Agenda item

Report of the Principal (copy attached).

A report of the Principal which provided Governors with an update on the general issues as outlined below was considered:

• Recent prize winners
• Recruitment and admissions 2012/13
• Fees and funding 2013/14
• Recruitment 2013/14
• Taught degree awarding powers (TDAP)
• 2010/11 Annual Report
• Enterprise
• UEA development proposal

The Principal explained that offers and acceptances continued to look strong and that the School was confident that it would reach its target for the 2012/13 intake and that from November 2012 auditions would be held at the HK Cultural Centre. It was noted that the TDAP Sub Committee had agreed that the School should apply for TDAP to the Privy Council and that the outcome as to whether the application had been accepted and whether a scrutiny process would be taken forward would be known by June 2012. In relation to the UEA development it was noted that detailed work would be undertaken to look at the under-18 service before looking at the possibility of operating in Norwich; a report would be submitted to the September Board meeting.

RECEIVED.