Council currently comprises 20 members consisting of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Council, to fulfil its function as the Governing Body, has created a number of standing committees to assist in its work. By virtue of the Articles of Association, Council itself holds full responsibility for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(i) the determination of the educational character and mission of the University;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(ii) the approval of the annual estimates of income and expenditure;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(iii) ensuring the solvency of the University and the safeguarding of its assets;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(iv) the appointment or dismissal of the Senior Staff;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(v) the varying or revoking of the Articles of Association of the University;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, Council has also resolved to retain responsibility for a number of other powers as detailed in the Scheme of Delegations and the Statement of Primary Responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Full details of Council, its membership and general operation, are available from the Secretary to Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chair: <\/strong>Appointed by Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vice Chair:<\/strong> Elected by Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n Officer: <\/strong>Secretary to Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n The quorum for meetings of the Council shall be 8 Members of Council entitled to vote on the item being discussed of whom more than half shall be External Council Members. In the event that reserved business (as prescribed in Regulations) is to be considered, then the quorum for the meeting of Council shall be 7 External Members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If at the time appointed for a meeting, or during the course of the meeting, sufficient numbers of members of Council to form a Quorum are not present the meeting shall stand adjourned and a Special Meeting may be summoned. Any meeting may be adjourned by resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Five times per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Current Sub-Committees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minutes are held by the Secretary to Council, and published on the University website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Terms of Reference for the UoG Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"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":[105,34],"ht-kb-tag":[107,49],"class_list":["post-978","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-terms-of-reference","ht_kb_category-university-council","ht_kb_tag-terms-of-reference","ht_kb_tag-university-council"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/978","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20561,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/978\/revisions\/20561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"schools","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/schools?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"campuses","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campuses?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"subject_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject_area?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Quorum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Frequency of meetings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Submission \/ availability of minutes <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Council<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Membership<\/strong><\/th> <\/th> Appointment Dates<\/strong><\/th> Term of Office<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead> External Members<\/td> Ms I Barker<\/td> Mar 20 \u2013 Feb 28<\/td> Second term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Mr M Burch<\/td> Mar 25 \u2013 Feb 29<\/td> First term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Vacancy<\/em><\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Mr J Cooper<\/td> Nov 23 \u2013 Nov 27<\/td> First term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Ms N de Iongh (Chair)<\/td> May 17 \u2013 Sept 27<\/td> Second term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Ms R Dooley<\/td> Nov 23 \u2013 Nov 27<\/td> First term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Mr S Gardiner<\/td> Jun 20 \u2013 Jun 28<\/td> Second term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Ms T Harrison<\/td> May 25 \u2013 May 29<\/td> First term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Prof G Layer<\/td> Sep 25 \u2013 Aug 29<\/td> First term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Mrs P Sissons<\/td> Jun 16 \u2013 Jun 26<\/td> Third term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Ms E Soros<\/td> Jan 21 \u2013 Jan 29<\/td> Second term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> The Rt Revd R Springett (Vice-Chair)<\/td> Jun 16 \u2013 Jun 26<\/td> Third term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Ms J Walkling<\/td> Aug 21 \u2013 Jul 29<\/td> Second term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Dr P Warry<\/td> Feb 20 \u2013 Feb 28<\/td> Second term<\/td><\/tr> Vice-Chancellor<\/td> Dame C Marchant<\/td> N\/A<\/em><\/td> Ex officio<\/td><\/tr> Academic Staff Member<\/td> Prof Adeela Shafi<\/td> Jan 26 \u2013 Jan 30<\/td> First term<\/td><\/tr> General Staff Member<\/td> Vacancy<\/em><\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Academic Board Member<\/td> Mrs R Albrighton<\/td> May 25 \u2013 Jan 28<\/td> First term<\/td><\/tr> Student Members<\/td> B Holland<\/td> Jul 25 \u2013 Jun 26<\/td> Ex officio<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> F Rowley<\/td> Jul 25 \u2013 Jun 26<\/td> Ex officio<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Board Apprentice<\/td> Miss E Hill<\/td> Sep 24 \u2013 Aug 26<\/td> Second term<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Mr B Edington-Thomas<\/td> May 25 \u2013 May 26<\/td> First term<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n