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1 SEC/2011/2/0149 LANCASTER UNIVERSITY Minutes of the Forty SEC/2011/2/0149 LANCASTER UNIVERSITY Minutes of the forty-seventh annual meeting of the Court held on 29 January 2011 PRESENT: CLASS I: Ex officio members who are Officers of the University Professor S. Henig (in the chair at the invitation of the Chancellor) Dr F. Benson Professor M. J. Kosch Sir C. Bonington Ms M. Luxon Professor S. Bradley Professor R. D. McKinlay Dr G. Brown Professor T. J. McMillan Professor A. G. Chetwynd Dr G. Myers Mrs J. Corless Dr J. Owen-Lynch Dr K. Davidson Mr R. Pickles Professor P. J. Diggle Fr H. Pollock Dr P. Dolby Ms C. Powne Mr A. Errington Professor A. Stefanovska Professor A. C. Gatrell Mrs A. Stubbins Mr R. Gould Mr D. Summers Mr B. M. Gray Dr J. Taylor Mr J. Hadfield Mr J. Thornberry Mr J. Hardman Mr F. Wareing Mrs V. Haslam Professor P. W. Wellings Mr J. Hayton Professor J. Whitehead Professor G. Johnes CLASS II: Other Ex Officio Members Ms J. Blakemore Mr D. McGuire Ms E. Blanchard Mr J. Mitchell Ms C. Byrne Ms J. Newport County Councillor Ms S. Charles Ms R. Nobes Mr R. Clark Mr E. Ollerenshaw Mr S. Crompton Mr G. Parker Ms R. Essex Mr A. Pearson Mr M. Farmer Ms R. Pickles Mr A. M. Fogden Ms A. Ruttigan Ms J. Gaskell Mr M. Saint Mr R. Goodings Mr P. Smith Mr M. Handley Mr S. Smith Mr A. Harborne Mr O. Susoy Ms L. Houghton Professor H. Thomason Mr R. Hughes Mr O. Trumble Mr S. Jain Ms K. Van-Heerden Mr S. Kahn Mr A. Wilkinson Mr M. Lord Mr M. Windsor Mr P. Macmillan Mr K. Wong Councillor G. Marsland 1 CLASS III: Appointed Members Mr S. Aitken Mrs J. Humble Mr I. Anderson Mr A. M. Jarman Dr P. Banister Mr S. Langhorn Dr L. J. Banton Professor G. Leech Mr D. Barron Councillor J. R. Mace Chief Superintendent R. Bayly Mr N. Macfarlane Mrs J. A. Beever Mr J. F. D. McMillan Mr G. Beveridge Mrs I. Melling Mrs C. K. Bhamra Ms K. Montgomery Mr R. Bingham Mr T. A. P. Mullarkey Councillor Mrs E. Blamire Fr. Deacon C. Neill Mr I. Brooks Mr A. Pickett Mr W. Brooks Mr M. Pickles Mrs J. Cahalin Mr D. Porter Rt. Revd. M. Campbell Ms G. Rand Mr R. Cartwright Mr N. Richardson Mr W. Charnley Dr E. A. M. Roberts Councillor K. Cleary Mr K. Royales Mrs L. Croston Mr G. F. Rycroft Mr P. Dyer Mr A. Sharman Mr D. Finch Mr M. Smith County Councillor Ms S. Fishwick Ms S. Starkey Mr R. Frankland Ms S. Strachan Mr D. Frost Mrs S. Summers Dr J. Gardner Mr P. Taylor Ms J. Garnett Sir W. Taylor Mr S. Gee Miss E. Tindale Mrs R. Georghiou Mr A. Vann Mrs J. Greenhalgh Mr G. Waller Mr P. Hagopian Mr S. Watson County Councillor Ms J. Hanson Mr G. Webster Mr D. Hogan Revd. M. Weisman Mr F. Hogan Miss R. Wilde Mr S. Holdup Ms H. A. Willes CLASS IV: Additional Members Mr A. J. W. Attard Mrs M. E. McClintock Mr W. Bingley Mr I. McCulloch Mr A. C. Bryning Mr W. Nettleford Dr H. A. Cann Mr M. Payne Professor J. P. Davis Mr T. Perkins Dr J. V. Dyer Mr T. Roca Mr D. Galbraith Mr A. Sandham Miss J. Grady Mr B. Sneddon Mrs J. Grocott Lord Taylor of Blackburn Mr M. Hart Mr J. Travis Mrs A. Heynes Mr R. Turner Mr G. A. Johnson Mr R. Walters Mrs A. T. Jones Mr A. Whitaker Lord Judd Mr C. Woodhouse Mr D. Mainwaring 2 OFFICERS IN ATTENDANCE Miss F. M. Aiken (University Secretary) Mr J. S. W. Dickinson (Senior Assistant Secretary) (Secretary to the Court) Mrs S. Randall-Paley (Director of Finance) Mr M. Swindlehurst (Director of Facilities) Apologies for absence were received from 37 people. 1. Chairman’s Introduction 1.1 The Chancellor opened the meeting of Court by welcoming members, reflecting on the highlights of 2010 and looking forward to events in 2011 such as the opening of the new Sports Centre. He then requested that the Deputy Pro-Chancellor, Professor Stanley Henig, take the chair on his behalf. 2. Minutes The minutes of the meeting of the Court held on 30 January 2010 were confirmed subject to a minor amendment in minute 5.8 where it was agreed that the word “agreement" would be changed to “settlement”. 3. Annual Report of the Pro-Chancellor 3.1 Mr Bryan Gray, the Pro-Chancellor, presented his report of the Council’s work, noting that 2010 had been a year of uncertainty with changes in government, higher education frameworks and regional support mechanisms, and with greater change expected following the Browne Review of changes in the funding and fee models, and a government White Paper on higher education due in Spring 2011. In this environment the Council had continued to monitor the University’s Strategic Plan, focusing particularly on internationalisation. It had also overseen capital developments including the completion of the Information Systems Service building, the new Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA), the redevelopment of Bowland Main and the redevelopment of space for Health and Medicine. Council had reviewed its Risk Policy as well as reviewing its role within the institution in the light of the new Financial Memorandum issued by HEFCE. Through the work of the Council, the Pro-Chancellor reported that Court could be confident in Lancaster’s continuing success. There would be challenges in the year ahead, most notably the changes in student funding arrangements, for which Council fully recognised students’ concerns and supported their right to peaceful protest, but Lancaster was in a strong position to secure a positive future. Finally the Pro-Chancellor recorded his personal thanks to Professor Henig for his support during his period of office as Deputy Pro-Chancellor. 3.2 The Court received the Pro-Chancellor’s report. 4. Annual Report of the Vice-Chancellor 4.1 Policy Outlook over the next four years Professor Paul Wellings, the Vice-Chancellor, presented his ninth annual report. He drew Court’s attention to the 2010 Report and Accounts, noting that the academic year 2009/10 had been one of the finest years on record for the University. He presented an overview of national-level policy development through to 2015. Following the election of the coalition government in mid-2010, the Browne Review of student funding and the government Comprehensive Spending Review in November 2010, he noted that two major decisions had been taken by government with regard to higher education: (1) to allocate flat cash for 3 research over the period of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and (2) to change the basis of teaching grants by reducing the direct funding for teaching via HEFCE and by increasing the capacity for universities to charge higher fees for Home/EU undergraduates. These decisions reflected the coalition’s aims to: allow funding to follow students; allow variation in pricing between institutions, thus creating a market; allow new private sector entrants into this market; increase the autonomy of universities. In addition, the Vice-Chancellor suggested that a fifth aim, to allow greater competition for student numbers, would soon follow. For 2010/11 the budget was set, but 2011/12 would see some reduction of government funding and the budgets would be developed following the normal timetable once funding details were received from HEFCE. From 2012/13 through to 2015 budgets would look very different as state funding for teaching significantly declined on the order of 80%. Lancaster, having anticipated much of these changes of direction, was implementing arrangements to ensure as smooth a transition as possible. Some elements of the changes would be difficult for the sector and many institutions would be required to streamline functions. However, Lancaster had the governance structures in place to allow considered responses to the complex and rapidly changing environment, and recent academic and administrative reforms gave Lancaster the necessary resilience to face the future. 4.2 High performance year 2009/10, the Vice-Chancellor reported had been a high performance year. Financial indicators were strong with a growth rate of 5.6%, a retained surplus of 4.4% and an increased turnover to £178m. The University had been recognised in a number of awards including: two THE Prizes for Best Research and Best Finance Team; short-listed as University of the Year; a third Queen’s Anniversary Prize for work on Food Security; league table rankings at their highest ever, including top ten in all three domestic league tables. In addition, he was delighted to report the award of an OBE to Professor Sue Cox for services to Social Science. 4.3 The student body and experience The student experience at Lancaster remained strong, as reflected in the National Student Survey results. Entry standards were their highest ever and the widening participation strategy continued to make progress against the framework agreed with OFFA. Applications for 2011/12 were up 31% for home/EU and 52% for international undergraduates, increases that would continue to drive up entry standards. Postgraduate courses also remained popular, as did overseas partnerships, and Professor Steve Bradley had been appointed as Pro-Vice- Chancellor (International) to take forward this latter element. 4.4 New facilities on campus The campus estate had been transformed, reflecting much hard work over the past six years. 2010 had seen delivery of: refurbished buildings around County College; the new LICA building; and the new Information Systems Services building. 2011 would see the delivery of the Charles Carter Building and the Sports Centre, and the refurbishment of Alexandra Square.
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