Sub-committees

Audit Committee | Employment Committee | Finance and Capital Projects Committee | Governance and Search Committee | Remuneration Committee |

Governance and Search Committee

Constitution

Ex-officio members: the Chair of the Board of Governors, the Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors, the Chair of the Audit Committee, the Chair of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, the Vice-Chancellor and the Clerk to the Governors

Appointed members: three independent members of the Board of Governors

One member appointed from among the co-opted staff members of the Board of Governors

One senior member of the academic staff

Terms of Reference

Subject to any direction that may be given by the Board of Governors, and subject to the requirements of the Instrument and Articles, the Governance Committee shall have the following responsibilities:

1. Board Members
   
   To consider, with appropriate recommendation to the Board of Governors, all matters concerning the accountability of Board members, including the proper discharge of their responsibilities, safeguards in respect of conflicts of interest, and the role of members in relation to managers and staff.
   
   
2. Best Practice in Governance
   
   To consider and recommend to the Board of Governors the adoption of any changes in practice which derive from the reports of bodies such as the Committee on Standards in Public Life, the National Audit Office, the Public Accounts Committee, the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
   
   Generally to do all such things as will promote the highest standards of governance at the University of East London.
   
   
3. Legal Instruments
   
   To recommend to the Board of Governors such changes as may be needed from time to time to the Instrument and Articles of Government, and to University Byelaws.
   
   
4. Membership of the Board, Standing Committees, and the Chancellor
   
   To make recommendations to the Board of Governors concerning the appointment of the Chancellor and the recruitment of independent members.

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