Court
Annual Meeting of Court 2013
The next Annual Meeting of Court is due to take place on Friday 6 December 2013.
Please contact the Governance Office (secretariat@bristol.ac.uk) for more information.
Annual Meeting of Court 2012
The Annual Meeting of Court 2012 took place on Friday 7 December 2012 in the Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building.
A copy of the agenda and meeting papers can be found below including the Vice-Chancellor's speech and the Presentations (minutes to follow):
- Covering letter from Chancellor (PDF, 34.6kb)
- Agenda (PDF, 33.2kb)
- Agenda Item 1 - Minutes of the previous meeting in December 2011 (PDF, 78.3kb)
- Agenda Item 2 - Changes in Court membership (PDF, 22.8kb)
- Agenda Item 3 - The University's Review of the Year 2011/12 (PDF, 4.3mb)
- Agenda Item 4 - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2011/12 (PDF, 2.1mb)
- Agenda Item 5 - Appointment of lay members of Council (PDF, 41.0kb)
- Agenda Item 6 - Appointment of University Treasurer (PDF, 30.7kb)
- Agenda Item 8 - Changes to Charter, Statutes and Ordinances made during the period ended 31 July 2011 (PDF, 81.1kb)
- Agenda Item 9 - Appointment of Pro-Chancellors (PDF, 34.1kb)
- Vice-Chancellor speech (PDF, 102.9kb)
- Finance Presentation (PDF, 953.7kb)
- The Implications of Undergraduate Expansion (PDF, 5.0mb)
For more information please contact the Governance Office:
Tel: +44 (0)117 331 8084 (internal: 18084)
Email: secretariat@bristol.ac.uk
Members of Court
There are some 585 members (PDF, 245.2kb) of Court. The members include officers of the University, members of Council and Senate, emeritus professors, benefactors, members of the Society of Merchant Venturers, representatives of local authorities, persons appointed by Privy Council, persons appointed by the Chancellor of the University, representatives of other Universities, local Members of Parliament, representatives of local and professional bodies, and 100 members elected by Convocation. Further information can be found in Statute 11 (PDF, 141.5kb).
Powers of Court
Court receives reports from Council and an annual audited statement of accounts. Court may comment on the affairs of the University, advise Council on any matter, and invite Council to review a decision.
Court has power, on the proposal of Council, to recommend to the Privy Council changes to the Charter and statutes. It appoints the Chancellor, Pro-Chancellors and Treasurer upon the nomination of Council, appoints annually the external auditors and elects fifteen lay members of Council.
Further information can be found in Statute 12 (PDF, 141.5kb).
Meetings of Court
Court normally meets once a year in December. The Chancellor presides. Court considers the annual accounts and the strategy and management of the University. Court may hold special meetings at the request of its members. Formal minutes, papers and presentations from the meetings of Court are made available to members of the public. Further information can be found in Statute 13 (PDF, 141.5kb).
The next annual meeting of Court is Friday 6 December 2013.
Secretariat
Court is organised by:
Miss Lucy Barling
Governance Officer
Email: secretariat@bristol.ac.uk
Court is serviced by:
Mr Hugh Martin
Head of Governance
Email: secretariat@bristol.ac.uk
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