Summary notes of the Executive Committee held on 18 January 2006
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Outline proposals for HEIF3 competitive bids
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) said that preparation of the draft bids presented in outline to the meeting of Heads of Departments earlier in the week was continuing. The University would be leading on one bid, Women in Enterprise (with Durham Business School, London Metropolitan and two non-HE organisations), and would be a partner in two others, a continuation of the SetSquared Consortium (led by Bristol, with Southampton and Surrey) and HE and the London Olympics 2012 (led by Loughborough, with East London).
- Naming policy
The Director of Marketing and Communications outlined a draft policy on 'naming' within the University. This was intended to provide a clear and consistent framework for the naming of buildings, facilities, academic posts, scholarships etc, in recognition of philanthropic gifts or, more generally, an exceptional contribution to the work of the University. Providing such recognition would help to underpin the more systematic programme of fundraising upon which the University had embarked. Criteria were put forward to consider proposals for recognition which, in the case of financial gifts, could follow guidelines for threshold contributions in certain areas. When a proposal for naming was associated with a gift from a donor, the specific terms of naming, including duration and conditions of termination, would be set out in gift agreement. Initial consideration of proposals would be undertaken by the ad hoc Development Group, which would then submit a recommendation to the Committee. The right to establish scholarships and other awards for students would remain with Senate.
- Update on Pay Modernisation
The Registrar updated the Committee on the implementation of Pay Modernisation, in line with the reforms incorporated within the 2003 National Framework Agreement
• Heads of Departments had been reminded of the need to return completed evaluation forms to the Department of Human Resources, to enable scoring and entry on to the HERA database. Given that this database would be used to determine the University's new common grade structure, it was important for there to be as full a set of records as possible.
• Consultations were taking place with the trade unions about a procedure for matching all those posts which had not been evaluated against relevant benchmarked roles. This involved the completion of a questionnaire for assessment by a panel.
• Work had started on modelling the financial implications of the new common grade structure.
- Relocation of Mechanical Engineering staff from 3 West to 2/4 East
The Director of Estates reminded the Committee that it had previously given outline approval for a project to refurbish accommodation in 2 and 4 East, to allow relocation of those Mechanical Engineering (ENAS) staff remaining in 3 West. This had been included in the HEFCE Capital Funding round for 2006/08. Following further discussion of the details of the project, it was now proposed that a number of laboratories and workshops at lower level in 4 East should be refurbished, and new laboratories and workrooms constructed in 2 East, principally on Level 3.
- Key performance indicators
The Vice-Chancellor introduced a series of institutional key performance indicators (KPIs) developed in response to a request from Council. These covered the three core activities of the University (research, teaching and learning and knowledge transfer), together management of the associated resources (staff, finance and estates). It was intended that the KPIs should be few in number, relatively robust, supported by benchmarking data where possible, and able to generate trend analyses. A further set of KPIs would be needed for the purposes of operational management.
The following items were received without comment:
Notes of the Faculty of Engineering and Design Executive Committee 27 September 2005
Notes of the Division for Lifelong Learning Executive: 29 November 2005
Date of next meeting: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
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