Agenda item

Report of the Principal of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

The Board received the Principal’s General Report updating them on a number of current issues including Awards and Prizes, Sector Funding, Green Papers and the Prevent Duty. With regard to the latter, the Principal advised that the Prevent Self-Assessment had been submitted to HEFCE, and work was underway to achieve an ‘A’ rating in all areas. The Board noted that the grant from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills to HEFCE had been delayed by up to two months and, as a result, the HEFCE Board was unable to approve provisional grants to institutions. As such, it was unlikely that the School would receive its own grant letter until after the start of the 2016/17 financial year.

RECEIVED.