{"id":20973,"date":"2026-06-30T14:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=20973"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:46:11","slug":"university-council-minutes-6-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/knowledge-base\/university-council-minutes-6-march-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"University Council Minutes 6 March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting held on 6 March 2026 at 12.00 noon via Microsoft Teams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Membership:<\/strong><br>Becki Albrighton<br>Ingrid Barker &#8211; A<br>Mark Burch<br>James Cooper<br>Ruth Dooley &#8211; A<br>Nicola de Iongh (Chair)<br>Steve Gardiner<br>Tracey Harrison<br>Bianca Holland<br>Prof Geoff Layer<br>Dame Clare Marchant<br>Freya Rowley<br>Prof Adeela Shafi<br>Pamela Sissons<br>Elonka Soros<br>Rt Revd Robert Springett &#8211; A<br>Joe Sucksmith<br>Julie Walkling<br>Dr Peter Warry<br><br><strong>In attendance:<\/strong><br>Dr Matthew Andrews (Sec to Council), Chief Operating Officer<br>Julie-Ann Brooks, Director of People<br>Katharine Clough, Chief Marketing Officer<br>Prof Cathia Jenainati, Exec Dean &#8211; Partnerships, Inclusion &amp; Innovation (Head of School BCSS)<br>Dr Graham Parton, Exec Dean \u2013 Teaching Innovation (Head of School EHS)<br>Prof Angus Pryor, Executive Dean \u2013 Research (Head of School ACE)<br>Camille Stallard, Chief Financial Officer<br>Tanya Collins (Minutes), Head of Governance &amp; Legal<br><br><strong>C.26.28 Welcome, Apologies and Quorum<\/strong><br><br>C.26.28.1 Noted: apologies for absence from Ruth Dooley, Ingrid Barker and Rt Revd Robert Springett. The Chair confirmed that the meeting had been convened in accordance with the University\u2019s Articles of Association and that the meeting was quorate. The Chair set out the purpose and business of the meeting, namely to consider whether the new loan agreement was for the commercial benefit of the University, and if so, to authorise entry into the agreement, and to delegate appropriate authorities to enter the contracts.<br><br><strong>C.26.29 Declarations of Interest<br><\/strong>Noted: no declarations of interest were made.<br><br><strong>C.26.30 CONFIDENTIAL: Bank Loan (C\/17\/26)<br><\/strong>This item was considered under Confidential Business.<br><br><strong>C.26.31 Any Other Business<br><\/strong><br>C.36.31.1 Noted: that Dr Matthew Andrews would sadly be leaving the University to take up role at the University of Hertfordshire. The Chair noted that there would be time to celebrate Matthew\u2019s achievements and to say farewell before he left, and that the news should remain confidential until an announcement was made to staff on 10 March 2026.<br><br><strong>C.26.32 Date of Next Meeting<br><\/strong>Noted: the meeting of Council on Tuesday, 28 April 2026 at 9.15am via MS Teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting held on 6 March 2026 at 12.00 noon via Microsoft Teams Membership:Becki AlbrightonIngrid Barker &#8211; AMark BurchJames CooperRuth Dooley &#8211; ANicola de Iongh (Chair)Steve GardinerTracey HarrisonBianca HollandProf Geoff LayerDame Clare MarchantFreya RowleyProf Adeela ShafiPamela SissonsElonka SorosRt Revd Robert Springett &#8211; AJoe SucksmithJulie WalklingDr Peter Warry In attendance:Dr Matthew Andrews (Sec [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"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":[5],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-20973","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-governance-and-structure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/20973","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\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20973"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/20973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20980,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/20973\/revisions\/20980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"schools","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/schools?post=20973"},{"taxonomy":"campuses","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campuses?post=20973"},{"taxonomy":"subject_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject_area?post=20973"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=20973"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=20973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}