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Governance at Hull College Group Carla Ramsay Corporation Advisor and Secretary to the Board. Hull College Group – what does it consist?. Hull, Harrogate and Goole sites 32,000 enrolments 14-16 Part-time 14-16 Full-time (national pilot) 16-18 & 19+ Apprenticeships Adult
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Governance at Hull College Group Carla Ramsay Corporation Advisor and Secretary to the Board
Hull College Group – what does it consist? • Hull, Harrogate and Goole sites • 32,000 enrolments • 14-16 Part-time • 14-16 Full-time (national pilot) • 16-18 & 19+ Apprenticeships Adult • 16-18 Full time Full-cost • Higher Education International
Hull College Group – basic Governance • Corporation of 20 Governors • Strategic Leadership Team • Mix of Committees and Working Groups • Recent changes in Governance
Hull College Group – specific features • Academy Sponsor – Sirius Academy • Significant improvement in GCSE results, new build, joint 6th Form, enrichment activities, appointment of Trustees and Directors • Higher Education • Approximately 1,500 students • Arts, Design, Business and Science • Harrogate International Business School, Hull College of Art • New HE Governance and Ethics structure
Hull College Group – specific features • Energy League • 79 full-time 14-16 year old learners enrolled from September 2011 as part of planned secondary school closure in Hull • Studio School Applications, UTC involvement • Commercial
Hull College Group – how does governance keep up? • Governance focus • Looking to future needs • Focus on strategy • Focus on risk and uncertainty • New mind-set for governance • Greater self-sufficiency?
Hull College Group – how does governance keep up? • Review of skills mix • New governors and co-optees have added significant business acumen and strategic skills • New use of working groups • HE Governor Working Group – change in HE governance structure • Governor Working Group – New Opportunities; detailed work and risk analysis on behalf of Corporation
Hull College Group – how does governance keep up? • Hull College Group appointments to sponsored academy • Mix of Governors and staff to give right support to Academy and understand College’s strategic direction – Hull College Group retains majority • New Corporation Advisor and Secretary to the Board
Hull College Group – how does governance keep up? • New strands • 14-16, commercial, new opportunities, HE • All fit into Governance Committee Structure without need for their own committee/governance structure • Corporation focus on strategy and risk • Targeted governance training • Consultative Committees
Hull College Group – Staff and Student Governors • Two Student Governors – SU Sabbatical President and Student Governor • Standards Committee and HE Academic Board • Two Staff Governors • Standards Committee and Search, Governance and Human Resources Committee
Governance and Committee Structuresist? Corporation Future Development: Ethics Committee Strategic Leadership Team HE Academic Board Audit Committee Search, Governance & HR Remuneration Committee Standards Finance Committee New Opportunities Harrogate Consultative Cttee Goole Consultative Forum (FE) Academic Board Estates Strategy Strategy Development