b) Matters arising (c) To RECEIVE the minutes of an Extraordinary meeting of the Finance and Estates Committee held on 27 November 2023. (d) Matters arising.	AUDIT (23) MINS 04 FEC (23) MINS 06
13	*Senate (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Senate meeting held on 11 October 2023. (b) Matters arising.	SEN (23) MINS 04
14	*Health and Safety Committee a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Health and Safety Committee meeting held on 10 October 2023. (b) Matters arising:	HSC (23) MINS 03
15	*Equality and Diversity Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Equality and Diversity Committee meeting held on 10 October 2023. (b) Matters arising.	EDC (23) MINS 03
16	*Nominations Committee To RECEIVE a report on Lay Member candidates being recommended for approval by the Committee, interviews having been conducted on 24 November 2023.	COURT (23) 51
17	*Senior Management Remuneration Committee (a) To RECEIVE an oral report of a meeting of the Senior Management Remuneration Committee held on 6 December 2023. (b) Matters arising: To RECEIVE the Draft Senior Management Remuneration Review Policy Update 2023, to be discussed and agreed by the SRMC under (a) above.	COURT (23) 52
18	Member Retiral To mark the retiral of a Melanie Moreland, who stands down from the Court having served six years as a Lay Member.
19	Dates of future meetings The University Court will meet in Session 2023-24 as follows: 21 February 2024 - 3.00 pm 17 April 2024 - Strategy Day (Full day) 19 June 2024 - 3.00 pm Please NOTE there will be an AGM of the company at 2.45 pm on 21 February 2024. Please NOTE that the Annual Stakeholder Event will be held on 17 April 2024 between 5.00 pm and 7.00 pm. Members will be provided with buffet catering at 4.30 pm.