The Governance and Nominations Committee is responsible for reviewing and advising the Council on the University's governance arrangements, ensuring the University pursues good practice and complies with external governance requirements. The Committee is also responsible for recommending to Council the appointment of lay officers and lay members to Council.
During the 2022-23 academic session, the Committee held five meetings, including one special meeting. The Committee's business focused on reviewing succession planning arrangements and recommendations to Council regarding role descriptors, appointment processes, the Independent Governance Effectiveness Review, changes to terms of references and membership of Council Committees, ordinance amendments, and the procedure for reporting serious incidents. It also focused on increasing diversity of Board membership and of Council and Council Committees, reviewing the register of declarations of interest, and the appraisal process for the Chair of Council and Council Committees. Arrangements relating to reviewing the effectiveness of Council Committees were also amended.
