21 February 2008
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SCRUTINY | |
MINUTES | |
Thursday, 21 February 2008 at 11.30am | |
Music Room, Present: Mr Richard Stibbs (Chair); Dr Catherine Pitt (Secretary); Miss Emma Easterbrook (Support Officer); Dr Paul Beattie; Mr Paul ffolkes Davis; Dr Margaret Glendenning; Mrs Jamie Horsley; Dr Elisabeth Leedham-Green;Dr Peter Sarris; the Revd Ian Thompson; and Professor David Yates. | |
1. | Apologies None. |
2. | Minutes of Meeting on 7 February 2008 Approved. |
3. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) | Matters Arising HPCF: -To be kept under review VoIP: -To be kept under review Addenbrooke’s: -To be kept under review Procurement Procedures: -To be kept under review House Style: -Estimated launch date is March/April 2008 -Open Meeting has been held -Suggested external font is Myriad; suggested internal font is Ariel -Concern raised that lessons from previous change of house-style are taken on board |
4. (i) (ii) | Guest: Ms Teri Willey, CEO of Background: -Concern regarding Intellecutal Property Rights first raised in 1960s -Mott Report published in 1970; Wolfson Industrial Liaison Unit set up -Regulations changed to tighten up procedures in 1990s -Cambridge Enterprise Limited set up with mandate to be self-supporting by 2015 Discussion: -Cambridge Enterprise became single entity on 1 December 2006 -Mission of Cambridge Enterprise is to disseminate research for the benfit of the University, and the individual researcher -Majority of research is disseminated through teaching, occasionally commercial -Generates more money than any other university in the -Obligation to report to the University as the only shareholder -Employees transferred from the University to the Cambridge Enterprise -Series of agreements set up between the University and Cambridge Enterprise -Mentoring scheme available for academics -First Finance Report has been produced; accounts at Companies House -Audited seven times this year -Sixty licence agreements, twenty-five consultancy agreements, and £12m investments made this year -Standing item at Research Policy Committee meetings -Recommendations have been put forward to Registrary regarding future tribunals -Conflicts of interest policy and guidance being put into place -Up-grade of management information system is in progress -Enterprise Network outside Cambridge Enterprise is being fostered -The Board will obtain Report produced for Audit Committee from the Registrary |
5. | Any Other Business Concern raised about change in Cambridge Admissions Form. |
6. | Date of next meeting 11.30am on Thursday, 6 March 2008 Music Room, |
Emma Easterbrook Support Officer 28 February 2008 | |