Minutes of the 317th (Special) meeting of the University
Council held on Tuesday 19 July 2005.
Members:
Sir Bryan Carsberg (Chair); Dr Memis Acar; Phil Blake; Dr Jim
Blood; Roger Boissier;
Professor Russ Bowman; Peter Davenport; Venu Dhupa; Professor Marianne Gilbert;
Professor Peter Golding (ab); John Harper; Peter Haslehurst; Norma Honey (ab);
Sir John Jennings (ab); Rob Kirkwood; Dr Marsha Meskimmon (ab); Mansoor Moghal;
Dr Bill Moss; Jim Mutton; Professor Richard Parry-Jones (ab); Simon Proffitt
(ab); Professor Phil Roberts; Jackie Strong (ab); Margaret Tomlinson; Professor
Sir David Wallace; Bob Wilson; Dr Cyril Woodruff; Dr Alan A Woods
In attendance:
Professor Chris Backhouse; Professor Morag Bell; Dr Sandie Dann; Professor Neil Halliwell; Professor Terence Kavanagh; Professor Ron McCaffer; Professor Ken Parsons; Michael Pearson; Dr Fytton Rowland; Gab Stone; John Town; Jon Walker; Miranda Whyte
Apologies
for absence were received from:
Sir John Jennings, Dr Marsha Meskimmon, Simon Proffitt and Jackie Strong
05/72 Minutes
It was RESOLVED to CONFIRM the Minutes of the (Special) Meeting of the Council held on 1 April 2005 [COUN05-M2].
COUN05-P74
[This
minute has been partially redacted due to confidential information.]
Computer Science had recently been declared
in structural deficit by Operations Sub-Committee (OSC) as detailed in the
agenda paper. The Review Group would
hold its first meeting on 21 July 2005 and would report back to OSC in October.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) reported
that four other departments were still considered to be in a structural deficit
position. Three of these departments
(Chemical Engineering, PIRES and Physics) were considered to have made
satisfactory progress and would be reviewed in October once the student
recruitment position was known.
Chemistry remained in structural
deficit. A further opportunity for
collaborative provision of teaching with the Open University (OU) existed for
the department. The OU had made an
initial bid to HEFCE for funds to support the project and it was expected that
this would eventually receive funding.
The Chair of Council observed that Chemistry was an important subject
for the University and wished to do all he could to secure its future. Council acknowledged that the Head of
Chemistry at Loughborough had worked extremely hard to resolve the issues and noted
that some performance metrics (e.g. student applications and research income) of
the department had improved.
05/74 Appointment
of the Director of Business Partnerships, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer
Council
NOTED that, on the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor (Senate approval
sought by email), the Chair of Council had AGREED that Professor Ron McCaffer
be re-appointed as the Director of Business Partnerships, Innovation and
Knowledge Transfer for two years until 31 July 2007.
05/75 Appointment of Head of
On the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor (as Chair of
Senate), Council APPROVED the appointment of Professor Chris Linton as Head of
the
05/76 Human Resources Committee
COUN05-P75
.1 Personal Titles (as detailed in the
agenda paper)
.2 Emeritus Professor (as detailed in the
agenda paper)
.3 Honorary Titles (as detailed in the
agenda paper)
.4 Code of Practice on the use of Fixed
Term Contracts
.5 Pre-employment Health Check Procedure
05/77 Senate
COUN05-P76
Council RECEIVED a report of the (Special) Meeting
of Senate held on 29 June 2005 and, on the recommendation
of Senate and the Chair of the Joint Committee for the appointment of a
Vice-Chancellor, CONFERRED the title of Professor on
the next Vice-Chancellor, Shirley Pearce, CBE from the date of her appointment.
05/78 Extensions of Appointment
[personal information has been
removed from this minute]
Council NOTED that, on the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor (Chair
of Senate), the Registrar (with delegated authority) had APPROVED, in
accordance with Statute XXII and Ordinance XII, extensions of appointment
beyond retirement date:
05/79 Timothy Godfrey Memorial Fund
COUN05-P77
Council RECEIVED the
annual report from the Timothy Godfrey Memorial Fund Advisory Committee.
05/80 Special Leave
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removed from this minute]
Council
NOTED that a member of staff had been granted special (unpaid) leave for the
period 1 September 2005 – 31 May 2006
05/81 Staffing
COUN05-P78
Council
NOTED appointments since the Meeting of Council held on 1 April 2005.
Council
NOTED the dates for meetings in 2005/06 as follows:
Friday, 28
October 2005
Tuesday, 20 December 2005
Friday, 17 February 2006
Friday, 31 March 2006
Wednesday, 19 July 2006
The Chair
of Council reported that succession planning for the next Deputy
Vice-Chancellor would begin shortly. A
Joint Committee of Senate and Council, chaired by the Chair of Council, was
required to consider the appointment.
Council DELEGATED authority to the Chair of Council to appoint the
Council representatives (two lay members) and AGREED that Professor Shirley
Pearce should serve on the Committee (as Vice-Chancellor) instead of Professor
Sir David Wallace.
Friday, 28
October 2005
Author - M T Whyte
Date – July 2005
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