14th meeting of the OfS board, 16 March 2020

Agenda and associated papers

1.1 Chair's welcome

2.1 Approval of January 2020 minutes

3.1 Chief executive's report

Annex A exempt from publication - locally sensitive information. We will consider our approach to collecting financial forecast information in due course.

Annex C exempt from publication – locally sensitive information. We will publish information about the TEF advisory group in due course.

Annex D exempt from publication – locally sensitive information. An updated version of the scheme of delegation will be published on the OfS website in due course.

Annex E exempt from publication – locally sensitive information. Summary risk information will be published in the OfS’s annual report and accounts.

Annex G cannot be published for copyright reasons.

4.1 In-year student data and data futures

A paper relating to the delivery of in-year data.

Exempt from publication – commercially sensitive information.

5.1 Funding overview and budgets for academic years 2019-20 and 2020-21

A paper seeking board approval for recurrent and capital grant budgets and allocation methods.

Exempt from publication – locally sensitive information. Full details of board decisions on funding for 2019-20 and 2020-21 have been published.

6.1 Freedom of speech (presentation)

A board discussion on freedom of speech and academic freedom.

7.1 Conditional unconditional offers

A paper to inform board consideration of the next steps on conditional unconditional offers.

Exempt from publication – policy in development. We expect to publish our advice to students and a summary of our work to date in summer 2020.

8.1 Draft business plan 2020-21

A paper setting out a current draft of the OfS business plan for April 2020 to April 2021.

Exempt from publication – policy in development. We expect to publish our business plan in summer 2020.

9.1 ‘Focus on’ the Risk and Audit Committee and report from the February meeting

10.1 Student panel update

11.1 Report from the Provider Risk Committee

A report on the work of the OfS’s Provider Risk Committee.

Exempt from publication – locally sensitive information.

12.1 Report from the Quality Assessment Committee

13.1 Report from the Horizon Scanning Panel

14.1 Report from the Remuneration and Nominations Committee

A report on the work of the OfS’s Remuneration and Nominations Committee.

Exempt from publication – locally sensitive information.