Court Agenda 16 April 2025

The next meeting of the University Court will be held on Wednesday, 16 April 2025 at 10.00 am in the Conference Suite, Queen Margaret University campus. Note: The meeting will be followed directly thereafter by the Court Strategy Day, which commences at 11.30 am.

All agenda items and papers may be disclosed under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 unless specifically exempted by the legislation. Where items cannot be disclosed, the relevant section of the Act is indicated.

*The agenda is divided into starred and non-starred items. Starred items are for discussion and, where appropriate, decision. Non-starred items are for noting only and will not normally be discussed. Any member wishing to discuss a paper listed for noting should contact the Secretary no later than two days before the meeting stating the reason for the request.

Order	Agenda	Ref
1	*Welcome and Membership
2	*Conflicts of Interest To NOTE any conflicts of interest, and to determine any required action.
3	*Determination of Other Competent Business
4	*Minutes of the previous meeting (a) To APPROVE the Unconfirmed minutes of the Ordinary meeting held on 18 December 2024. (b) Matters arising	COURT (25) MINS 01
5	*Chair’s Report To RECEIVE an oral report from the Chair of the University Court.
6	*Principal’s Report To RECEIVE an oral update report from the Principal.
	Ordinary Business
7	*Financial Update and Forecast 2024-25 To RECEIVE the Period 7 financial report and accompanying narrative, together with an oral update for period 8 and forecast outturn 2024/25.	COURT (25) 11
8	*Land Development To RECEIVE an update on the Land Development Project.	COURT (25) 12
9	*Mainstreaming Report and Equality Outcomes To APPROVE the publication of the University Mainstreaming Report and Equality Outcomes, in compliance with the University's duties under the Public Sector Equality Duty.	COURT (25) 13
10	Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator Requirements To NOTE revised requirements arising from the Charities (Regulation and Administrations) (Scotland) Act 2023	COURT (25) 14
11	Compliance Report Quarter 1 2025 To NOTE a report on areas of compliance activity from January to March 2025.	COURT (25) 15
	Reports from Committees
12	*Finance and Estates Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Finance and Estates Committee meeting held on 5 March 2025 (b) Matters arising.	FEC (25) MINS 01
13	*Audit and Risk Committee (a) To RECEIVE the Unreserved minutes of the Audit and Risk Committee meeting held on 19 March 2025. (b) To RECIEVED the Reserved minutes of the Audit and Risk Committee meeting held on 19 March 2025 and to DISCUSS and APPROVE a recommendation on the appointment of External Auditors.	AUDIT(25) MINS 01 AUDIT(25) MINS 01APPENDIX
14	*Senate (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Senate meeting held on 12 March 2025. (b) Matters arising	SEN (25) MINS 01
15	*Nominations Committee To APPROVE a recommendation from the Committee concerning Convenorship of the Audit and Risk Committee.
16	*Equality and Diversity Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Equality and Diversity Committee meeting held on 28 January 2025. (b) Matters arising	EDC (25) MINS 01
17	*Health and Safety Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Health and Safety Committee meeting held on 11 November 2024. (b) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Health and Safety Committee meeting held on 12 February 2025. (c) Matters arising	H&S (24) MINS 04 H&S (25) MINS 01
18	*Dates of future meetings The University Court will meet on Wednesday, 18 June 2025 at 3.00pm in the Boardroom. The calendar of meetings for session 2025-26 will be circulated shortly.