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Board meeting – 20 September 2024

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The 147th meeting of the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

Date: 20 September 2024

Time: 10:00 – 13:00

Venue: In the Livingston Room, Apex 1 and via Teams

Agenda

General Business

  1. Chair’s Business – Verbal (Mr M Cantlay) /To note.
  2. Minute of the meeting held 28 June 2024 – SFC (2024) 066 (Mr M Cantlay) / To approve.
  3. SFC Board Action Log (inc. homologation of committee membership) – SFC (2024) 067 (Mr M Cantlay) / To note.
  4. Long Term Agenda and Dates of Future Meetings – SFC (2024) 068 (Mr M Cantlay) / To note.
  5. Chief Executive’s Report (inc. Risk Register and Risk Assurance Map and Delegated Authority) – SFC (2024) 069 (Mr M Boyle) / To note.
  6. Post Schools Education and Skills Reform – SFC (2024) 070 (Mr M Boyle) / To note.

Corporate Governance & Planning

  1. SFC Board: Review of Board Standing Orders – SFC (2024) 071 (Ms L Baker) / To approve.
  2. SFC Corporate Governance Policies – SFC (2024) 072 (Ms L Baker) / To approve.
  3. SFC Board External Effectiveness Review – SFC (2024) 073 (Ms L Baker) / To approve.
  4. Annual Review of Strategic Plan and SFC Delivery Plan 2024-25: Q1 Reporting – SFC (2024) 074 (Ms L Baker) / To note.
  5. Best Value Assessment 2024-25 – SFC (2024) 075 (Ms L Baker) / To note.

Funding & Finance

  1. SFC Annual Report & Accounts to 31 March 2024 – SFC (2024) 076 (Mr R Maconachie) / To approve.
  2. Audit & Compliance Committee (ACC): Annual Report – SFC (2024) 077
    (Mr D Alexander) / To note.
  3. RSE Chief Executive: Making Knowledge Useful – Presentation (Professor S Skerratt) / To discuss.
  4. AOB – Verbal (Mr M Cantlay) / To note.

Reserved Items

  1. High Engagement Institutions – Verbal (Dr J Brasted) / To note.

Committee Minutes: For Noting

Finance Committee: Minute of the meeting held 31 May 2024 – SFC (2024) 078
(Ms L Jack) / To note.

Audit & Compliance Committee: Minute of the meeting held 6 June 2024 –
SFC (2024) 079 (Mr D Alexander) / To note.

Dates of future meetings

  • Thursday 14/ Friday 15 November 2024 [Board Strategy Event] Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow.
  • Friday 6 December 2024, Virtual via Teams.

SFC Strategic Plan 2022-27

Building a connected, agile, sustainable tertiary education and research system for Scotland.

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