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Board of
Scrutiny
Noon, Tuesday 8 March 2005
Chadwick Room, Selwyn
College
Present: Stephen Cowley, Nick
Downer, Nicholas Holmes, John Little, Timothy
Milner, Saskia Murk-Jansen, David Phillipson (Chairman, agenda items 1-5), Nick Pyper, John Spencer (Chairman, agenda items 6-9), Helen Thompson
In
attendance: Tessa Payne
1.
Apologies
Margaret
Glendenning, Jennifer Rigby
2.
Minutes
of previous meeting
These
were agreed.
3.
Matters
arising
There
were no matters arising, other than those already on the agenda.
4.
Letter
from Colin Saunderson
The
Board considered the letter dated 17 February received from Colin Saunderson.
It
was noted that the letter raised a number of issues about which the Board was
already aware, and has under consideration.
It was agreed that NH would respond to Mr Saunderson on behalf of the
Board.
5.
Shortlist
of topics for Annual Report
It
was agreed that the following topics should be considered further for inclusion
in the Annual Report, in addition to the required responses to the University
accounts, the Allocations Report and the Council’s Annual Report:
§
RAM and the expansion
of UAS, and the outcome of the reviews of Personnel and RSD. It was agreed that further information was
required urgently on these matters, which would inform whether they were
included in the Annual Report.
§
The way in which the
review of the Pay and Grading structure is being handled
§
The continuing
concerns about the transitions from CAPSA to CUFS.
§
Committee structure
in general, University governance, the roll of the PVCs, and how they fit into
overall system.
§
Finance – the deficit,
pension projections, and the financial implications of the bursary scheme.
Overriding
all of these issues will be the theme of internal communication, with
particular emphasis in the area of governance.
The following actions were agreed:
NH
to arrange for BoS representatives to meet with Professor Minson soon after
Easter, and to ask to be sent any relevant information prior to the meeting.
SC
to request a meeting with Andrew Reid.
SC/DP
to draft a letter to the Registrary requesting information in definitive terms
on the outcomes of the two reviews, and a breakdown of staff numbers within the
UAS
6.
Confirmation
of meeting with Vice-Chancellor
It
was agreed that JS should confirm the meeting with the Vice-Chancellor on
Thursday 28 April, and advise her that the Board would like to discuss the
following issues:
Structure
and PVCs
Handling
of pay and grading scheme
Deficit
Oxford
proposals
Progress
on developments in internal communications
PR/bursaries
It
was also agreed that JS should also ask the Vice-Chancellor if she would let
the Board see a copy of the Annual Report she presented to the Council.
7.
Response
to Charles Larkum
It
was agreed that ND would draft and circulate a slightly shorter version of the
response to be sent to the Council, and depersonalise it where appropriate.
8.
Date
of next meeting
The
next meeting will be held on Thursday 28 April, and fortnightly thereafter.
9.
Any
other business
The
Board agreed the proposed schedule for elections to the Board received from
Susan Bowring, to be held during the Easter term.