- Meetings of the EIHE Corporation and the
CCAT nominated Corporation
were held on 15 December 1988.
The CCAT Corporation will be formed
early in the New Year when an order is laid in Parliament. At both
meetings Governors heard of City Poly's withdrawal at this stage from
the proposed three way merger and decided unanimously to agree to the
CCAT/EIHE merger from 1 April 1989. These decisions were reported to
and endorsed by a joint meeting of the two Corporations held on 20
December. The Secretary of State has been asked to approve the merger.
- Articles of Government for the CCAT and EIHE Higher Education
Corporations and for the joint Higher Education Corporation have been
prepared and will be submitted by 31 December. They adhere very
closely to the Model Articles issued by the DES.
- The objective is to have the merged institution designated as Anglia
Polytechnic on 1 April 1989, or early thereafter. If we cannot
achieve this by 1 April, we shall use the temporary title:
Anglia hec
The location of the campus will also be referred to when appropriate, thus:
Anglia hec Anglia hec
Cambridge Essex
- A management group has been set up to mount the campaign for
polytechnic designation, led by Tom Allcock.
Ideas and help will be welcome. The initial members of the group are considering a logo for
the Corporation and the wording of a phrase such as
"A regional polytechnic for the future" to be incorporated into advertising and
publicity material.
- Negotiations with CNAA will now be
focussed on achieving institutional delegated authority for Anglia
from 1 April 1989.
The objective of institutional accreditation in
as short a period as possible after that date will be pursued with vigour.
- There will be four Faculties, bringing together the following
groupings of existing areas of work:
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Built Environment
- Business and Management
- Humanities, Education and Art
- Health and Social Work
- At first, members of the Directorate will act as Faculty co-ordinators
but Deans will be appointed as soon as appropriate. The Co-ordinators
will be:
- Science, Technology, Engineering & Built Environment : Tony Powell
- Business and Management : Tom Allcock
- Humanities, Education and Art : Robin Smith
- Health and Social Work : Mike Salmon
Initially it is intended that a Dean will be sought from the Heads of
the Departments which form each Faculty. These appointments will be
made on three year renewable contracts. A Dean will retain his/her
Departmental Headship. In the event of it being necessary to appoint
a Dean from outside the institution, that person would also be
appointed to the Headship of a Department and would assume the
Deanship on the same terms as an internal appointee. Each Faculty
will have a Faculty Board.
- The internal structure of each Faculty will be determined by
consultation and could vary from Faculty to Faculty. If a
departmental structure is agreed, it is proposed that there should be
large departments containing normally at least 30 fte staff.
Heads of Department will establish the consultative machinery in Departments in
consultation with staff and students. The sub-units in Departments
will be known as Divisions.
There will be an initial directorate of seven in the period following
the establishment of the Corporation but this should later be reduced
to five. The structures are:
- Initial structure
Director and Chief Executive (Mike Salmon)
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Pro Director and Deputy Chief Executive (Ken Swinhoe)
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Deputy Deputy Assistant Assistant Assistant
Director Director Director Director Director
(Resources) (Planning) (Finance and (Academic) (Projects)
(Tony (Tom Administration) (Robin (Denis
Powell) Allcock) (Alan Boone) Smith) Johnston)
- Final structure
Director and Chief Executive
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Pro Director and Deputy Chief Executive
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Assistant Assistant Assistant
Director Director Director
- Proposals for the new Academic Board are currently being drawn up,
taking due account of the recommendations of the Joint Academic
Boards' Working Party. The proposals will be put to existing Academic
Boards at their January meetings. It is intended that the new
Academic Board will have been approved by the Governing Body, and be
ready to operate from 1 April 1989. The period to 1 April is too
short to merit the establishment of a "shadow" Academic Board and
existing Academic Boards and other committees will continue to
operate, as appropriate, until 1 April.
- It will be necessary to submit a corporate plan for Anglia to PCFC by
June 1989. This plan will include a mission statement and development
plans for courses, finance, buildings, staff and management
information. It is intended to press forward with plans for
a green field site development in or near Chelmsford and for
additional buildings in Cambridge.
Meanwhile bids for both small scale and
large-scale capital expenditure on buildings in Cambridge and in
Chelmsford have already been submitted.
- The new Institution intends to become a member of the Polytechnics and
Colleges Employers Forum, which will shortly begin to negotiate on pay
and conditions of service for staff.
- Administration
The creation of a unified administration is an urgent priority. The
following staff have been appointed on an acting basis initially and
will report to the appropriate member of the Directorate:
- External Relations - Steve Bennett
- Personnel - Denise Thorpe
- Estates - Tony Leach
- Registry - Ron Mepham
- Academic Secretary - Roger Shilling
- Finance
It had been assumed that the City Poly financial system would be
extended to provide for the needs of Essex and Cambridge. Given the
time scale, negotiations are taking place to continue to use the
services of the Cambridgeshire and Essex LEAs after 1 April. This
will provide the essential minimum service required whilst a more
comprehensive system is developed. A working group led by Tony Powell
and consisting of Alan Boone, Denis Johnston, Lee Woodward (financial
consultant), Chris Hackett and Rod Salmon is giving priority to this
area of the administration.
- Campus representation
Tom Allcock will act as Campus President for Cambridge and Tony Powell
for Essex.
- Mission Statement
A mission statement for Anglia Polytechnic will now be prepared.
While we have given a lot of thought to mission statements recently,
it is vital that we get this right, and there will be further
consultation in the usual quarters.