Court Agenda 19 February 2025

The next meeting of the University Court will be held on Wednesday, 19 February 2025 at 3.00 pm 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 18 December 2024. (b) Matters arising	COURT (24) MINS 05
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) 01
	Ordinary Business
7	*Financial Update and Forecast 2024-25 To RECEIVE the Period 5 financial report as at 31st December 2024, and forecast outturn 2024/25. An oral update for period 6 will be provided by the Head of Financial Reporting and Analysis.	COURT (25) 02
8	*Project Galileo To RECEIVE an update from the Interim Director of Finance on the ‘go-live’ implementation of the Uni-Fi Finance system.	COURT (25) 03
9	*Land Development (a) To RECEIVE an update on the Land Development Project. (b) To RECEIVE a paper on a proposal to amend the Articles of Association of the Joint Venture Agreement.	COURT (25) 04 COURT (25) 05
10	*Performance Report and Key Performance Indicators To RECEIVE the Performance Report and supporting revised suite of Key Performance Indicators.	COURT (25) 06
11	*Risk Register To RECEIVE the institutional Risk Register, and to NOTE progress in the development of a revised register, and review of risk appetite.	COURT (25) 07
12	*Scottish Funding Council To RECEIVE reports provided to the Scottish Funding Council under the provisions of the Outcomes Framework and Assurance Model (OFAM) for Colleges and Universities 2024-2031: (a) Outcome Agreement - Self Evaluation 2023-24: To NOTE the report submitted to the SFC on 31 January 2025. (b) Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Strategy: To APPROVE retrospectively, as provided by the KEIF submission Guidance, the report submitted to the Scottish Funding Council.	COURT (25) 08 COURT (25) 09
13	Compliance Report Quarter 4 2024-25 To NOTE a report on areas of compliance activity from October - December 2024	COURT (25) 10
	Reports from Committees
14	*Senate (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Senate meeting held on 11 December 2024. (b) Matters arising.	SEN (24) MINS 05
15	**Equality and Diversity Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Equality and Diversity Committee meeting held on 26 September 2024. (b) Matters arising.	EDC (24) MINS 03
16	*Senior Management Remuneration Committee (a) To RECEIVE the minutes of the Senior Management Remuneration Committee meeting held on 24 January 2025, and to APPROVE recommendations therein. (b) Matters arising	SMRC (25) MINS 01 To be Tabled
17	*Appraisal of the Chair To RECEIVE an oral report from the Vice-Chair on the outcome of Court’s agreed arrangements for the appraisal of the Chair of Court.
18	Dates of future meetings The University Court will meet in Session 2024-25 as follows: Wednesday, 16 April 2025 – Strategy Day – all day event Wednesday, 18 June 2025 at 3.00 pm in the Boardroom Please NOTE that the Annual Stakeholder Event will be held on 16 April 2024 between 5.00 pm and 7.00 pm. Members will be provided with buffet catering at 4.30 pm.
19	Items for Information