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Terms of Reference

In summary, the Council has a commitment to meet the obligations placed on the University as a charity, and as a body in receipt of public funds. It also has a collective responsibility to promote the University's wellbeing and to ensure its sustainability. Its specific responsibilities include:

  • corporate strategy, plans and budgets
  • corporate policy and major business decisions
  • establishing the framework for governance and management
  • monitoring institutional and executive performance

For a full and comprehensive outline of the Council's terms of reference, please refer to its Statement of Primary Responsibilities


Membership 2017-18

Members ex officio

The Chair of Council and Pro-Chancellor (Mr David Gray)
The Vice-Chancellor (Sir Alan Langlands)

One representative of the Clothworkers' Company of London

  • Michael Howell

Four members of Faculties to be elected from such constituencies and under such regulations as may be determined from time to time by the Council on the advice of the Senate

  • Dr Helen Billington
  • Professor Pam Jones
  • Dr Mark Taylor-Batty
  • Professor Luke Windsor

Two members of support staff from such constituencies and under such regulations as may be determined from time to time by the Council

  • Nick Allen
  • Miss Rachael Brown

Two students to be chosen in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Council

  • Natasha Mutch-Vidal
  • Jack Palmer

Twelve members, not being students of the University or members of Faculty, provided that at any time at least four of the fourteen lay members of the Council shall be alumni (as may be defined from time to time under Ordinance)

  • Ed Anderson
  • Mrs Liz Barber
  • Neil Clephan, OBE
  • Seb Elsworth
  • Nigel Foster
  • Paul Gittins
  • Mrs Caroline Johnstone
  • Roger Marsh, OBE
  • Ms Amanda Mellor
  • Dr Yvette Oade
  • Geoffrey Potter
  • Quentin Woodley

 

To view the pen portraits of the current members of the Council, please click here

For a list of current members of Council who hold further charity trusteeships, please click here.

For the current Register of Interests of members of Council, please click here.

To download an information pack for the nomination of lay members of the Council click here.

 

Dates of meetings

Meetings of the Council usually take place on Thursdays at 4pm.


    2017-18
    • 28 September 2017
    • 30 November 2017
    • 1 February 2018
    • 22 March 2018
    • 31 May 2018
    • 26 July 2018


    2018-19
    • 27 September 2018
    • 29 November 2018
    • 24 January 2019
    • 28 March 2019
    • 30 May 2019
    • 25 July 2019


  • As at 30 January 2018

 

(HJP - 16/5/18)