14 May 2009

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SCRUTINY

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SCRUTINY

MINUTES

Thursday, 14 May 2009 at 12.00pm

Garden Room, RobinsonCollege

Present: Professor David Yates (Chair); Dr Catherine Pitt (Secretary); Dr Paul Beattie; the Revd Jeremy Caddick; Mr Paul ffolkes Davis; Dr Elisabeth Leedham-Green; Mrs Jamie Horsley; Mr Richard Stibbs; and the Revd Lindsay Yates.

1.

Apologies

Dr Margaret Glendenning; Dr Margaret Guite; The Revd Ian Thompson; and Miss Emma Easterbrook (Support Officer).

2.

Minutes for Meeting of 30 April 2009

Approved.

3.

Matters Arising

None.

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Potential Topics for the 14th Annual Report

Allocations Report;

Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies (CARET);

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP);

Senior Academic promotions;

Research Services Division (RSD);

Transparent Approach to Costing for Teaching (TRAC);

Pro-Vice-Chancellors;

Discussion on Teaching and Learning;

Management Information Services Division (MISD);

Statute U – to be discussed this year and next year;

Board of Graduate Studies (BOGS); and

Director of Undergraduate Recruitment – to be discussed next year.

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Future Members of the Board

To be kept under review, and discussed further.

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Any Other Business

Questions for the Vice-Chancellor;

Future drafting meetings of the Board: 18 June, 25 June and 2 July 2009; and

Current state of the 14th Annual Report of the Board.

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Date of next meeting

12.00pm on Thursday, 28 May 2009

Garden Room, RobinsonCollege

Guest: Professor Alison Richard, Vice-Chancellor

Emma Easterbrook

Support Officer

28 May 2009