General Purposes Committee

The General Purposes Committee (GPC) advises Council on policy in respect of issues or activities which are university-wide and transcend the remit of the other main committees of Council or other specialist committees as appropriate. Its remit includes responsibility for strategic issues relating to risk management.

Due to its responsibilities around matters of a reputational or ethical nature, GPC considers requests from the Development Office to name posts, scholarships, buildings etc in recognition of donors.  It also considers requests to name buildings for a person (whether living or deceased) that are not related to a donation by the person to be honoured by the naming, or where a building is high-profile (eg the naming/re-naming might attract media interest, locally and/or nationally). In such cases, please contact the secretariat for advice.

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Membership as at MT 2023 will be as follows:

  Name Conditions of appointment Until
[1] Professor Irene Tracey (Chair) The Vice-Chancellor ex officio
[2] Dr Kathryn Murphy, Oriel The Senior Proctor ex officio
[3] Professor David Kirk, Nuffield The Junior Proctor ex officio
[4] Professor Joseph Conlon, New College The Assessor ex officio
[5] Dame Helen Ghosh, Balliol College The Chair of the Conference of Colleges ex officio
[6] Professor Dan Grimley, Merton College The Head of the Division of Humanities ex officio
[7] Professor James Naismith, Jesus College The Head of the Division of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences ex officio
 [8] Professor Gavin Screaton, University College The Head of the Division of Medical Sciences ex officio
[9] Professor Timothy Power, St Antony’s The Head of the Division of Social Sciences ex officio
[10] Professor Nandini Gooptu, St Antony's One of three persons appointed by Council from among the members of Council specified in section 4 (15)-(25) of Statute VI [i.e. those members elected by Congregation] MT 2025
[11] Professor Patricia Daley, Jesus As above MT 2024
[12] Professor Cecile Fabre, All Souls As above MT 2025
[13] Danial Hussain The President of the Oxford University Student Union ex officio
Secretary: Planning and Council Secretariat (Ms Louise Hasler)

These meetings begin at 11.00am unless notified otherwise.

Please contact gpc@admin.ox.ac.uk if you wish to receive regular reminders of paper deadlines.

 

 

DATE OF GPC MEETING

DEADLINE FOR PAPERS

(9am)

Michaelmas Term 2023

 

 

Week 2

16 October 2023
(by correspondence)

29 September 2023

Week 6

13 November 2023

27 October 2023

Week 10

11 December 2023
(by correspondence)

24 November 2023

Hilary Term 2024

 

 

Week 2

22 January 2024
(by correspondence)

5 January 2024

Week 6

19 February 2024

(by correspondence)

2 February 2024

Week 10

18 March 2024
(by correspondence)

1 March 2024

Trinity Term 2024

 

 

Week 2

29 April 2024
(in person)

12 April 2024

Week 6

28 May 2024*
 

10 May 2024

Week 10

24 June 2024

7 June 2024

*Tuesday to avoid a Bank Holiday

Regulations


For the regulations of the General Purposes Committee please click here:

Regulations

Contact us


Louise Hasler - Secretary

Charlie Knight - Assistant Secretary

Planning and Council Secretariat

gpc@admin.ox.ac.uk

 

Report templates

For a report requesting new legislation or amendments to legislation please use the GPC 2023-24 legislation template.

For all other reports, please use the GPC 2023-24 report template.  The secretariat are happy to advise on completion.