Plan of Regular Items of Council Business, 2021/22

Michaelmas Term week 1 (11 October 2021)

(the default is that this meeting will not take place unless needed).

• Urgent business only which requires discussion not just decision
• Meeting cancelled at Away Day (23 September 2021)

Michaelmas Term week 4

(1 November 2021)

• Covid-19 update (if required) 
• USS pensions consultation update (as needed)
• Financial update
• Councils’ Standing Orders 2021/22
• Trustees’ duties, including the Charity Commission’s Guidance on Public Benefit
• Conflicts of Interest
• Public Sector Equality Duty
• Schedule of Council’s business for 2021/22
• Dates of Council meetings 2021/22. Confirmation of the date of the Away Day 2022
• Annual reports of the five main committees of Council
• Oral report of Chair of Personnel Committee (annual report) PVC People and GLAM)

Michaelmas Term week 8

(29 November 2021)

• Covid-19 update (if required)
• USS pensions consultation (as needed)
• Q1 financial forecast high level update (from PRAC)
• Annual Audit and Scrutiny Committee report
• University Risk Register
• University financial statements and commentary (through Finance Committee)
• Annual financial return and financial forecasts
• Annual Provider Review: quality assurance statement (from EdC)
• Annual Prevent report to OfS
• Annual Assurance return
• Annual Report on Value for Money (via A&SC and then PRAC)
• Annual report on retirement (from Personnel Committee)
• Revised schedule of business
• Head of Division report: MPLS

Hilary Term week 1 (17 January 2022)

(the default is that this meeting will not take place unless needed).

• Urgent business only which requires discussion not just decision.

Hilary Term week 4

(7 February 2022)

• Covid-19 update (if needed)
• USS pension update (if needed)
• OUP report to Council: strategy update
• PRAC
  • Update on strategic and divisional planning (to include report on the Planning Day and on divisional plans)
  • Student number planning
  • Confirmation of 2021/22 minor capital programme and IT capital programme (TBC)
  • Report on Q1 forecast
  • Oral report from the Chair of PRAC
• Gender Pay Gap reporting (through Personnel Committee)
• SHEMS termly report (through GPC)
• Head of Division report: Humanities
• Honorary Degrees Committee report
• ACER annual report

Hilary Term week 9

(14 March 2022)

• Covid-19 update (if needed)
• USS update (if needed)
• Annual Equality Report
• Education Committee
  • Oral report from the Education Committee
• Head of Division report: Social Sciences

Trinity Term week 1 (25 April 2022)

(default is that meeting won’t take place)

• Urgent business only which requires discussion not just decision.

Trinity Term week 3

(9 May 2022) 

• Covid-19 update (if needed)
• USS update (if needed)
• Audit and Scrutiny Committee report
• GPC
  • College Accounts Committee annual indicators report
  • SHEMS termly report
• PRAC
  • Q2 financial forecast
  • JRAM allocations
  • Approval of contribution settlement
• CRDRF annual report
• Research and Innovation Committee
  • REF update as outcomes published in April 22
• Head of Division report: Medical Sciences
• Oral report from the Chair of Research and Innovation Committee

Trinity Term week 9

(20 June 2022)

• Covid-19 update (if needed)
• USS update (if needed)
• Investment Committee annual report
• OUP annual report
• OUP financial statements (through Finance Committee)
• Oxford SU annual impact report to Council (Via Education Committee)
• IT Strategic Plan – annual implementation report
• Prevent Steering Group – update (tbc)
• Registrar’s report

July meeting

(11 July 2022)

• Covid-19 update
• USS pensions update (if needed)
• Q3 forecast (through PRAC)
• 2021/22 budget (through PRAC and Finance Committees)
• Education Committee
  • Annual Report of the PPH Supervisory Committee (through EdC)
  • Annual Report of the Joint Supervisory Committee for Visiting Students (through EdC)
• PRAC
  • Strategic Plan annual report
  • Student Number Planning annual report
• Audit and Scrutiny Committee termly report
• Appointment of external auditor for 2022 audit
• Annual report of CDAR
• Strategic Risk Register (URR)
• GPC
  • SHEMS Annual Report (ATL)
  • Annual report on Compliance with OfS Registration requirements (BTL)
  • Annual report of the Security Subcommittee
  • Information Compliance annual report
  • College Contributions Committee report
• Presentation on buildings
• Head of Division report (GLAM)
  • Honorary Degrees Committee report (TBC)

September Away Day

(23 September 2022)

• Strategic discussions