Court Agenda February 2021
Agenda for the meeting of the Court held on Wednesday, 10 February 2021 at 3.00 pm by Video Conference.
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*Welcome and Membership To NOTE the outcome of the ballot for the election of the Chair of University Court, and that Pamela Woodburn, Chair Designate, will attend the 31 March 2021 meeting in Observer status. |
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*Conflicts of Interest To NOTE any conflicts of interest and determine any required action. |
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*Determination of Other Competent Business To RECEIVE notification of Other Competent Business. To DISCUSS any business arising from Items for Information. |
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*Chair’s report To RECEIVE an oral report from the Acting Chair. |
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*Principal’s Report To RECEIVE an update report from the Principal, to include commentary on financial performance at Q2. |
COURT (21) 01 |
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*Minutes of the previous meeting (a) To APPROVE the Minutes of the meeting held on 9 December 2020. (b) Matters arising. |
COURT (20) MINS 06 |
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Ordinary Business |
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7.1
7.2
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*Annual Accounts
To APPROVE formally the Strategic Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2020.
To CONSIDER the 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 Azets. |
COURT (21) 02
COURT (21) 03
COURT (21) 04
COURT (21) 05 |
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*Land Development Update To RECEIVE an oral update on the land development project.
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9.1
9.2
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Scottish Funding Outcome Agreement To NOTE the Guidance for Interim Outcome Agreements for Colleges and Universities for Academic Year 2020-21, issued on 1 December 2020.
To RECEIVE the Queen Margaret University Self Evaluation for Academic Session 2019-20, submitted to the SFC on 20 January 2021.
To RECEIVE the Interim Outcome Agreement for Session 2020-21 submitted to the SFC on 5 February 2021. |
COURT (21) 06
COURT (21) 07
COURT (21) 08 |
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Reports from Committees |
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*Finance and Estates Committee/Audit and Risk Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Joint Meeting of the Finance and Estates Committee and the Audit Committee held on 26 January 2021. (b) Matters Arising. |
FEC/AUDIT (21) MINS 01
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*Senate (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Senate meeting held on 16 December 2020. (b) Matters Arising. |
SEN (20) MINS 05
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*Health and Safety Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Health and Safety Committee meeting held on 15 December 2020. (b) Matters Arising. |
H&S (20) MINS 05
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*Annual Reports from Committees of the Court To RECEIVE the Annual Report of the Finance and Estates Committee. To RECEIVE the Annual Report of the Audit and Risk Committee. |
COURT (21) 09 COURT (21) 10 |
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*Dates of future meetings Dates for Ordinary meetings of the University Court are set out below: 31 March 2021 at 3.00 pm 23 June 2021 at 3.00 pm NOTE: The Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on 31 March 2021 at 2.45 pm. |
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Items for Information |
