25 October 2007

MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF SCRUTINY

MINUTES

Thursday, 25 October 2007 at 11.30am

Wilkins Room, Downing College

Present: Mr Richard Stibbs (Chair);
Dr Catherine Pitt (Secretary); Miss Emma Easterbrook (Support Officer); Dr
Paul Beattie; the Revd Roger Greeves; Dr Margaret Guite; Mrs Jamie Horsley;
Dr Elisabeth Leedham-Green; Dr Peter Sarris; the Revd Ian Thompson; and
Professor David Yates.

1.

Apologies

Mr Paul
ffolkes Davis; and Dr Margaret Glendenning.

2.

Minutes of Meeting on 11 October 2007

Approved.

3.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Matters Arising

College Teaching Officers (CTOs): Subject to be discussed
with future Guests.

Pay and Grading: To be kept under review.

Guests: Professor Tony Minson, or Mr Peter Agar suggested as
Guest for next meeting

4.

Annual Report

-           
Twelfth Report to be put on the Board’s
web-site

-           
Consideration of Report to begin at end of
Lent Term

5.

(i)

Any Other Business

High
Performance Computing Facility (HPCF): (Papers passed around regarding HPCF).  To be kept under review.

6.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

(x)

(xi)

(xii)

(xiii)

(xiv)

(xv)

Guest: Mr Jonathan Nicholls, The
Registrary

The
following issues were discussed after the Registrary gave a brief account of
his background and indicated that he wished to have a constructive, working
relationship with the Board:

Relationship
between the Registrary, Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellors, and Officers
of the University

Re-organisation
of the Unified Administrative Service (UAS)

Integration
of UAS staff within collegiate and University life

Roles
and relationships of PVCs

800^th
Campaign: Council reviewed Programme of Events and approved Budget

Cambridge
Student Information System (CamSIS): Full presentation and meeting
due to take place in November 2007

Pay
and Grading

Cambridge
Human Resources Information System (CHRIS)

Governance

North West Cambridge:
Further Notice likely to be published

Board
of Graduate Studies (BOGS)

Continuing
Education

Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

Higher
Education Funding Council for England
(HEFCE)

Role
of the Board of Scrutiny

7.

Date of next meeting

11.30am on Thursday, 8 November

Wilkins Room, Downing
College

Emma
Easterbrook

Support
Officer

8
November 2007