Agenda item

Report of the Principal.

A report of the Principal provided Governors with an update on the issues outlined below:

·          Awards and Prizes

·          Student Recruitment

·          Student Satisfaction Surveys

·          Milton Court

·          Offsite Activities

·          Board Awayday

·          Other Board Events

A discussion took place with reference being made to the following areas:

·          Student recruitment and enrolments were proving successful with 94.1% enrolled or temporarily enrolled.

·          On-going meetings were taking place between the School, the City Surveyor’s Department and the Department of the Built Environment to resolve the issue with the pavement leaks into the basement area.

·          There had been significant improvements in relation to the student satisfaction survey and the main issue arising related to students not being content with the fairness of the assessment process. The School would look to improving the communication of the methodology process for assessments.

·          Milton Court had been opened for Open House London 2014. This had been very successful with a team of 12 delivering guided tours every 15 minutes throughout the day.

·          The Board Away Day had been arranged to take place on Wednesday 29 October 2014 at 22 Mansfield St, London, W1G 9NR. The Strategic Plan would be circulated to Governors prior to this meeting.

·          In relation to the Service Based Reviews c. £1m will be removed from the City of London’s financial support for the School and it would be for the Board to decide how best to achieve savings and/or grow income to address this.

·          It was noted that student accommodation is an increasingly important issue for students, such that sufficient student accommodation should be planned to cope with growth in projected student numbers.

RESOLVED – That the contents of the report be noted.