Transcript Staff meeting Jan 2013 - School of Food Science and Nutrition

FS&N
School Staff Meeting
January, 2013
Agenda
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Apologies
Minutes of Last Meeting.
Matters Arising/Action Points
Staff Disability Network (Bryan Matthews, The Equality Service)
Items from Senate
Items from FMC
HoS’s Statement
Safety (LM)
Items from Student Education Committee (PK)
Items from Research Committee (BM)
Items from Postgraduate Committee (GW)
Admissions and Widening Participation (CO)
Finance (CR)
HR Issues (CR)
AOB
Date of next Meeting
(3) Matters Arising/Action Points
(5) Items from Senate
(6) Items from FMC
(7) HoS’s Statement
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Staff Departures
Leadership Chairs
FS&N@Parkinson
Industry Day
Student Number Planning/IPE
School Student Administrative Structure
Student Number Planning/IPE 2013
• It looks like last year was a blip
• The Faculty is happy that our student number
planning gets back on track pre-2012 blip
Student Number Planning/IPE
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
UG (Home/EU)
UG (Int)
PGT (Home/EU)
PGT (Int)
PGR Home/EU)
PGR (Int)
55
12
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55
5
11
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55
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12
2
55
5
11
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12
2
55
5
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65
12
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55
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UG Student Recruitment
• Our numbers look OK – provided we get
conversion (applicant to CF status; importance
of Feb/Mar post-applicant days)
• Numbers down across the University?
(7) HoS’s Statement
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Staff Departures
Leadership Chairs
FS&N@Parkinson
Industry Day
Student Number Planning/IPErecruitment
School Student Administrative Structure
Clare:
• Student Support (eg. non-standard queries about regs
from staff and students)
• Assessment (eg. management of the process)
• Programme Support (eg. handbooks)
• Quality Assurance (eg. accreditation, collaborative
agreements)
• Admissions (eg. management of process, conversion
activities)
• (+ MaPS Faculty Lead for Student Support + School
Academic Integrity Officer + management of School
Support Office)
(8) Safety
(9) Student Education Committee
(10) Research Committee
(11) Postgraduate Research Committee
(12) Admissions and Widening Participation
UG Applications
2012 UCAS
(12/1/12)
2013 UCAS
(24/1/13)
Total
Applications
229
360
UG Applications
Food Science
Total Applicants
Home/EU
International
Offers made
Rejected
Decisions Awaited
105
87
18
78
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12
UG Applications
Food Studies & Nutrition
Total Applicants
132
Home/EU
94
International
38
Offers made
90
Rejected
24
Decisions Awaited
24
UG Applications
Nutrition
Total Applicants
Home/EU
International
Offers made
Rejected
Decisions Awaited
123
87
35
95
9
19
From these figures:
Offers made (but not accepted, yet)
= 263
The importance of ‘conversion
activity’ (eg. Post-Applicant Open
Days) cannot be over-emphasised
(13) Finance
(14) HR Issues
Finance
• Failing to meet our student number targets and research
income targets has hit our finance badly,
• In addition, we have had to pay £124K for bills that should
have been paid last year (Perrett Laver, AV equipment)
• We will have an in year deficit this year but I don’t think
that we will go back into cumulative deficit
• It is hard to be certain about our position until the budgets
have been up-dated (March?) and we have more certainty
over the Leadership Chairs
• In the meantime we have a bit of a cash flow problem
• Please try to be careful with School resources; see CR if
unsure about expenditure. Final budgets and current
balances to be circulated this week.
HR Issues
• 1% pay increase to salaries paid from 31st
January 2013 back-dated to 1st August 2012
• People Management Framework – End of
February/Early March 2013
• Leavers – Stefania Chillo
• Susan McCourt – returns form Maternity leave
21st February 2013
(15) AOB
(16) Date of Next Meeting: