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GDP: Scottish Governance Symposium

A state-of-the-nation view on governance in Scottish HE institutions.

Overview

After the success of our inaugural Scottish Governance Symposium we will be running a second event in May 2021 to provide a state-of-the-nation view on governance in HE, with a particular take on the emerging impact of the legislation on governance in Scottish HE institutions, considering progress on outcome agreements and a wider analysis of the funding landscape. We will hear from leaders in the sector, as well as court members, with a chance to network and share practice.

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Date: 21 May 2021

Venue: Virtual

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Agenda

9.30am - Welcome and introductions - Aaron Porter, Associate Director Governance, Advance HE & Chair, BPP University & Governor, Goldsmiths University of London

9.50am - Policy landscape - Alastair Sim, Director, Universities Scotland

10.30am - Break

10.45am - Leading the board during virtual governance - Janet le Grand QC Hon, Senior Lay Member, University of Edinburgh

11.00am - Reflecting on 1 year of virtual governance (breakout rooms)

11.20am - Feedback from breakout discussions

11.30am - Break

11.45am - Tackling racism on campus project - Khadija Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, University of the West of Scotland (Chair) 

12.15pm - Where next for international provision in Scotland? - Rachel Sandison, Vice Principal External Relations, Glasgow University 

12.45pm - Break

1.00pm - Understanding the financial health of Scottish HE - Carol Prokopyszyn, Director of Finance, University of Dundee

1.30pm - Close

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Facilitator

Aaron Porter, Associate Director (Governance), Advance HE

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. He has served on the council of the University of Leicester and has previously been a Non-Executive Director on the Board of a range of sector agencies.

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Aaron Porter

Speakers

Alastair Sim, Director of Universities Scotland

Alastair Sim has been Director of Universities Scotland since July 2009, joining from the Scottish Civil Service. Since 2009 he has navigated the Scottish HE sector through two Scottish elections, two general elections, a referendum on Scottish independence, several spending reviews and a funding gap.

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Alastair Sim

Janet Legrand QC Hon, Senior Lay Member of Court,  The University of Edinburgh

Former Senior Partner and Board Chair of global law firm DLA Piper, Janet is the Senior Lay Member of Court at the University of Edinburgh. She has significant governance experience in higher education; in particular from her prior roles on the Audit Committee of the University of Cambridge and as Deputy Chair of Council at City, University of London, where she was also a Trustee of the Student’s Union. 

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Janet Legrand QC Hon

Khadija Mohammed, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Social Science, University of the West of Scotland

Khadija is a Senior Lecturer and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the School of Education and Social Sciences. She is Chair of the Anti-Racist Curriculum Project, a new collaborative research project funded by SFC and in collaboration with QAA Scotland and Advance HE that aims to understand and support the development of an anti-racist curriculum for universities and colleges in Scotland.

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Khadija Mohammed

Rachel Sandison, Vice Principal, External Relations, University of Glasgow

Rachel Sandison is the Vice-Principal for External Relations at the University of Glasgow where she has responsibility for leading the University’s strategy for external engagement and an integrated Directorate covering Marketing; Student Recruitment; Admissions; Internationalisation; Widening Access and Development & Alumni Relations. Rachel is a Chartered Marketer and is currently the Chair of the CASE Europe Marketing Institute whilst also contributing to several sector advisory boards both at home and overseas.

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Rachel Sandison

Carol Prokopyszyn, Director of Finance, University of Dundee

Carol is the Director of Finance at the University of Dundee. She has over twelve years’ experience of working in UK Higher Education across three institutions. She moved to her current role at Dundee in 2018 having previously been Deputy Director of Finance at Loughborough University and the University of Leicester. She has contributed to policy advisory boards for fair access and development of accounting standards for higher education.

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Carol Prokopyszyn