Author: Miguel Mera, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities
- UEB noted a successful visit from representatives of Hampshire County Council during the summer as part of our developing Civic Engagement work. Several co-created projects are now being developed. The County Council had reported on this visit positively to wider stakeholders.
- UEB noted the latest Confirmation and Clearing update. This highlighted a good outcome in a challenging environment. The University is on plan overall, slightly over on International undergraduate and slightly under on Home undergraduate. Planning for the next cycle is in progress.
- UEB welcomed the extremely positive media following the announcement that Southampton has become the first UK university to be granted a licence by the Indian government to create a comprehensive campus in the country. Work is now progressing at pace to appoint an Academic Provost for the Delhi Campus and to prepare for our first intake in 2025.
- UEB discussed updated parking regulations that will support the adoption of enforcement systems, i.e. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), which will be tested from 1 October, with the associated changes to the approval of permits across user groups being brought into operation from the start of 2025.
- UEB reflected on a series of Internal Audit reports which had been completed by KPMG. This provides independent assurance to Audit and Risk Committee of our governance, controls, and accounting processes and ensures that we are legally compliant. The report highlighted significant assurance with minor improvement opportunities across most areas as well as some aspects where partial assurance was provided with suggested process improvements. For all suggested improvements a clear action plan is in place.