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Download UCL Council Minutes from 24 March 2011 LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY COUNCIL Thursday 24 March 2011 MINUTES PRESENT: Sir Stephen Wall (Chair) Professor David Attwell Dr Bob Barber Ms Anne Bulford (Treasurer) Mr Matthew Burgess Mr Michael Chessum Ms Philippa Foster Back Professor Malcolm Grant Mr Rob Holden (President and Provost) Mr Mark Knight Ms Vivienne Parry (Vice-Chair) Ms Katharine Roseveare Dr Benet Salway Dr Gill Samuels Dr Stephanie Schorge Professor Chris Thompson Professor Nick Tyler Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe In attendance: Mr Rex Knight (Vice-Provost (Operations)); Mr Nick McGhee (Academic Services); Mr Tim Perry (Secretary to Council); Ms Mandy Smith (Democracy and Engagement Officer, UCL Union); Mrs Alison Woodhams (Director of Finance). Dr Tom Kennie (Ranmore Consulting) attended for Minute 81. Apologies for absence were received from Ms Catherine Newman and Professor Maria Wyke. Any member of Council who had (or who knew of a family member who had) a material, personal, financial or other beneficial interest in any item on the Agenda was requested to declare that interest at the beginning of the meeting in order that such declaration could be recorded in these Minutes. UCL Council – 24 March 2011 – Minutes __________________________________________________________________________________________ Key to abbreviations used in these Minutes: BIS Department for Business, Innovation and Skills CIF Capital Investment Framework CPI Consumer Prices Index CSS Corporate Support Services CUC Committee of University Chairs FTE full-time equivalent HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council for England HEI higher education institution ISC Information Strategy Committee LRI Cancer Research UK London Research Institute MHCPC Museums, Heritage and Cultural Property Committee MRC Medical Research Council NIHR National Institute for Health Research NUS National Union of Students OFFA Office for Fair Access PFI Private Finance Initiative QR Quality Research (funding) REF Research Excellence Framework RFH Royal Free Hospital RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital RPI Retail Prices Index SLMS School of Life and Medical Sciences SMT Senior Management Team SoP School of Pharmacy STEM science and medicine, technology, engineering and mathematics [subjects] TUPE Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment UCL-Q UCL in Qatar UCL SERAus UCL School of Energy and Resources, Australia UCLU UCL (students’) Union UKCMRI UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation 2 UCL Council – 24 March 2011 – Minutes __________________________________________________________________________________________ Preliminary Formal Business 57 HONOURS AND AWARDS Noted 57.1 Members of the UCL community, including two current members of Council, had been recognised in the 2011 New Year Honours list. Professor Nick Tyler had been appointed a CBE for services to technology. Ms Vivienne Parry, Vice-Chair of Council, received the OBE for services to the public understanding of science. Full details of awards to members of the UCL community in the New Year Honours were available at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1101/110100601. Received 57.2 APPENDIX C 3/49 (10-11) – a note on the major prizes etc recently awarded to members of the academic community of UCL. 58 MINUTES Approved 58.1 The Minutes of the meeting of Council held on 24 November 2010 [Council Minutes 29-53, 2009-10] were confirmed by Council and signed by the Chair. 59 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES [see Minutes 62, 66 and 78 below] 60 REGULATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT – AMENDMENTS Received 60.1 APPENDIX C 3/50 (10-11) with Annexe 1 – a note by the Secretary to Council, introducing proposed amendments to UCL Regulations for Management. RESOLVED 60.2 That the amendments to Regulation for Management as set out in the Secretary’s note at APPENDIX C 3/50 (10-11) with Annexe 1 be approved. 3 UCL Council – 24 March 2011 – Minutes __________________________________________________________________________________________ 61 ACADEMIC UNITS OF UCL [see also Minute 60 above] Noted 61.1 UCL Statute 10(1) provided as follows: There shall be such academic units of the College as the Council on the advice of the Academic Board may from time to time determine, with such powers as determined by the Council on the advice of the Academic Board. … The academic units of the College shall be designated Departments or Divisions or have such other designation as the Council on the advice of the Academic Board may from time to time determine. 61.2 The following proposals regarding UCL SERAus and UCL-Q had been endorsed by Academic Board at its meeting on 2 March 2011. 61.3 UCL SERAus was established by Council as an academic unit of UCL [Council Minute 96a, 2008-09], with effect from 1 August 2009, and assigned to the Faculty of Engineering Sciences. The Provost, the Vice-Provost (Academic and International) and the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences had agreed that it would be appropriate henceforth for UCL SERAus to have the same position as an academic unit as was proposed for UCL-Q ie outwith the faculty structure but with the Director of UCL SERAus reporting to the Vice-Provost (Academic and International) and ultimately to the Provost. Received 61.4 APPENDIX C 3/51 (10-11) – a note by the Vice-Provost (Academic and International) regarding UCL-Q. RESOLVED – on the recommendation of Academic Board 61.5 That, in accordance with UCL Statute 10(1), UCL-Q be established as an academic unit of UCL with effect from 1 August 2011. 61.6 That, in accordance with UCL Statute 10(1), UCL SERAus be placed within the structure of academic units of UCL as set out in the above note with effect from 1 August 2011. 62 REFORM OF UCL COMMITTEES – REPORT OF COUNCIL SUB-GROUP [Council Minute 36, 2010-11] Noted 62.1 At its meeting on 6 October 2010 Council noted that a sub-group of its members would give prior consideration to further proposals on the 4 UCL Council – 24 March 2011 – Minutes __________________________________________________________________________________________ reform of UCL committees ahead of these being submitted to Council meetings. Received 62.2 APPENDIX C 3/52 (10-11) – a report of the Council sub-group’s meeting on 1 March 2011. RESOLVED – on the recommendation of the Council sub-group on committees reform 62.3 That Council approve, with immediate effect, the reconstitution of the Health and Safety Management Team and the Safety Committee as a single Health and Safety Committee. 63 UCL GRADUATE SCHOOL – ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 [Council Minute 68, 2009-10] Received 63.1 APPENDIX C 3/53 (10-11) with *1 Annexes 1-9 – highlights of the Annual Report 2009-10 of the UCL Graduate School2, endorsed by Academic Board at its meeting on 2 March 2011. RESOLVED – on the recommendation of Academic Board 63.2 That Council approve the Annual Report 2009-10 of the UCL Graduate School at APPENDIX C 3/53 (10-11) with * Annexes 1-9. 64 INFORMATION STRATEGY COMMITTEE – ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 [Council Minute 81a, 2009-10] Noted 64.1 The ISC was charged by its terms of reference (inter alia): To oversee the formulation and to monitor the implementation of UCL's various strategies related to information, and to ensure their effectiveness in meeting the information requirements of UCL's teaching, research and administrative activities. 64.2 The ISC was further charged by its terms of reference to make an annual report to Council. 1 An appendix reference preceded by an asterisk indicates that, for the sake of economy, the document was not issued with the Agenda but is filed with these Minutes. 2 The full Graduate School report is also available online at http://www.grad.ucl.ac.uk/annreport/ 5 UCL Council – 24 March 2011 – Minutes __________________________________________________________________________________________ Received 64.3 APPENDIX C 3/54 (10-11) – the Annual Report 2009-10 of the Information Strategy Committee. RESOLVED 64.4 That Council approve the Annual Report 2009-10 of the Information Strategy Committee at APPENDIX C 3/54 (10-11). 65 MUSEUMS, HERITAGE AND CULTURAL PROPERTY COMMITTEE – ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10 [Council Minute 69, 2009-10] Noted 65.1 The MHCPC was charged by its terms of reference (inter alia): To advise Council on all strategic and policy matters of policy relating to cultural property held by UCL, and the care and general management of UCL’s Museums and Collections, including teaching and research in museums (including collections), heritage and conservation. 65.2 The MHCPC was further charged by its terms of reference to make an annual report to Council. Received 65.3 APPENDIX C 3/55 (10-11) with * Annexe 1 – the Annual Report 2009- 10 of the Museums, Heritage and Cultural Property Committee. RESOLVED 65.4 That Council approve the Annual Report 2009-10 of the Museums, Heritage and Cultural Property Committee at APPENDIX C 3/55 (10-11) with * Annexe 1. 66 UCL HOSPITAL TRUST – PROPERTY TRANSACTION Noted 66.1 The matter had been considered by Finance Committee at its meeting on 23 March 2011. 66.2 At its meeting on 24 November 2010 Council noted that a request for formal approval of this matter was expected to be submitted to its meeting on 24 March 2011 [Council Minute 55a, 2010-11]. 6 UCL Council – 24 March 2011 – Minutes __________________________________________________________________________________________ Received 66.3 APPENDIX C 3/56 (10-11) with Annexe 1 – a detailed proposal from UCL’s Head of Property. RESOLVED – on the recommendation of Finance Committee 66.4 That Council approve the property transaction with UCLH Trust detailed at APPENDIX C 3/56 (10-11) with Annexe 1. 67 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK 2 – CARBON MANAGEMENT PLAN Noted 67.1 This matter had been considered by the Estates Management Committee and the Finance Committee at their meetings on 23 March 2011. Received 67.2 APPENDIX C 3/57 (10-11) with Annexe 1 – a note introducing the proposed Carbon Management Plan.
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