School of Food Science &
Nutrition
Staff Meeting
April 2014
Agenda
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14.
Apologies
Minutes of Last Meeting.
Matters Arising
HoS’s Statement including items from Senate and FMC
Health & Safety (MH)
Items from Student Education Committee (PK)
Items from Research & Innovation Committee (CO)
Items from Postgraduate Research Committee (RE)
Admissions and Widening Participation (CE)
Finance (CR)
HR Issues (CR)
Athena Swan (CO/CR)
AOB
Date of Next Meeting
3. Matters Arising
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Dean
DSE
Strategy Refresh
SAX-WAX
4. HoS’s Statement
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Senate:
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Student applications up at Leeds compared to peers (numbers and quality)
Savings in central admin
Engineering and South West Jiaotong University
University Enterprise Zone – bid to BIS made by the 3 Leeds Universities; 20000m2 for new
high-tech companies by 2020
– VC wants to increase income, not cut costs
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IPE
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Admissions Tutor
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Council
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I will be in China for 2 weeks from 11th Apr – 24th Apr visiting 4 Universities to
discuss research and teaching links
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Thanks to all staff who have worked extremely hard to get through this term
5. Health & Safety (MH)
• No accident reports
• Please ensure Out of Hours register is signed and
that no lone working permitted. Electronic swipe
system is being monitored to ensure compliance.
• Fire Safety – In due course there will be a fire
evacuation drill. Fire Wardens and Marshalls will
receive an amended evacuation protocol before
any test is conducted.
5. Health & Safety – The Lift (Food
Science Building)
• Lift temporarily out of order. Should heavy equipment transportation be
required to upper floors during this period then it should be organised
using qualified removal personnel.
• In terms of disabled access - should there be any disabled visitors during
the period whilst the lift is inoperative then they should be made aware of
the fact that these facilities are unavailable.
• In addition, the current generic fire evacuation plan is as follows;
Food Science Building
• Horizontal evacuation is possible on the ground floor in two directions
toward three final exit doors.
• There is access to upper levels by the lifts, but these are not suitable for
use during an evacuation!
• There is horizontal evacuation in two directions toward protected
stairways on both the first and second floor.
• (On the first floor, evacuation is possible in one direction into Stead House
and onto a stairway to a final exit. BUT THIS CONNECTING ROUTE HAS
SEVERAL STEPS!)
6. Items from SEC (PK)
7. Items from R&I Committee (CO)
8. Items from PG Committee (RE)
9. Admissions and Widening
Participation (CE)
Food Science and Nutrition UG
International Fees v Student Registrations 2011
£22,000
£20,000
King’s
£18,000
2015 Min
Leeds
£16,000
Tuition Fee
Nottingham
Reading
Surrey
Newcastle
£14,000
Northumbria
£12,000
Sheffield Hallam
Coventry
£10,000
Ulster
£8,000
£6,000
£4,000
0
5
10
15
20
Registered year one students 2011
Fees are for 2014 entry unless marked * to represent 2013 entry
25
30
35
Food Science and Nutrition PGT
H/EU Fees v Student Registrations 2011
£12,000
£10,000
King’s
Tuition Fee
Leeds
£8,000
London Met
Leeds Met
Oxford Brookes
Nottingham
£6,000
Reading
Heriot Watt
2015 Min
Chester
£4,000
Cardiff Met*
£2,000
0
5
10
15
20
25
Registered year one students 2011
Fees are for 2014 entry unless marked * to represent 2013 entry
30
35
40
45
Food Science and Nutrition PGT
International Fees v Student Registrations 2011
£22,000
£20,000
King’s
Nottingham
£18,000
2015 Min
Tuition Fee
Reading
Leeds
Heriot-Watt
£16,000
£14,000
Oxford Brookes
Manchester Met
£12,000
London Met
£10,000
£8,000
£6,000
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Registered year one students 2011
Fees are for 2014 entry unless marked * to represent 2013 entry
70
80
90
100
University Open Days 2014
• Friday, 20th June
• Saturday, 21st June
• Friday, 27th June
• No doubt more dates for Sept/Oct will be
announced by the University in due course
10. Finance (CR)
• MSc Projects - £200 each student – allocated
April 2014
• End of Financial Year 31st July 2014 – ensure
all invoices are received and paid by 30th June
2014 where possible
• New procedure for rewarding volunteers on
research projects
Finance
• The actual financial position of the School has been as
‘fuzzy’ this year as I can ever remember it
• 2013 IPE figures had to be adjusted to deal with the ‘5%
surplus’ requirement
• Then it wasn’t a requirement
• Michael Goran is still included in our figures (but is out next
year)
• Neither income or expenditure figures for this year
appeared until March (whilst the targets were still unclear –
see above)
• Catherine and I were then asked to find £40k on the spot at
a meeting 2 weeks ago!
IPE – Main Calculation Changes to Last
Year’s Plans
• 5% surplus (unrestricted funds) as a percentage
of income (all funds) to be achieved by 17/18
• No risk adjustments for QR and international
student fee income
• QR from 2015/16 has been calculated from the
staff submitted in REF 2014, the estimated quality
profile and an estimated UoA RUR and then
deflated by 20%.
• Reduced service savings leading to increase in
schools central overhead charges.
In-Year Surplus-Deficit Plans Submitted to IPE
2014
1.2
In-Year Deficit/Surplus
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0.8
2007-08 actual
2008-09 actual
0.6
2009-10 actual
2010-11 actual
2011-12 actual
0.4
2012-13 actual
2013-14 predicted
0.2
2014-15 plan
2015-16 plan
0
2016-17 plan
2017-18 plan
-0.2
-0.4
-0.6
2018-19 plan
In-Year Cumulative Reserve Plans Submitted to IPE
2014
Cumulative Reserves
3
2.5
2
2007-08 actual
2008-09 actual
1.5
1
0.5
2009-10 actual
2010-11 actual
2011-12 actual
2012-13 actual
2013-14 predicted
0
2014-15 plan
2015-16 plan
-0.5
2016-17 plan
2017-18 plan
-1
-1.5
-2
2018-19 plan
FS&N – IPE Plan Summary
Unrestricted Surplus as %
of Total Income
13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19
Food Science & Nutrition
3%
2%
4%
6%
7%
10%
Faculty Total
6%
2%
2%
4%
5%
4%
Staff Plans – IPE 2014
• Professor of Obesity/Lecturer/Post-Doc
(separate business case – School + University
contributions)
• Research Technician
• Lecturer in Food Biochemistry
11. HR (CR)
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New Staff
Staff Leaving
Academic Visitors
On-Going Recruitment
People Framework Management – Extended deadline
16th April 2014
SRDS
Annual Academic Reviews
School Equality & Inclusion Forum
Staff Benefits Fair – Thursday 10th April 10am – 2pm
Parkinson Court.
12. Athena SWAN (CO/CR)
• Silver Award – Re-submission by November 2014
• School Equality & Inclusion Forum to consider School
Action Plan i.e.
School Post-Doctoral Forum
Mentoring
Flexible Working Policies
Sabbatical Policy
WiSET/Springboard/Action Learning Sets/Tomorrow’s
Leaders
Training and Development Plans
Alumni Database
Achievements on School Web-Site
13. AOB
14. Date of Next Meeting