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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
Minutes of the (Special) Meeting held on 28 November 2008 [COUN08-M10] were CONFIRMED.
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
COUN09-P38
Council
APPROVED the issue of invitations to receive University Medals at Graduation
Ceremonies.
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.
09/28.1 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
COUN09-P42
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
Council
NOTED that the Chair had taken action between meetings to approve:
09/31.1 Simplification of Staff
09/31.2 Issue of Invitations to Honorary Graduands
COUN09-P45
09/31.3 Appointment of John Whittaker as Acting
Director of the
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]
Author – Miranda Routledge
Date – April 2009
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