15 May 2008

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SCRUTINY

MINUTES

Thursday,
15 May 2008 at 12.15

Music Room, Downing College

Present: Mr Richard Stibbs (Chair); Miss Rebecca Collins
(Support Officer); Dr Paul Beattie; Mr Paul ffolkes Davis; the
Revd Roger Greeves; Dr Margaret Guite; Mrs Jamie Horsley; Dr
Elisabeth Leedham-Green.

1.

Apologies

Dr Catherine Pitt (Secretary); Dr Margaret Glendenning; Dr Peter
Sarris; the Revd Ian Thompson; Professor David Yates.

2.

Minutes
of Meeting on 15 April 2008

Approved.

3.

(i)

Matters
Arising

Guest

It
was agreed that the Director of Development be invited to a
subsequent meeting of the Board.

4.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

Annual
Report

It was reported that the draft of the
Annual Report had been discussed with the University Director of
Finance.

The Board recommended
that the University form a syndicate, including at least one
individual with legal expertise, to review the Statutes &
Ordinances. It was suggested that changes to the Statutes &
Ordinances be highlighted in bold and that improvements are also
made to the indexing system.

The progress of
CAMSIS/CHRIS were discussed. A formal summary will be requested
for future discussion.

It was agreed that
the 13^th Annual Report would review and provide updates
on the recommendations made in the 12^th Annual Report.

5.

High
Performance Computing Facility

The
Board discussed the progress of this project. It was noted that a
Steering Committee has been appointed and is based in the
Department of Physics, along with a number of administrative
staff, and that a permanent home is yet to be found for the
project.

The
Board has been invited to critically review the processes
involved.

6.

Professor
Fray Tribunal

The
Board discussed the outcome of this tribunal and agreed that it
would be referenced briefly in its report.

7.

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

The Board discussed
the new King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology, a co-educational and multi-faith postgraduate
University on the Red Sea. Board members highlighted areas where
they may be implications for Cambridge’s activities.

8.

Guest: Nigel Brown, external Council Member and Audit Committee
Member

The
Board spoke with Mr Brown informally over lunch.

9.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Any
Other Business

The
Board was recommended to obtain a copy of the business plan
recently produced by Teri Willey (Cambridge Enterprise).

The
new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education will be announced later this
month.

The
Board will obtain a copy of the University’s Allocations Report
for discussion at a future meeting.

10.

Date
of next meeting

11.30am
on Thursday, 29 May 2008

Music
Room, Downing College

Rebecca
Collins

Support
Officer

17
May 2008