Governance at Hull College Group

Carla RamsayCorporation 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

Remuneration Committee

(FE) Academic

Board

HE Academic

Board

Standards

Strategic Leadership Team

Finance Committee

Estates Strategy

Future Development:

Ethics Committee

New Opportunities

Audit Committee

Corporation

Search, Governance

& HR

Goole Consultative

Forum

Harrogate Consultative

Cttee

Strategy Development

Governance and Committee Structuresist?