The Conference of Colleges
Judith Finch and Caroline Pack
Conference of Colleges
Wednesday 23 September 2015
What are the colleges?
• 31 mixed colleges, 7 graduate colleges, and 6
Permanent Private Halls
• Independent charities, each with a Head of House
and a Governing Body
• Founded between 1249 and 2008
• Some specialise and some cover a wide range of
subjects
• Between 9 students and 760
Colleges teach and research
• Colleges spent £138m on tuition and research in 2014
• College libraries accounted for £5.9m of this
• Colleges admit undergraduate students, have
responsibility for overseeing teaching and support of
undergraduates, and provide tutorial teaching
• College teaching is delivered by governing body
fellows and by external tutors including graduate
students
• Colleges support research fellows at early career
stage and a range of other research activities
Colleges provide facilities and
student welfare
• Colleges spent £167m on college residential
provision for students and others in 2014
• Colleges provide an extensive student welfare
support network, working with University
colleagues
• Colleges provide accommodation for
undergraduates and, increasingly, graduates
What is the purpose of
Conference of Colleges?
• Enables colleges to act collectively on issues that
matter to them: sharing information or good
practice, procuring advice or services
• Acts as a voice for college interests in the
University community: communicating the
collective college perspective and allowing active
participation in University decision-making
The committee structure
Development Panel
Development
Directors
Legal Panel
Monitoring and
Moderation Board
Joint groups
Personnel Working
Group
Admissions
Executive*
Joint Student
Number Planning
Sub-Committee
Admissions
Tutors
Domestic Bursars
AOCA
Estates Bursars
Steering
Committee
Four Divisional
Contact Groups
Graduate Tutors
CCL
CITFC
CITMC
Senior Tutors
ICT Steering
Committee
*also reports to
Education Committee &
Council
Conference
Consultative Forum
Joint Resource
Allocation Advisory
Board
Joint Fees and
Student Support
Advisory Group
Joint Supervisory
Committee for
Visiting Students
How does Conference contribute
to University policy?
• Conference has representatives on Council, its
main committees, and on all Divisional Boards
• In total it has around 250 representatives on more
than 100 University or joint committees and
working groups
• Senior University / Divisional Officer(s) and OUSU
attend as observers at all main Conference
Committees
Current key issues
• JRAM review
• Student Number Planning
• Financial Challenges facing colleges
• Student welfare issues and provision
• Compliance issues (e.g. right to work checks,
CMA guidance)
• Work towards the new OFFA targets
• Provision for graduate students
Conference of Colleges website
www.confcoll.ox.ac.uk
• Public access to website homepage
• Access to full website (including all non-reserved
papers since HT2009) available to any member of
collegiate University staff via single sign-on
• Website contains:
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Contact details for Conference Officers
Google calendar of dates
Times and venues of committee meetings
Conference committee members and papers
Publicly available information, e.g. Financial Statements,
Appeal Tribunal procedures
Conference Secretariat team
Judith
Finch
Director
Ext: 280769
[email protected]
Caroline
Pack
Senior Policy Advisor (Education &
Academic Affairs)
Ext: 280653
[email protected]
Rita
Rattray
Policy Advisor
Ext: 28065
[email protected]
Ceri
Hunter
Policy Officer (Academic Affairs)
Ext: 280061
email address tbc
TBA
Policy Officer (Legal and compliance)
Tabitha
Schenk
Administrator
Ext: 270767
[email protected]
QUESTIONS?