Purpose of the committee

The Committee is a committee of Council.

Key responsibilities

1. To advise Council on the balance of skills of its members, including on the framework for assessing those skills.
2. To make recommendations to Council on the appointment of new lay members of Council and the terms of existing lay members of Council, having regard to the balance of skills required by Council and to considerations of equality, diversity and inclusion.
3. To make recommendations to Council on the appointment of the Chair of Council, the Treasurer, Senior Independent Director and Pro-Chancellors.
4. To approve the appointment of external (co-opted) members of Council committees, having regard to the balance of skills required by those committees and to considerations of equality, diversity and inclusion, and to report its decisions to Council.
5. To make recommendations to Council on the appointment of all other members of Council committees and, where appropriate, of Council members of joint committees of Council and Senate.
6. To advise Council on the appropriate mechanisms for declaring, recording and reporting the interests of members of Council and its committees.
7. To consider nominations for appointment to Court by Council.
8. To carry out such tasks as may be delegated to it by Council, and to provide advice to Council, as appropriate.
9. To produce a forward work-plan and conduct a biennial effectiveness review.

Reporting relationships

Nominations Committee reports to Council after every meeting with a written report.

Procedural rules

Frequency of meetings: The Committee meets twice per year.

Quorum: The quorum for meetings shall be one third of membership including at least one lay member of Council.

Membership

Ex Officio Members

• Pamela Chesters, Chair (Chair of Council)
• Professor Phil Taylor, Vice-Chancellor and President

Appointed Members

The terms of office expire on 31 July in the year stated.

• Professor Dot Griffiths, Lay member of Council, appointed by Council, term 2025
• Tim Ford, Lay member of Council, appointed by Council, term 2025
• Dr Sabina Gheduzzi, Staff member, appointed by Council, term 2025

In Attendance

• Jimena Alamo, Student Governor
• Laura Andrews, Governance Partner

Nominations Committee has 5 members, with a minimum of 2 lay members of Council. Members are appointed on a yearly basis through Nominations Committee.

Other members may be co-opted or invited to attend for specific meetings at the discretion of the Committee.

Council members are renewed annually. All other members serve terms of three years at a time. Members can serve two consecutive terms (a total of six years) but in exceptional circumstances may serve a maximum of three consecutive terms (a total of nine years). All terms are subject to renewal.

Version information

Owner: Nominations Committee
Approval Date: 23 February 2023

Resources

Find out about our meeting dates.

Find our deadlines for submitting papers in the 2024/25 academic year.