STRATEGY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE

(from 1 January 2012)

Terms of Reference

• The Committee shall advise Council on:
• the University's overall objectives and priorities
• strategies and policies to achieve those objectives
• plans to implement those strategies and policies, including academic and other resource allocation and management plans

Main Activities

• To receive reports from other Council and Senate Committees as required, for example Management Board, Finance Committee, and Research & Knowledge Transfer Board

 
• To review planning proposals and to consider them in the light of wider corporate and external factors

 
• To review the University's achievements, performance and management of risk in relation to approved strategic objectives and plans

 
• To advise Council on the University's objectives and the scope of its activities and priorities, particularly as expressed in the University Plan, and the strategic framework within which Budget Units should develop their planning proposals

 
• To advise Management Board during development of its University Strategy and Plan for review by the Council, including academic and other resource allocation and management plans

 
• To monitor and evaluate external and internal developments with strategic implications for the University

 
• To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the University's systems and procedures for developing strategies and plans, their implementation and, as required, propose developments of those systems and procedures for review and approval by Council

Constitution

External member appointed by the Council (Chair): Ms Louise Wilson
Vice-Chancellor: Professor David Greenaway
President of Council: Mr John Mills
Vice-President of Council: Dame Elizabeth Fradd
Treasurer/Chair of Finance Committee: Mr Colin Gillespie

Three Pro-Vice-Chancellors:
Professor Karen Cox, Professor Chris Rudd, Professor Saul Tendler

Up to six external members of Council appointed by Council on the recommendation of the President of Council and the Vice-Chancellor:
Ms Lyndsey Bainton, Mrs Asha Khemka, Dr Hamid Mughal, Mr John Saunders, Mr Neil Watkinson

Senate member of Council: Dr Joel Segal

Secretary: Dr Tom Loya (Director of Planning and Management Information)

(updated January 2012)