Planning and Resource Allocation Committee (PRAC)

The Planning and Resource Allocation Committee (PRAC) is a main committee of Council that is responsible for divisional and service budget setting, and allocating money to other important functions of the University. The Committee also oversees student number planning, fee setting, value for money initiatives, and other activities that impact on income and expenditure. PRAC sets the budget for IT capital expenditure, approves spending from the Minor Capital Plan. The Committee is responsible for drafting and overseeing the University’s five-year strategic plans.

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Membership as at MT 2025 will be as follows

Name Conditions of appointment Until beginning of
TBC Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning & Resources), who shall be chair of the committee Ex-officio
Professor Nicholas Barber Senior Proctor Ex-officio
Dr Grant Tapsell Junior Proctor Ex-officio
Professor Raphael Hauser Assessor Ex-officio
Sir Ernest Ryder Chair or Vice-Chair of the Conference of Colleges Ex-officio
Charles Alexander Chair of the Committee of Estate Bursars Ex-officio
Professor Dan Grimley Head of the Division of Humanities (or nominee) Ex-officio
Professor James Naismith Head of the Division of MPLS (or nominee) Ex-officio
Professor Gavin Screaton Head of the Division of Medical Sciences (or nominee) Ex-officio
Professor Tim Power Head of the Division of Social Sciences (or nominee) Ex-officio
Richard Ovenden Head of the Gardens, Libraries, and Museums Ex-officio
Professor Frances Platt One of five persons appointed by Council from among the members of Council specified in section 4 (15)-(25) of Statute VI MT 2027
Professor Catherine Swales MT 2028
Professor Charles Godfray MT 2026
Professor Geraldine Johnson MT 2027
Professor Sam Wolfe MT 2027
Monica Burch Two external persons appointed by Council each of whom may be members of Council specified in section 4 (7)–(10) of Statute VI HT 2027
Vanessa Howlison MT 2027
Professor Roger Goodman Chair of the Buildings and Estates Subcommittee Ex-officio
Wantoe Teah Wantoe One student member representative, selected by the Council of the Oxford University Student Union from among the student member representatives on Council Ex-officio
Professor Michael Bonsall Co-opted Members MT 2028
TBC  
TBC  
Secretary: Planning and Resource Allocation Section (Mr Kristoffer Tiffen)

 

Attending Officers



Name Position
Gill Aitken Registrar
Dr Saira Shaikh Academic Registrar
Professor Martin Williams Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)
Professor Anne Trefethen Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Digital)
Professor Patrick Grant Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Simon Boddie Chief Financial Officer
Kristoffer Tiffen Secretary
Antony Willott Director of PACS
Charlotte Taylor Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
Alexander Vincent  Divisional Registrar (Humanities)
Tracy Gale Divisional Registrar (MPLS)
David White Divisional Registrar (SSD)
Chris Price Divisional Registrar (MSD)
Dr Alison Macdonald Director of the Department for Continuing Education
Trevor Payne Director of Estate Services

All meetings begin at 10.00am and end at 1pm.

The intention to submit a paper to PRAC should be notified to the PRAC secretariat (kristoffer.tiffen@admin.ox.ac.uk) at least one week before the deadlines for papers given below.

Michaelmas term 2025

Week Date Deadline for Papers
1st Tuesday 14 October Thursday 2 October
5th Tuesday 11 November Thursday 30 October
10th Tuesday 16 December Thursday 4 December

Hilary term 2026

Week Date Deadline for Papers
1st Tuesday 20 January Thursday 8 January
5th Tuesday 17 February Thursday 5 February
10th Tuesday 24 March Thursday 12 March

Trinity term 2026

Week Date Deadline for Papers
1st Tuesday 28 April Thursday 16 April
5th Tuesday 26 May Thursday 14 May
10th Tuesday 30 June Thursday 18 June

Documents


Regulations


For the regulations of the Planning and Resource Allocation Committee, please click here:

Regulations

Contact us


Kristoffer Tiffen

Planning and Council Secretariat

01865 (2)80756

kristoffer.tiffen@admin.ox.ac.uk