MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SCRUTINY
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Thursday, 25 January 2007 at 12.00pm |
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New SCR, Selwyn College
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Present: Mr Nick Downer (Chair); Dr Elisabeth Leedham-Green (Secretary); Miss Emma Easterbrook (Support Officer); Dr Catherine Pitt; Mr David Yates; Mr Richard Stibbs; Dr Nick Holmes; Mr Michael Kuczynski; Mr Frank King; Dr Margaret Glendenning; and Mr Roger Greeves.
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Apologies Dr Peter Sarris
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Guest: Pro-Vice-Chancellor Andrew Cliff Pay and Grading: - Report on Pay and Grading is to go to the General Board and Council - Cost: overall £6.25 million; 3.1% pay rise in the salary bill; pensions implication of approximately £1 million; it is in line with the budget - Circling: red estimated 6%; actual 6.1%; green estimated 12 – 15%; actual 12.7% - Assimilation phase has now been completed and we are now into review and appeal - Delay of four to five weeks for new jobs - Approximately 500 jobs in review; hotspots in some areas - System now gives flexibility to offer market pay packages - Need to concentrate on other areas bring it into line with general government policy
Governance: - Mr Willy Brown is chairing a Working Group regarding Statute U, which governs terms of employment and grievance procedure - Pensions Advisory Group has been set up - Final stages of implementation of CHRIS, which will improve ability to compile statistics - Proposals rearding promotion of STOs and College interfaces to be made this year - Decisions regarding Schools should be dealt with by the Education Board |
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Matters Arising - Pay and Grading has had a severe impact on morale - More people to come forward to review - The Board of Scrutiny’s role is to examine the official line
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Minutes of Meeting on 23 November 2006 Approved.
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Any Other Business To be kept under review Oriental Studies; Membership of the Board; HPCF; CAMSIS; Voice over IP; Pensions
Finances: - The Board of Scrutiny to make a statement at the discussion of the Annual Reports
Meetings: - Visit to Andrew Reid: NH, ND, RS - Visit to Peter Deer and John Payne: CP, MG, ND, NH
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Date of next meeting Thursday, 8 February 2007 at 12.00pm New SCR, Selwyn College
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Emma Easterbrook Support Officer 31 January 2007 |