Membership:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Becki Albrighton Board Apprentices:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ben Edgington-Thomas – A In attendance:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr Matthew Andrews (Secretary to Council), Chief Operating Officer C.25.75 Prayer C.25.76 Welcome, Apologies and Quorum C.25.77 Business of the Agenda C.25.78 Declarations of Interest C.25.79 Minutes of the meeting held on 24 June 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n C.25.79.1 C.25.79.2 C.25.79.3 C.25.80 CONFIDENTIAL: Matters Arising (C\/46\/25) C.25.81 Chair\u2019s Business including Key Issues Report (C\/47\/25)<\/strong> C.25.81.2 C.25.82 Student Union Report to Council (C\/48\/25)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n C.25.82.1 C.25.82.2 To Note: Exec Dean Research \/ SU Education & Community Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n C.25.82.3 C.25.83 CONFIDENTIAL: Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Report (C\/49\/25)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This item was considered under Confidential Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C.25.84 CONFIDENTIAL: Finance Update (C\/50\/25) C.25.85 CONFIDENTIAL: Estate Updates (C\/51\/25) C.25.86 CONFIDENTIAL: FCH Outline Business Case (C\/52\/25) C.25.87 CONFIDENTIAL: Strategic Collaboration with other HEIs (C\/53\/25) C.25.88 CONFIDENTIAL: Academic Board Update for Council (C\/54\/25) C.25.89 Health and Safety Policy Statement 2025\/26* (C\/55\/25) C.25.90 Annual Statement on Research Integrity* (C\/56\/25) C.25.91 Governance Effectiveness review Action Plan Update* (C\/57\/25) C.25.92 Annual Review of OfS Conditions of Registration* (C\/58\/25) C.25.93 Internal Audit Plan for 2025\/26* (C\/59\/25) C.25.94 Register of Council Member Interests* (C\/60\/25) C.25.95 Review of Council Schedule of Business* (C\/61\/25) C.25.96 Minutes from Council Committees* C.25.97 Any Other Business C.25.98 Date of Next Meeting<\/strong> C.25.99 RESERVED: Report from Remuneration and HR Committee Action list for the meeting held 7 October 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n DRAFT CONFIDENTIAL RES BUS Minutes of the meeting held on 7 October 2025 at 9.15am in HC204, Francis Close Hall Campus Membership: Becki AlbrightonIngrid BarkerMark BurchThomas Chambers – AJames CooperRuth DooleyNicola de Iongh (Chair)Steve GardinerTracey HarrisonBianca HollandGeoff LayerDame Clare MarchantFreya RowleyPamela SissonsElonka SorosRt Revd Robert SpringettJoe Sucksmith – AJulie WalklingDr Peter Warry Board Apprentices: Ben […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"schools":[],"campuses":[],"subject_area":[],"ht-kb-category":[34],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-20219","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-university-council"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/20219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20219"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/20219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20224,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/20219\/revisions\/20224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"schools","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/schools?post=20219"},{"taxonomy":"campuses","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campuses?post=20219"},{"taxonomy":"subject_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject_area?post=20219"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=20219"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=20219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Ingrid Barker
Mark Burch
Thomas Chambers – A
James Cooper
Ruth Dooley
Nicola de Iongh (Chair)
Steve Gardiner
Tracey Harrison
Bianca Holland
Geoff Layer
Dame Clare Marchant
Freya Rowley
Pamela Sissons
Elonka Soros
Rt Revd Robert Springett
Joe Sucksmith – A
Julie Walkling
Dr Peter Warry<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eleanor Hill<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Julie-Ann Brooks, Director of People
Jo Charles (for C.25.86), Director of Commercial and Transformation
Katharine Clough, Chief Marketing Officer
Rachel Gwynne, Interim Director of Governance
Anna Hobbs (for C.25.87), Associate Head of School Outreach & Engagement
(Arts, Culture and Environment)
Prof Cathia Jenainati, Executive Dean – Partnerships (Head of School \u2013
Business, Computing and Social Sciences)
Dr Graham Parton, Executive Dean – Teaching Innovation (Head of
School – Education, Health and Science)
Prof Angus Pryor, Executive Dean Research (Head of School – Arts,
Culture and Environment)
Camille Stallard, Chief Financial Officer
Tanya Collins, Head of Governance and Legal
Steph Base (Minutes), Senior Governance and Secretariat Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>The Rt Revd Robert Springett led the meeting in a prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Received: apologies for absence from Thomas Chambers, Joe Sucksmith and Ben Edgington-Thomas. The Chair welcomed the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Noted: it was confirmed that the meeting was quorate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Noted: that there had been no request to unstar any item on the agenda, and therefore it was assumed that items C.25.89 to C.25.96 had been approved or noted as stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Noted: that there were no interests declared. All staff and student members in attendance, with the exception of the Director of People and the new Student Member of Council on RHRC, Bianca Holland, would be required to leave the meeting for the reserved item of business, C.25.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Considered: a Member of Council had raised some concerns about the minutes via correspondence as they were unable to attend the meeting in person. The concerns related to minute C.25.61.2, items c and g. The following were suggested in resolution:
a. For item c, that the final words be deleted, as follows: \u2018c) proposed amendments the Articles of Association to reflect the new model, if approved, and the process making those.\u2019
b. For item g, that this should be amended to remove the wording crossed through, and to add the wording in bold, as follows: \u2018g) in response to an apparent fundamental misunderstanding regarding the Council Member appointment referenced within the paper, it was noted that the majority a number of respondents to the UNISON survey understood the need for the right skills and competencies should be more important.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Noted: concerns expressed regarding a matter relating to adherence to the Council Code of Conduct. It was confirmed that these concerns should be considered by Governance and Nominations Committee.
ACTION: SIG \/ CFO \/ Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Resolved: Council approved the above amendments to the minutes of the meeting held on 24 June 2025 by consensus. With the exception of the above, the minutes were approved as an accurate record of the meeting held on 24 June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Noted: details of the matters arising as outlined in the paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>C.25.81.1
Received and Noted:
a. the Key Issues Report from the Committee Chairs on the key points discussed at the following meetings:
i. Finance and General Purposes Committee, 30 July 2025
ii. Audit and Risk Committee, 19 September 2025
b. an addendum that was circulated on 2 October 2025 to report on key issues from Finances and General Purposes Committee on 16 September 2025, which had been formatted to highlight the \u20183As\u2019, to Alert, Assure, and Advise Council on the key issues, as recommended in the Governance Effectiveness Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Noted: since the last meeting:
a. no decisions had been made via circulation.
b. the following uses of the Company Seal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
c. no exercises of delegation had been made.
d. It was agreed that the full list of uses of the Company Seal would be circulated to Council after the meeting.
To note: Officer<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Received: the Students\u2019 Union (SU) update, which was taken as read. The following were noted
in addition:
a. a number of current initiatives to encourage students to engage, e.g. Movember, the New Things November campaign and the GlosBound campaign which focussed on the connection between students and the wider community.
b. feedback from students about the opening of City Campus;
c. the success of the recent Welcome Fayre, which was the largest to date at UoG;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Considered: the following:
a. Council appreciated the additional statistics within the report which added context;
b. More work was needed from the University to communicate with students around the plans for Phase 2 of City Campus;
c. It would be helpful to receive statistics about the SU\u2019s reach, in terms of how many students were engaging across all SU activity.
d. A number of public art programmes were in progress between the University and Gloucester City Council, and the Executive Dean Research (Head of School – Arts, Culture and Environment) would consult with the SU Education & Community Officer to involve them going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Noted: recent activities within the SU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>This item was considered under Confidential Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>This item was considered under Confidential Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>This item was considered under Confidential Business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>This item was considered under Confidential Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>This item was considered under Confidential Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Resolved: Council approved the Health and Safety Policy Statement to ensure continued compliance with statutory obligations and alignment with the University\u2019s strategic objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Resolved: Council approved the Annual Statement on Research Integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Noted: the progress to date to implement the recommendations of the Governance
Effectiveness Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Received and Considered: the contents of the report and attached compliance review as assurance of how the University ensured compliance with the Office for Students (OfS) regulatory framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Noted: the internal audit strategy for 2025\/26 was approved by Audit and Risk Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Noted: the declarations of interest received from its members for 2025\/26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Noted: the Council Schedule of Business and made no recommendations for change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Noted: that the minutes from the following meetings would be available from the University Committees page on Sharepoint.
a. Audit and Risk Committee, 19 September 2025
b. Finance and General Purposes Committee, 30 July and 16 September 2025
c. Remuneration and Human Resources Committee, 1 October 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Noted: Council congratulated the Vice-Chancellor for being accepted onto a Cabinet Office
Public Sector Leaders\u2019 Programme. Council noted this was nationally recognised as a
prestigious programme for very senior leaders, and noted the positive implications of this for
both the Vice-Chancellor\u2019s reputation within the sector and beyond, and for the
University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Noted: the meeting of Council on Tuesday, 25 November 2025 at 9.15am via MS Teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>This item was considered under Reserved Business<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
UNIVERSITY COUNCIL<\/h2>\n\n\n\nMinute number<\/strong><\/td> Action<\/strong><\/td> Responsibility<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> C.25.79<\/td> Minutes of the meeting held on 24 June 2025<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> C.25.79.2<\/td> Noted: concerns expressed regarding a matter relating to adherence to the Council Code of Conduct. It was confirmed that these concerns should be considered by Governance and Nominations Committee.<\/td> SIG \/ CFO<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"