Financial Statements - Full Year 2005
Board of Govenors
The University is an independent Higher Education Corporation whose authority derives from the Education Reform Act 1988, and the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.
The Board of Governors derive their authority from the University’s Instrument and Articles of Government which was approved by the Privy Council on 5 March 1993, and revised in 1995 and 2002.
The Instrument and Articles of Government states that the Board shall consist of not less than twelve and not more than twenty-four appointed members. The Board must decide what size it wishes to be. It was agreed that there should be up to eighteen members, of whom up to eleven would be independent members (this has been lifted temporarily to twenty members overall of whom thirteen members would be independent due to a period of board member turnover and to ensure continuity), one nominee each for the Academic Board and students, two staff governors, and two co-opted members. The membership of the Board is completed by the Vice Chancellor, who is the Chief Executive.
In the period from 1 August 2004 membership of the Board of Governors has been as follows: -
Ex-Officio Members
| Professor M A Brown | Vice Chancellor & Chief Executive |
External Independent Members
| Commodore R H Walker |
Chair & Pro Chancellor (reappointed 23 March 2005) |
| Mr W H A Addy | Deputy Chair of Board of Governors (retired as Deputy Chair 22 March 2005) |
| Mr S Broomhead | |
| Mr J Carson | (reappointed 1 September 2005) |
| Mrs R Hawley | One year sabbatical commenced 1 April 2005 Chair of Employment Committee (retired as Committee Chair 22 March 2005) |
| Mr R Hill |
(reappointed 1 October 2005) |
| Professor L Howell | (reappointed 12 December 2004) Deputy Chairman of Audit Committee |
| Mr J Kennedy | |
| Mr G Morris | |
| Ms D Shackleton | Deputy Chair of Finance Committee |
| Her Honour Judge E Steel | (reappointed 12 December 2004) Deputy Chair of Employment Committee (appointed 23 March 2005) |
| Sir M Thornton | Chairman of Audit Committee |
| Ms S Williams |
External Co-opted Members
| Mr P Holme | Co-opted Governor from Education Sector Deputy Chair of Employment Committee (appointed 23 March 2005) |
| Ms C Hannah | Co-opted Governor from Health Sector (Appointed 18 October 2004) |
Nominee Members
| Mr P Hinton | Staff Governor (Academic Board nominee) (retired 31 March 2005) |
| Dr G Mazhinu | Staff Governor (Academic Board nominee) (appointed 18 April 2005) |
| Mr J Miller | Student Governor (Student President) (retired 6 June 2005) |
| Ms S Kearns | Student Governor (Student President) (appointed 7 June 2005) |
Staff Members
| Ms J Ball | Staff Governor (Support Staff) |
| Mr B McClelland | Staff Governor (Academic Staff) (retired 31 August 2005) |
| Mr J Middleton | Staff Governor (Academic Staff) (appointed 1 September 2005) |
