Court Agenda February 2020

Agenda for the meeting of the Court held on Wednesday, 5 February 2020 at 11.10 pm in the Large Boardroom, Level 2, Queen Margaret University. 

  1. *Welcome and Apologies
  2. *Conflicts of Interest

To NOTE any conflicts of interest and determine any required action.        

  1. *Determination of Other Competent Business

        To RECEIVE notification of Other Competent Business.

To DISCUSS any business arising from Items for Information.

  1. *Chair’s Report

To RECEIVE a report from the Chair.           

  1. *Principal’s Report

To RECEIVE a report from the Principal (COURT (20) 01).

  1. *Minutes

To APPROVE the minutes of the Court meeting held on 27 November 2019 (COURT (19) MINS 05)

Matters arising.

Ordinary Business

  1. *Financial Update

To RECEIVE an update on the University’s Financial Position (COURT (20) 02).

  1. *Contract Award for Integrated Facilities Management

To HOMOLOGATE Chair’s Action to approve the award of tender (COURT (20) 03).

  1. *Arrangements for the Recruitment of the Chair

To RECEIVE a report from the University Secretary (COURT (20) 04).

  1. *Scottish Funding Council - Outcome Agreement 2020-23

To RECEIVE and DISCUSS the Draft Queen Margaret University Outcome Agreement 2020-23 (COURT (20) 05).     

  1. *Annual Report on Human Resource (HR) Matters

To RECEIVE a report from the Director of Operations and Finance (COURT (20) 06).

Reports from Committees

  1. *Senate

To RECEIVE the minutes of the Senate meeting held 11 December 2019 (SEN (19) MINS 05).

Matters arising.

  1. *Nominations Committee

To RECEIVE the minutes of the Nominations Committee held on 10 December 2019 (NOM (19) MINS 04).

Matters arising.

  1. *Health and Safety Committee

To RECEIVE the minutes of the Health & Safety Committee meeting held on 9 January 2020 (HSC (20) MINS 01).

Matters arising.

  1. *Equality and Diversity Committee

To RECEIVE the minutes of the Equality & Diversity Committee meeting held on 5 December 2019 (EDC (19) MINS 04).

Matters arising.

  1. Dates of future meetings

Court will meet on the following dates in 2020:

1 April 2020 at 3.00 pm

24 June 2020 at 3.00 pm

Further dates will be agreed and published on the appointment of the Chair.

  1. Items for Information

Press Cuttings and Press Releases (tabled).