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GDP: Audit & Risk Committees

GDP Audit & Risk Committees

GDP: Audit & Risk Committees

Date: 12 October 2022  

This virtual, half-day session will focus on the major risks facing institutions, scenario planning and how risk assurance frameworks are evolving.

The event will also cover regulatory expectations on audit committees including value for money, and the key elements of the CUC audit committee code of practice.

Audit & Risk Committees will be of particular interest and benefit to members of audit committees and HE governors.

The session will also hear from external and internal audit leads offering their views on trends which are impacting on audit committees, offering advice to audit committee chairs and members for how you might evaluate your approach.

GDP: Audit & Risk Committees

Date: 12 October 2022  

Venue: Virtual

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Programme

09.30am    Welcome 
    
09.45am    Introduction and housekeeping 
    
10.00am    The CUC HE Audit Committees Code of Practice, John Rushforth, CUC
    
10.25am    The changing role of audit in HE and beyond
    
11.00am    Insights from an internal auditor, Steve Stanbury, Internal Audit, City University
    
11.25am    Experiences of audit in HE, Richard Young, Uniac
    
11.55am    Panel discussion
    
12.10pm    Break
    
12.20pm    The Executive perspective on an effective audit committee, Mary White, Chief Financial Officer, Royal Holloway
    
12.40pm    Breakout discussions
    
1.10pm    Feedback and Q&A
    
1.30pm    Close

Speakers

Aaron Porter

Associate Director (Governance)
,
Advance HE
AP
Aaron leads on Advance HE governance activity through the delivery of our national Governor Development Programme which engages with around 900 governors across the UK on an annual basis. He has extensive experience leading reviews of over 25 governing boards. Aaron was previously President of the National Union of Students (NUS) and also chair of trustees for the organisation.

Victoria Holbrook

Assistant Director, Governance
,
Advance HE
Victoria Holbrook
Victoria joined Advance HE in February 2019 from the Office for Students and after 11 years at its predecessor the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). As Assistant Director, Governance she leads the development and delivery of Advance HE’s approach and work to support good governance to ensure it meets the needs of its members and clients in their rapidly evolving operating environments.

John Rushforth

Senior Associate
,
Advance HE
John Rushforth
John is a nationally recognised expert on UK University governance. He is responsible for the key documents that underpin the governance of all publicly funded UK HE institutions namely the CUC HE Code of Governance, the HE Senior Staff Remuneration Code, a range of illustrative practice notes e.g. Academic Assurance, Recruitment of VCs, etc and a Leadership Foundation publication on the relationship between Vice Chancellors and Chairs.

Juliet Simpson

Chair of Council of Higher Education Internal Auditors (CHEIA) and Head of Internal Audit, Newcastle University
,
Newcastle University
Juliet Simpson
Juliet joined Newcastle University as Head of Internal Audit in March 2003 to establish the in-house Internal Audit service. Prior to that, she was a Senior Manager with a Big 4 information security practice, having started her career in local government (accountancy and internal audit).

Richard Young

Executive Director
,
Uniac
Richard Young
Richard is the executive director at Uniac – a firm that offers specialist internal audit services for the HE sector. Established in 1992, Uniac now operates across the country – working with large Russell Group universities through to small specialist providers.