Agenda item

To agree the public minutes of the meeting held on 6 March 2018.

RESOLVED – That the public minutes of the meeting held on 6 March 2018 be approved as a correct record.

The following matters were raised:-

·         The Principal confirmed Maria Delgado’s intention to join the Board as a member from January 2019 onwards.

·         On possible subscription to the CUC, the Committee was informed that there were other opportunities to access available information in this area, and it was noted that benchmarking is now the responsibility of Conservatoires UK. It was also noted that the CUC had previously modernised Codes of Conduct of HE Institutions that were formally adopted prior to the new Office for Students taking over from HEFCE.

The Principal said that the Committee would be kept up-to-date with developments in this area and confirmed the OfS ‘focus’ is on the student experience with procedures / regulations relating to what that body would expect to see. The Deputy Chairman stated that she had been in discussion with the School’s President of the Student Union and had emphasised the need for students to respond to requests for their views as a low response affects the School’s assessment – the Deputy Chairman confirmed that she would be able to speak further with students about this. It was noted that a student / staff liaison group meet regularly.