The Council

COUN09-M2

Minutes of the (Special) meeting of the Council held on Friday 27 March 2009.

Members:

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

In attendance:

Professor Morag Bell; Peter Davenport; Professor Terry Kavanagh; Sir Charles McCullough; Dr Jennifer Nutkins; Professor Ken Parsons; Miranda Routledge; Will Spinks; Jon Walker; Caroline Walker

Apologies for absence were received from:

Brian Dent, Professor Richard Parry-Jones

                                                                                                                                                     

09/24      Minutes

Minutes of the (Special) Meeting held on 28 November 2008 [COUN08-M10] were CONFIRMED.

09/25      Matters Arising from the Minutes

09/25.1     Further to minute 08/144.1, Council NOTED that the Vice-Chancellor had agreed that the University be involved in National Pay Negotiations.

09/25.2     Further to minute 08/141.5, Sir John Gains, with delegated authority, had approved the membership of the Working Group to appoint the next Chair of Council as follows, noting that the membership thereby included one additional member above the composition set out in Ordinance X.

Sir John Gains (Chair); Gifty Edila; Professor Neil Halliwell; Professor Richard Parry-Jones; Professor Shirley Pearce; Professor Ian Reid; Alan A Woods

09/26      University Medal

 

COUN09-P38

Council APPROVED the issue of invitations to receive University Medals at Graduation Ceremonies.

09/27       Appointment of the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor

 

COUN09-P39

Council APPROVED the re-appointment of Professor Neil Halliwell as Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for a further period of three years from 1 August 2009.

09/28      Nominations Committee

09/28.1     Report of Meeting

COUN09-P40

Council RECEIVED the report from the meeting of the Nominations Committee held on 27 November 2008.

09/28.2     Membership of Council

COUN09-P41

Council APPROVED recommendations related to co-opted members of Council as follows:

·           Appointment of Arthur Deakin from 1 April 2009 until 31 July 2012.  Mr Deakin’s CV had been omitted from the agenda paper in error and would be circulated by email after the meeting.  Action: Assistant Secretary

·           Re-appointment for a third term of 3 years until 31 July 2012: Simon Proffitt

·           Re-appointment for a second term of 3 years until 31 July 2012: John Blackwell (previously elected by Court), Penny Coates, Gifty Edila and Jackie Strong

09/29       Report from Director of Finance

COUN09-P42

The Director of Finance introduced a report from the Land Strategy Group regarding the acquisition of Holywell Way for £1.  If the University purchased the land, it would incur nominal maintenance costs and some liabilities.  The Chair was assured that the liabilities were not substantial and so the risk to the University was low.  Purchasing the land would enable changes to the nature of the West entrance to the University and would have significant benefits.  Council was supportive of the project and looked forward to receiving detailed plans at a later date.

09/30       Human Resources Committee

COUN09-P43

Council RECEIVED a report of the meeting of the Human Resources Committee held on 10 February 2009 and noted that the initial Human Resources Implementation Plan had been well received.  As previously reported, Council would receive a final draft for approval in July 2009.

09/30.1     Procedures and Revised Criteria for Promotion to Senior Lecturer

COUN09-P44: APPROVED

09/31       Chair’s Action

Council NOTED that the Chair had taken action between meetings to approve:

09/31.1     Simplification of Staff Holiday Year

09/31.2     Issue of Invitations to Honorary Graduands

COUN09-P45

09/31.3     Appointment of John Whittaker as Acting Director of the Business School from 1 April 2009

09/32       Reports of Committees

Council RECEIVED reports from the following Committees:

09/32.1     Operations Committee – 1 December 2008, 26 January and 16 February 2009    [COUN09-P46]

09/32.2     Senate – 28 January and 4 March 2009 [COUN09-P47]

09/33       Date of Next Meeting

Thursday 9 July 2009

                                                                                                                                                    

Author – Miranda Routledge
Date – April 2009
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