Court Agenda March 2021

1

*Welcome and Membership

To welcome members and attendees, to NOTE apologies submitted, and to mark the retiral of the Acting Chair, Linda McPherson.

2

*Conflicts of Interest

To NOTE any conflicts of interest, and to determine any required action.

3

*Determination of Other Competent Business

To RECEIVE notification of Other Competent Business.

To DISCUSS any business arising from Items for Information.

4

*Chair’s report

To RECEIVE an oral report from the Acting Chair.

5

5.1

5.2

5.3

*Principal’s Report

To RECEIVE an update report from the Principal, to include commentary on financial performance at Q2.

To RECEIVE presentations from Senior Leadership and Student Union senior officers on adaptations in Semester 2 in response to Covid-19, and Planning Assumptions for Academic Session 2021/22.

To RECEIVE a presentation from the Acting Head of HR on wellbeing and other support in place for staff of the University during the Coronavirus Emergency (Minute 5 of meeting held on 10 February 2021 refers).

 COURT (21) 11

6

*Minutes of the previous meeting

 (a) To APPROVE the Minutes of the meeting held on 10 February 2021.

 (b) Matters arising.

COURT (21) MINS 01

Ordinary Business

7

7.1

7.2

Finance and Key Performance Indicators

To receive an update on financial performance for the six months to 31 January 2021, and the updated forecast outturn position.

To RECEIVE the Second Quarter Key Performance Indicators (KPI) report, and to NOTE progress in developing a revised suite of KPIs.

COURT (21) 12

COURT (21) 13

8

*Land Development Update

To RECEIVE an oral update on the Land Development project.

9

Freedom of Information Compliance Report

To NOTE the annual report on Freedom of Information, Environmental Information Regulations, Data Protection and Records Management activity for calendar year 2020.

Reports from Committees

10

*Finance and Estates Committee

(a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the meeting of the Finance and Estates Committee held on 8 March 2021.

(b) Matters Arising.

FEC (21) MINS 01

11

*Audit and Risk Committee

a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the meeting of the Audit and Risk Committee held on 26 February 2021.

(b) Matters Arising.

AUDIT (21) MINS 02

12

*Senate 

(a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Senate meeting held on 17 March 2021.

(b) Matters Arising.

SEN (21) MINS 01

13

*Health and Safety Committee

(a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Health and Safety Committee meeting held on 16 March 2021.

(b) Matters Arising.

H&S (21) MINS 01

14

*Nominations Committee

(a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Nominations Committee meeting held on 11 February 2021.

(b) Matters Arising

NOM (21) MINS 01

15

*Equality and Diversity Committee

(a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Equality and Diversity Committee meeting held on 28 January 2021.

(b) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Extraordinary meeting of the Equality and Diversity Committee held on 26 February 2021.

(c) Matters Arising.

EDC (21) MINS 01

EDC (21) MINS 02

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Dates of future meetings

The next Ordinary meeting of the University Court will be held on 23 June 2021 at 3.00 pm.