Minutes of General Council Business Committee: 8th May 2012

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Minutes of the Meeting of the Business Committee held on Thursday 8th May 2012 at 5.30 pm in the Melville Room of the University. Contents 153 Item 1: Alumni Relations update (Development & Alumni Office) ...... 1 154 Item 2: Minutes of Business Committee Meeting held on 8th March 2012 ...... 2 155 Item 3: Matters arising from the Minutes ...... 2 156 Item 4: Court Meeting 18th April 2012: brief report of matters arising ...... 2 157 Item 5: University Management business/Principal's business ...... 3 158 Item 6: Convenor's Business...... 4 159 Item 7: Resolutions for Comment (circulated in advance) ...... 5 160 Item 8: Briefing by Prof Massimo Pignatelli, Head of the School of Medicine, College of MVLS ...... 5 161 Item 9: AOCB ...... 5 162 Proposed/Actual Meetings 2011-12 ...... 6 Appendix A: Presentation by Prof Massimo Pignatelli, Head of the School of Medicine ...... 7

Attendees 1 Mr George Tait Present 15 Mr Lewis Niven Apologies 2 Prof Arthur Allison Present 16 Mr Graham Paterson Present 3 Mr Andy Buchanan Apologies 17 Mr Mike Scott Present 4 Mr Colin Cox Apologies 18 Mr David Anderson Present 5 Mr Jim Ewing Apologies 19 Ms Susan Dunsmore Apologies 6 Dr Gordon Hamilton Apologies 20 Mr Alan Macfarlane Present 7 Dr Ann Lowe Present 21 Mr David Ross Apologies 8 Mr Fred Hay Present 22 Mr Kevin Sweeney Apologies 9 Prof Eve Johnstone Apologies - Mr Bob Marshall Present 10 Sheriff Des Leslie Apologies - Prof Anton Muscatelli Apologies 11 Dr Bobby Logan Present - Prof Graham Caie Apologies 12 Mr Duncan Marley Present - Mr David Newall Present 13 Mr John Marsh Apologies - Ms Emma Sloan Present 14 Mrs Helen McAvoy Present - Prof Massimo Pignatelli Present

153 Item 1: Alumni Relations update (Development & Alumni Office) The Convener welcomed Ms Emma Sloan (DAO International Development Officer) and invited her to give a briefing on DAO activities. 153.1 Alumni fundraising - Spring 2012 telephone campaign The campaign is well underway and will run until the middle of May. More contacts from Canada have been included, increasing the batch to approximately 800 graduates. £32,600 has been pledged, £14,000 from Canada. 153.2 Young graduate engagement - Class of 2012 A text message campaign has been launched, asking graduands to donate £3. The Visitor Centre shop will also ask purchasing graduands to consider donating £3 when buying key graduation gifts at the point of sale. This tactic is primarily a profile-raising exercise, possibly leading to competition between year groups. 153.3 Events - UK and International Principal and colleagues attended two thank-you/ fund-raising events for alumni in . In June, there will be an event for supporters in Ayrshire. There will be a flagship event in Brazil in the autumn. Brazil is thought to be an important partner country.

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153.4 Raising the profile of the General Council The Convener has met with the DAO to explore various ideas. There will be a notice on the front page inside cover of the next edition of Avenue. In answer to questions, Ms Sloan explained that there was a 1% completion rate for the overseas profile form. The office did not want to be overwhelmed by a high response. She also explained that the database held at the DAO is the General Council database. Finally, she confirmed that all gifts are Gift Aided on an opt-in basis. 153.5 How campaign success is measured Ms Sloan agreed to provide a note on how campaign success is measured ...... Action: ES

154 Item 2: Minutes of Business Committee Meeting held on 8th March 2012 The minutes of the meeting of the Business Committee held on 8th March 2012, having been circulated, were received and approved, subject to a correction to show that Dr Ann Lowe and Mr John Marsh were in fact present on 8th March.

155 Item 3: Matters arising from the Minutes There were no matters arising from the Minutes not covered elsewhere in the agenda.

156 Item 4: Court Meeting 18th April 2012: brief report of matters arising Mr Alan Macfarlane referred the Committee to Mr David Ross’s summary of the April Court meeting, circulated to the Committee in advance (Paper 4). He enlarged on the following issues: 156.1 Restructure Review Communications was regarded by Court as the most important item. A further review will be carried out at the end of the year and at the end of Year 3. 156.2 Tax Relief on Charitable Donations The HE sector has made it clear to Government that the proposed changes in charitable giving would have a detrimental effect on the sector. 156.3 Appointment to Scottish Funding Council Court was pleased to announce the appointment of The Principal to the Funding Council. 156.4 Business school Court was pleased to note that the Business School has become increasingly successful and sought after. It will be renamed the Adam Smith Business School. 156.5 Research The REF (Research Excellence Framework) benchmark exercise is set for 2014. The UK Science budget has been protected but greater efficiencies are being sought from HEIs. The Research Councils will be focusing on early career researchers and outstanding performers. In , the Research Excellence grant has been protected but there are cuts in other areas. The main metrics are “research outputs”; as well as strategy and resources, the impact of the research is included. 156.6 Pensions Liability Along with those of other HEIs, the 2011-12 balance sheet of the University will be impacted by a large upcoming pensions liability. This is primarily due to the fall in gilts investment yields. The Convener enquired if this impact depends on the timing of the valuation. The Secretary of Court pointed out that the immediate issue is valuation for the annual accounts. However, the particular impact of low gilt yields on the scheme are the real liabilities to pensioners and future pensioners. Future liabilities are discounted by the gilt yields; as this yield is low, the liabilities remain correspondingly high. This liability may

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be different next year. The Pension Regulator is looking at the GU superannuation scheme to see that there is still enough money to support it. In answer to a question from Dr Bobby Logan, Mr Newall advised that employee contribut- ions to the USS scheme are now 7⅓%. The University contributes 16%. These contributions cannot be altered. The corresponding figures for the University’s own scheme (for technical and operational grades) are 6% and 20%. 156.7 Russell Group The Russell Group of research-intensive institutions has four new members: Durham; Exeter; Queen Mary; and York. The Government has considerable confidence in the status of the Russell Group and this is taken into account in allocating funding. Glasgow and Edinburgh are the only two Scottish members.

157 Item 5: University Management business/Principal's business Mr David Newall addressed the meeting on the following items: 157.1 SG Review of HE Governance This matter was discussed at the March GCBC meeting. Court has agreed its position on each of the recommendations. There has been no formal follow-up from the Scottish Government. The views of Senate and Court are broadly similar. Mr Newall agreed to provide the University response for circulation: ...... Action: Clerk 157.2 Management of Organisational Change - Accounts Receivable The A/R function is being rationalised, resulting in three redundancies; the staff involved were redeployed. The Press chose to report this as the University reneging on a promise of no compulsory redundancies. 157.3 My Campus Intensive effort has been put into adapting the programme and training the staff to improve the effectiveness of the MyCampus student management system. Although it will not be perfect, MyCampus will be a lot more effective than last year. Mr Newall explained that the software handling the twin processes of Registration and Enrolment would have to be much better than last year; a lot of preparation has gone into this. August and September will be very demanding months. 157.4 Library The cladding on the Library is being renewed. This will be finished in one year. Glasgow City Council had requested battleship grey but have relented. Mr Newall suggested that the GCBC might be interested in a briefing about the Library, where there have been consider- able developments in the last few years. 157.5 New Estate Director Ms Ann Allan (formerly Asset Manager of the John Lewis Partnership) has been appointed Director of Estates and Buildings. Her main task is the development of the Campus Master Plan. Mr Newall suggested that she be invited to address the GCBC in due course. Mr Newall explained that the main priority of the new plan will be the development of the Western Infirmary site. This could cover a 25 year horizon.

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158 Item 6: Convenor's Business. The Convenor explained that the common thread of the Convenor's business report is the general wish to improve the profile of the General Council and the Business Committee. The GCBC also expressed the desire to improve the quality of the meetings, coupled with some frustration at the lack of defined purpose. 158.1 Item 6.1 Confirmation of presentations The SG Governance Review was the proposed presentation. In view of the lack of move- ment on this subject, the Convenor suggested options of a) the findings of the GU staff survey b) further information on the Library Service and c) further information on the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The meeting expressed a preference for the Library Service agreed to ask the Director whether a tour and a meeting could be organised in the Library...... Action: Clerk 158.2 Item 6.2 Length of Meetings, Meeting Dates and Venues The Committee agreed that two hours was a suitable length for the GCBC meeting, with a start at 5.30 pm. The Convenor expressed a wish to make the General Council meetings more dynamic. He originally envisaged alternative days of the week and times of day; and alternative off-site venues such as Oxford or Edinburgh. Finally, he thought that presentations at the General Council meetings would make an interesting addition. Following a suggestion from Mr David Anderson, the meeting agreed to organise a survey at the next General Council to seek views on the proposed changes ...... Action: Clerk The Convenor reported the view of the DAO (Development and Alumni Office) that the proposal for linked meetings and events was not in alignment with their approach. The DAO was concerned that the limited audiences for their targeted events (e.g. donors) would not fit the general audience requirement of a General Council meeting. The Convenor agreed to keep exploring these opportunities...... Action: Convenor 158.3 Item 6.3 GC Assessors/GCBC – summary of meeting with Assessors (April 18th) The Convenor reported that following the meeting (reported separately), the Assessors had agreed to be more proactive in communications with the rest of the GCBC. At the same time, GC Members and GCBC Members are encouraged to raise issues with the Assessors on a timely basis and not after Court decisions have been made. 158.4 Item 6.4 Standing Orders sub-committee The Convener referred the meeting to the paper circulated in advance. The meeting agreed to a 3- or 4-year term for Members. 158.5 Item 6.5 Web cam sub-committee The Clerk reported that the Senate Room had no camera facilities but there were plenty of other rooms with such facilities (e.g. the Wolfson Medical Building). These were currently under investigation by the subcommittee, with the help of the University's audio-visual and web staff. The intention is to advance and stages, from clean recording of the meeting through web streaming and finally interactive meetings with remote sites. 158.6 Item 6.6 New Members The Convener reported the co-option of one new GCBC Member: (Mr Mike Scott) and three Court Assessors to be elected unopposed at the June GC, for appointment on August 1st: Mr David Ross; Mr David Anderson; and Mr Brian McBride.

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158.7 Item 6.7 Raising profile of GCBC and the GC – progress In addition to the initiatives and discussion mentioned above, the Convenor reported on: a) Avenue The Convenor reported that the Editorial Board had not expressed much interest in the idea of a General Council article in Avenue (other than the Minutes). An advertise- ment in the magazine was offered. Mr Alan Macfarlane, a Member of the Avenue Editorial Board reported that there should be room for expanding on this suggestion, bearing in mind the fairly wide range of age groups being targeted by the magazine. The advert was seen as a gentle way of introducing the topic. Ms Helen McAvoy was of the opinion that although the advert was eye-catching, the text was very small, the GCBC had not contributed to it and it did not serve a purpose. Further, there was a lack of articles that appealed to the whole audience. Mr Macfarlane noted these points. However, there was rarely a general response from the body of readers. Further, the University website was reporting current developments, so in this context Avenue publication timing was important. There is a practical matter of space: in a 32-page magazine, four pages are taken up on the GC minutes and another four on obituaries. There was pressure to contact and hold the attention of the newer, younger constituency, from which support would be sought in the years to come. Mr David Anderson expressed the need to understand better the link between the twin roles of Avenue (and its Board) and the GCBC in contacting and developing relations with alumni. The meeting agreed that the Convenor should progress the matter and that clarification should be sought from the DAO on the management of communication with alumni ...... Action: Convenor The GCBC also agreed to Mr Macfarlane’s’ suggestion that he take back the views of the GCBC to the Avenue Board...... Action: Mr Alan Macfarlane b) Meetings with Heads of College/Heads of School/RI The Convener has been unable to progress this initiative due to lack of time but reported that individual Heads with whom he had met had expressed interest. It is planned to hold this early in the new session and the Convenor is grateful to the Secretary of Court for offering to fund the event.

159 Item 7: Resolutions for Comment (circulated in advance) There were no comments on the resolutions.

160 Item 8: Briefing by Prof Massimo Pignatelli, Head of the School of Medicine, College of MVLS The Convener invited Professor Pignatelli to address the Committee on developments in the School of Medicine. Notes and a copy of the presentation are given in Appendix A to this minute.

161 Item 9: AOCB Dr Ann Lowe asked whether new Members or co-optee were still being sought. The Convenor confirmed that they were; and that there were still three vacancies. Mr David Anderson asked whether the number of absentees at the Meeting was connected with the new 5.30 start time. The Clerk confirmed that there were various reasons for apology and that the start time did not appear to be a major factor.

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162 Proposed/Actual Meetings 2011-12 All proposed/actual meeting dates for 2011-12 are as shown in the table below.

Proposed/Actual GCBC Speaker Court Tue 25th Oct 2011 None Wed 12th Oct 2011 Wed 11th Jan 2012 Prof John Macklin Wed 14th Dec 2011 Thu 8th Mar 2012 Prof Andrea Nolan Wed 15th Feb 2012 Tue 8th May 2012 Prof Massimo Pignatelli Wed 18th Apr 2012 Wed 4th July 2012 TBA Wed 20th Jun 2012 Sat 21st Jan 2012 - GC ½-yearly Sat 23rd Jun 2012 - Likely GC ½-yearly

There being no further business, the Convenor thanked those present and closed the meeting.

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Appendix A: Presentation by Prof Massimo Pignatelli, Head of the School of Medicine

Overview of the School of Medicine

Notes and Slides on following pages

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Summary of topics to be presented at the GCBC meeting on Tuesday May 8th 2012 1. The School of Medicine (SoM) is the largest of the three Schools and six Institutes that form the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences. The activity spans major professional undergraduate programmes in medicine, dentistry and nursing; a range of postgraduate taught courses and a broad research base which includes both strong research areas and others that lack critical mass. 2. The large size of the SoM and the diversity of subject areas have provided a significant challenge to the creation of an effective School‐level management structure that will deliver optimal performance from each component of the SoM, whilst providing benefits through economies of scale. The three undergraduate professional schools each have a clearly defined identity and roles, for which the delivery of an excellent student experience is paramount and the existing administrative structures within each of these schools take independent responsibility for their management. The significant differences in content and mode of delivery of the three undergraduate programmes dictate specific structures and organisational arrangements. 3. The undergraduate programmes in nursing and dentistry are already rated well in recent NSS and league table results. Dentistry is now on 1st place and Nursing has risen 13 places to 12th place in UK (Complete University Guide, 2013). Ongoing evolution and quality enhancement of these programmes is essential to maintain their reputation. 4. The Undergraduate Medical School is the largest in Scotland and is well rated by the General Medical Council. However, it is clear that revision of the curriculum is required to address issues highlighted by poor scores in the NSS and the redistribution of NHS medical services in Greater Glasgow. Joint planning of capital developments with the NHS is in progress to ensure the presence of the School of Medicine in the New Southern General Hospital, which will become the major teaching hospital in Glasgow from 2015 onwards. A major redevelopment of the curriculum, from a PBL course to a hybrid course, began in 2010. Implementation will begin this year and be complete by 2014.

Page 8 of 8 Outline Overview of the School of Medicine •My background

• College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences (August ‘10) Massimo Pignatelli, MD, PhD, FRCPath Head of School of Medicine • School of Medicine Structure (August ‘12) St Mungo‐Notman Professor of Pathology • Challenges and opportunities

College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences My Background 3 SCHOOLS 7 INSTITUTES • Cancer Sciences •MD (University of Bologna, Italy) • School of Life Sciences • Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences • School of Veterinary Medicine • Biodiversity, Animal Health & •PhD (ICRF, University of London). FRCPath (London) • School of Medicine Comparative Medicine • Infection, Immunity & Inflammation •SL/Reader in Pathology, Imperial College, London • Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology • Neuroscience and Psychology 2000 staff & £165million • Institute of Health and Wellbeing • Professor of Pathology, Head of Clinical Sciences, University of annual turnover Bristol Graduate School •Head of School of Medicine and St Mungo‐Notman Professor of Pathology, University of Glasgow • Director of the NHS GGC Bio‐repository Consultant Pathologist

School of Medicine

•12 different sites (Yorkhill, WIG, GRI, WMSB etc) School of Medicine •350 staff (260 academic staff and 90 admin/support staff) Medicine Dentistry Nursing UG UG UG PG PG PG •260 academic staff (140 clinical academic staff; 20 Research Research Research Clinical Research Fellow; 100 non‐clinical academic staff)

•>300 Postgraduate Students

1 School of Medicine School Structure and Administration

•Inter‐disciplinarity •To review the School structure and create a new identity •Multi‐professional programmes with a steady core funding and opportunity for growth •Fit for purpose to deliver the School of Medicine mission

•NHS partnership •Integration of the geographically dispersed academic groups (no departments but academic leadership very •Direct societal impact of health‐related programmes important! – e.g. Samson Gemmell Chair of Child Health) linked to the research institutes

MB ChB Review MB ChB Review

• To reinforce the teaching of basic and clinical sciences within the curriculum. •15 years since introduction of existing “PBL” curriculum • To return ownership of, and responsibility for, clinical teaching •Major changes in the Junior and Senior Hospital Doctors to clinicians, in hospital, community and laboratory based Contracts specialities. •Major structural and functional changes to the NHS in • To embrace modern technology in the delivery of teaching and Glasgow assessment. •Negative feedback on the Course, especially the National • To create a culture of change, and of continuous development of Student Survey the course • To integrate the undergraduate curriculum with post‐graduate •GMC : Tomorrows Doctors III training, by improving the interface with the Deanery.

MB ChB Review MB ChB Review

Changes – Structure: 4 Phases ‐ Based on “Blocks” of 5 weeks Each Block covering a System, or Clinical Specialty. •The redevelopment of the course will build on the existing course Each Phase revisiting similar topics with the progression from basic science to clinical practice. •Three year plan Integrated clinical teaching from year 1. •Changes to Year 3 from 2011‐12 With recognisable “Vertical Themes” running through the whole •Changes to the remainder of Year 1 from 2012‐13 and to course in: the subsequent Year 2 in 2013‐14 Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Prescribing •Students entering the course in 2012 will experience a Anatomy and Imaging fully revised course Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pathology Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences and Molecular Medicine

2 MB ChB Review

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

P 1 Phase 2 PhaseYear 13 Phase 4 PfP • Finally, the purpose of the MB ChB course is to train MB ChB Review Anatomy / Imaging doctors, fit to enter postgraduate training in any branch of Physiology / Pathophysiology / Pathology

Changes – Structure: Pharmacology / Therapeutics / Prescribing medicine or the ever increasing medicine‐related careers

Basic Biomedical Sciences / Molecular Medicine

Core Topics Core Vocational studies Vertical Themes Clinical Skills / Clinical Medicine Health of populations and communities •The “added value” of a UK‐style medical degree is its System based teaching in Phase 2 breadth, the amount of patient contact and the personal training by clinicians and scientists who are experts, and role models Growth Block Alimentary Respiratory Genitourinary Cardiovascular & Reproduction & Nervous System Musculo-skeletal 1 Musculo-skeletal Musculo-skeletal 2 •We are training medical students to be our colleagues

School of Medicine School of Medicine

Medicine –Largest Medical School in Scotland Dentistry –Largest Dental School in Scotland In 2012 ‐ Intake of 223 (home/EU fees), 27 (fully funded •Increased collaboration between Glasgow, Dundee and additional MB ChB clinical students from St Andrews) plus Aberdeen Dental Schools in delivery of academic activities 18 International students. •Board for Academic Dentistry to be established Increased intake of MB ChB students from IMU (Malaysia) imminently into Year 3 (14) •In addition to sharing of teaching staff, development of shared e‐learning materials is already well advanced International partnerships with HEIs •Review of admissions process for BDS programme, including introduction of Multiple Mini Interviews

School of Medicine School of Medicine

Nursing and Health Care Graduate employment 100% in • Postgraduate Taught Programmes Overall projected the past 2 years growth of 80% (102 – 183 places) by 2014/2015 • Introduction of new UG programme with advanced clinical •Major growth plan for overseas taught postgraduate skills teaching programmes Outstanding National Student Survey results for Dentistry nd • Establishment of new courses e.g. MSc’s in Endodontics, and Nursing & Health Care, both rated 2 place in the Health Technology Assessment, Psychological Therapy and Guardian University Guide for 2011 Critical care, Applied Medical Sciences Dentistry is now on 1st place and Nursing has risen 13 places to 12th place in UK (Complete University Guide, 2013)

3 School of Medicine School of Medicine

• Postgraduate Taught Programmes Overall projected • Forensic Pathology and Toxicology Unit Longest growth of 80% (102 – 183 places) by 2014/2015 established academic forensic institution in the (founded 1839), probably the largest (Crown •Major growth plan for overseas taught postgraduate Office contract, Value >£18M). programmes • Multi‐professional undergraduate and postgraduate • Establishment of new courses e.g. MSc’s in Endodontics, programmes Health Technology Assessment, Psychological Therapy and Critical care, Applied Medical Sciences • Accredited Toxicology laboratory and training centre in Forensic Pathology

• New Crown Office Contract (from April 2013)

South Glasgow Hospital

£860million capital programme (2010‐2015) Maternity Hospital Children’s & Adult Hospital Teaching and Learning Academic Centre Hub CRF and Research Imaging Centre

Academic Focus •Academic Clinical Genetics & Pathology (May 2012) •Academic Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Medicine • Academic Diabetes ,Endocrinology & Nephrology • Centre for Neurological Diseases • Academic Child Health & Nutrition

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