Agenda item

Public Minutes

To agree the public minutes of the meeting held on 18 July 2017.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That the public minutes of the meeting held on 18 July 2017 be approved as a correct record, subject to amendments to delete the apostrophe from ‘..Committee’s..’ in paragraph 3 of page 2; correct a typographical error ‘..bringing..’ in paragraph 7 of page 3; and changing ‘if’ to ‘of’ in the last line of paragraph 3 on page 4.

 

The following matters were raised:-

 

·         The Committee agreed that 2 further meetings were required during the calendar year and that these should be scheduled in the Summer and Autumn terms. The Town Clerk to liaise with the appropriate officers on prospective dates before confirming these with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman.

 

·          Members considered the circulated terms of reference of the Committee and, in accordance with the draft CUC Code and Guidance, noted that the Principal should attend, but not be a Member of, the Remuneration Committee (subject to not being present when their individual remuneration was being discussed). Noted also that the second point of the terms of reference should include all protected characteristics. Additionally, in the fifth bullet point (concerning benchmarking) “and Vice-Principals (the senior post holders)” should be included. Further changes may be required following the publication of the CUC Remuneration Code and Guidance. The Town Clerk undertook to bring the above changes to the attention of the Board for approval at its May meeting.

 

·         The Committee was informed that one further non Common Council Governor could be appointed to the Committee, and that Professor Geoff Crossick might be interested in the role, along with two additional other lay / independent members. The Academic Registrar informed Members that it would be consistent with the new CUC Code for a lay / independent member with experience in remuneration (preferably in the higher education sector) to be appointed were a suitable candidate to be found. Noted that the School and Corporate Human Resources Departments would attempt to identify an appropriate person.

 

·         The Assistant Human Resources Director said that, depending on content, views of the Remuneration Committee that required consideration by the Establishment Committee would usually be reported to that committee by HR. It was noted that the Chairman of the Board had spoken at Establishment Committee on relevant matters previously.

 

·         In response to a question from the Chairman, the Academic Registrar said that subscription to the CUC would cost £1,800 per annum. The benefits of membership were discussed with a query whether other conservatoires were also members. The Academic Registrar was asked to submit a report to a future Board meeting with a recommendation as to whether the School should join.       

 

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