The Council

COUN08-M8

Minutes of the (Special) meeting of the Council held on Friday 10 October 2008.

Members:

Sir Bryan Carsberg (Chair); Dr Memis Acar; Dr Jo Aldridge (ab); John Blackwell; Dr Anja Baumhoff; Penny Coates (ab); Professor Ian Davidson; Brian Dent; Vivian Dhaliwal (ab); Gifty Edila; Sir John Gains; Marc Gibson; Paul Glover; Professor Neil Halliwell; Norma Honey; Sir John Jennings; Jim Murphy; Jim Mutton; Professor Ric Parker (ab); Professor Richard Parry-Jones; Professor Shirley Pearce; Simon Proffitt; Professor Ian Reid; Jackie Strong; Alan A Woods (ab); Dr Dominic Wring.

In attendance:

Professor Morag Bell; Professor Peter Golding; Professor Terry Kavanagh; Dr Jennifer Nutkins; Professor Ken Parsons; Professor Steve Rothberg; Miranda Routledge; Jon Walker; Dr Kathryn Walsh; Caroline Walker;

Apologies for absence were received from:

Dr Jo Aldridge; Professor Ric Parker; Alan A Woods

08/115 Minutes

Minutes of the (Special) Meeting held on 22 July 2008 [COUN08-M6] were CONFIRMED.

08/116 Co-opted Membership of Council

Council AGREED to delegate authority to the Chair to approve recommendations from the Nominations Committee regarding co-opted membership of Council.

08/117 Re-appointment of Vice-Chancellor

COUN08-P141 (tabled)

(The Vice-Chancellor left for this item).

Council CONSIDERED a report from the Joint Committee of Senate and Council concerning the re-appointment of the Vice-Chancellor and APPROVED an extension of her period of office for five years until 31 December 2015.

08/118 Operations Committee Report

COUN08-P142

Council NOTED a report from the meeting held on 22 September 2008.

08/119 Date of Next Meeting

Friday 28 November 2008