Court Agenda 18 June 2025

The next meeting of the University Court will be held on Wednesday 18 June 2025 at 3.00pm in the Large Boardroom, Queen Margaret University Campus.

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 16 April 2025. (b) Matters arising	COURT (25) MINS 02
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.	COURT (25) 16
	Ordinary Business
7	Budget Forecast outturn 2024-25 To RECEIVE a paper on the financial outturn forecast for financial year 2024-25	COURT (25) 17
8	*Budget 2025-26 and three-year financial forecast To RECEIVE a paper on the budget for FY 2025-26 and financial forecast for subsequent years for approval and submission to the Scottish Funding Council.	COURT (25) 18
9	*Land Development To RECEIVE a report on progress with the Land Development Project, and matters relating to the launch of the Edinburgh Innovation Hub.	COURT (25) 19
10	*Divisional Structure School of Health Sciences To APPROVE a recommendation from the University Senate on an organisational within the School of Health Sciences.	COURT (25) 20
11	*Composition of the University Senate - Elected Membership To RECEIVE a proposal concerning a revision of member composition of the University Senate	COURT (25) 21
	Reports from Committees
12	*Finance and Estates Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Finance and Estates Committee meeting held on 10 June 2025 (b) Matters arising.	FEC (25) MINS 02
13	*Audit and Risk Committee (a) To RECEIVE the Unreserved minutes of the Audit and Risk Committee meeting held on 11 June 2025. (b) Matters Arising: To RECIEVE a briefing on the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) Financial Recovery methodology, and a forecast on the University's potential liability exposure.	AUDIT(25) MINS 02 COURT (25) 22
14	*Senate (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Senate meeting held on 7 May 2025. (b) Matters arising	SEN (25) MINS 02
15	*Nominations Committee (a) To APPROVE the minutes of the Nominations Committee meeting held on 25 April 2025. (b) Matters arising	NOM (25) MINS 01
16	*Equality and Diversity Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Equality and Diversity Committee meeting held on 3 April 2025. (b) Matters arising	EDC (25) MINS 02
17	*Health and Safety Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Health and Safety Committee meeting held on 25 March 2025. (b) Matters arising	H&S (24) MINS 05
18	*Lay Member Retirals To mark the retiral, after 6 years and 3 years respectively, of Lay Court members Dr Arturo Langa and Carol Sinclair.
19	*Dates of future meetings The University Court will meet to conduct Ordinary business on the following dates in Session 2025-26: Wednesday, 22 October 2025 at 3.00 pm in the Boardroom Wednesday, 17 December 2025 at 3.00 pm in the Boardroom Wednesday, 18 February 2026 at 3.00 pm in the Boardroom Wednesday, 22 April 2026 – Strategy Day – all day event Wednesday, 24 June 2026 at 3.00 pm in the Boardroom Note: It is planned to hold a follow Strategy Session in the Autumn – date to be advised.
20	Court Strategy Day To RECEIVE Notes of the discussion held at the Court Strategy Day, 16 April 2025 ‘Towards a New Era of Collaboration’ To RECEIVE a copy of the report of the UUK-Transformation and Efficiency Task Force ‘Towards a new era of collaboration’ published in June 2025.