Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – December 2015

Posted on 22 December 2015 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague At our last Council meeting of the year we discussed, as ever, a number of important matters including our investment programme and how it is to be funded, as well as progress on our Way Forward key performance indicators. On the latter, Council noted that research income for 2014-15 had been revised upwards
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UEB 14 December 2015

Posted on 14 December 2015 by Mairwen Harris

The Welsh Government draft budget for 2016/17 was discussed. It was noted that the University would be submitting a response highlighting the impact such cuts would have. It was noted that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) had recently asked for Expression of Interest to be submitted to their Science and Innovation Audit.
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Transforming Our Communities

Posted on 8 December 2015 by Paul Jewell

I recently chaired the fourth meeting of the Oversight Board for the University’s Flagship Engagement Projects, also known as the Transforming Communities programme. The Board meets three times a year and consists of internal and external members, chosen with particular emphasis on personal standing in the community, project management skills and representation of different sectors. The
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UEB 7 December 2015

Posted on 7 December 2015 by Mairwen Harris

It was noted that Ms Dowden had attended a Uniforum Survey meeting, the benchmarking project for Professional Services across the Russell Group ,which will provide us with a view of what our Professional Services actually cost and performance in relation to that cost. Further details on the Degree Apprenticeship item from the previous UEB meeting
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