The Council

COUN05-M6

Minutes of the (Special) meeting of the University Council held on Friday 28 October 2005.

Members:

Sir Bryan Carsberg (Chair); Dr Memis Acar; Phil Blake; Dr Jim Blood; Roger Boissier; Dr Sandie Dann (ab); Peter Davenport; Venu Dhupa; Peter Haslehurst; Norma Honey; Sir John Jennings; Rob Kirkwood; Mansoor Moghal (ab); Dr Bill Moss; Jim Mutton (ab); Professor Richard Parry-Jones (ab); Simon Proffitt; Professor Phil Roberts; Dr Fytton Rowland; Professor Peter Smith (ab): Jackie Strong; Professor Rachel Thomson; Margaret Tomlinson; Professor Sir David Wallace; Professor Peter Warwick; Bob Wilson; Dr Cyril Woodruff (ab); Dr Alan A Woods

In attendance:

Professor Chris Backhouse; Professor Morag Bell; Sir John Gains; Professor Neil Halliwell; Professor Terry Kavanagh; Professor Ron McCaffer; Professor Ken Parsons; Michael Pearson; Miranda Routledge; John Town; Jon Walker

Apologies for absence were received from:

Mansoor Moghal; Jim Mutton; Professor Peter Smith; Dr Cyril Woodruff

                                                                                                                                                                

05/107   Business of the Agenda

Item 5 relating to Tribunal Membership on the Agenda was withdrawn because the matter had been resolved without the need to establish a Tribunal.

05/108   Minutes

The Minutes of the (Special) Meeting of the Council held on 19 July 2005 [COUN05-M4] were CONFIRMED.

05/109   Matters Arising

05/89.1     Joint Committee for Appointment of next Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Council NOTED membership of the Joint Committee for the appointment of the next Deputy Vice-Chancellor as follows:

Sir Bryan Carsberg (Chair), Professor Shirley Pearce, Peter Haslehurst, Margaret Tomlinson, Professor Russ Bowman, Dr Marsha Meskimmon and Professor Peter Smith.

The Chairman drew Council’s attention to the fact that the guidelines (which were not binding on Council) for membership of such appointment committees called for the Vice-Chancellor to be a member but he had recommended that Professor Pearce should be a member instead of Professor Wallace because this made better sense in the circumstances.  Council confirmed that it was content with this proposal.

05/110   Structural Deficit Departments: Progress Report

COUN05-P101

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor presented a progress report on departments declared in structural deficit.  Due process was being followed for Chemistry and Computer Science as outlined in the agenda paper.  Operations Sub-Committee anticipated that both PIRES and Physics would be removed from list after the results of real-time funding were known.

05/111   Extension of Appointments

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 normal retirement date.

05/112   Staffing and Honorary Titles

COUN05-P102

Council APPROVED staff appointments and NOTED Honorary Titles made since the previous (Special) meeting of Council.

05/113   Any Other Business

Council NOTED that Professor David Williams had been appointed as the Director of the Research School of Health and Life Sciences for a 3 year period with effect from 1 November 2005.

05/114   Dates of Future Meetings in 2005/06

Tuesday, 20 December 2005
Friday, 17 February 2006
Friday, 31 March 2006
Tuesday, 18 July 2006

                                                                                                                                                    

Author – Miranda Routledge
Date – November 2005
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