{"id":299,"date":"2018-01-18T16:48:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T16:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=299"},"modified":"2018-01-18T17:21:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T17:21:55","slug":"the-last-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/01\/18\/the-last-court\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LAST COURT?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2018 meeting of the University Court will take place on Saturday 27 January in George Fox Lecture Theatre 1. Many observers will be pleasantly surprised that the Court is meeting at all, given the ‘effectiveness review’ which took place in late 2017 (see subtext 166). The report and recommendations of that review will form the centrepiece of next weekend’s meeting and, we are pleased to report, members are promised more than just the derisory ‘light refreshments’ that were offered to members in 2017. There will be soup and sandwiches.<\/span><\/p>\n

What do we know of the review’s findings? Absolutely nothing, although we know the VC’s preference was to remove all governance responsibilities from the Court and replace it with an annual ‘stakeholder event’ (see subtext 169), so the direction of travel has been fairly clear. Nominations have not been sought for the scheduled annual elections to the Court because, apparently, this would be ‘inappropriate’ in advance of the discussion on the review. Court papers should be distributed this Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

subtext encourages all Court members who value the idea of a university with at least some community accountability to show up on the 27th. Sadly, as in 2017, the meeting will start at 10am, rather than its more traditional 10:30am, making attendance something of a challenge for members coming from afar. Hopefully the extra time will be used constructively to discuss how to rejuvenate the Court, rather than bury it – but readers are advised not to get their hopes up.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The University Court was an annual gathering bringing together a whole array of stakeholders. It made recommendations to the Senate and the Council of the university, was responsible for appointing the Pro-Chancellor, had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "history"","block_context":{"text":"history","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":91,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2017\/10\/12\/court-in-the-act\/","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":1},"title":"COURT IN THE ACT","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"October 12 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"David Allen, the Court Effectiveness Review Group's 'external reviewer', is visiting campus this week to meet with those who asked to be interviewed by him, as part of his review. Mr Allen is a former Registrar at the University of Exeter and we hope he'll enjoy his visit. 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