1. FS&N School Staff Meeting
April, 2017

2. Agenda Apologies Minutes of Last Meeting Matters Arising
HoS’s Statement
Health & Safety (MR)
Items from Student Education Committee (PK)
9. Items from Research Committee (CO)
10. Items from Postgraduate Research Committee (RE)
11. Admissions and Widening Participation
12. Finance (CR)
13. HR Issues (CR)
14. Athena Swan (CO)
15. AOB
16. Date of Next Meeting – Wednesday, 7th June, 2017

3. 4. HoS’s Statement

4. International Strategy now approved
Pro-Dean International for each Faculty
‘Professional Timetabling’ – 2018?
Fees
Library
Space
IPE

5. (£9.25k) £22k £10k £23k £21.5k £9.25 £21.5 FEES – FS&N (2018 Entry)
UG Home
UG Int
PGT Home/EU
PGT Int
FS&N
(£9.25k)
£22k
£10k
£23k
University Minimum
£21.5k
£9.25
£21.5

6. Library
Staff MUST add all publications, abstracts, letters, etc to Symplectic
Staff MUST sign up for an Orchid registration – and MUST log the number on to ‘self-service’
There are going to be further cuts in Library Journal budgets – these will be difficult

7. Chemistry Maths PHAS FS&N 90 3 5 131 87 45 4 12 76 42 10 71 36
Modules Running
Modules with Reading Lists
Modules with Up-Dated Reading Lists
Modules with On-Line Course Reading
Total No. of On-Line Course Readings
Chemistry 90 3 5
Maths
131 87 45 4 12
PHAS 76 42 10
FS&N 71 36

8. Space
Step 1 – approved
Step 2 – hope to get agreement at IPE, but may take longer
Step 2 if accepted will bring School together on 2 sites in ~ 4/5 years (after PHAS have vacated EC Stoner)
NB: need for major refurbishment
Step 2 will propose 2 new areas for investment – Food Microbiology, Food Bioprocessing

9. IPE 2017 In-Year £k
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
FS&N
-184.7
+161.3
+769.6
Chemistry
-146.5
+121.8
+962.2
Maths
+781.3
+676.9
PHAS
-395.2
+347.4
Faculty
+34.8
+128.5
+214.6
+70.9
+66.8
Total
+89.8

10. IPE 2017 Cumulative £k +1527.4 +1649.2 +2611.4 +4156.9 +5993.7 +427.8
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
FS&N
Chemistry
+427.8
+589.2
Maths
PHAS
Faculty
+664.7
+793.2
Total

11. (including a significant amount – again – by FS&N)
The much-improved financial position for the Faculty has arisen because savings have been made
(including a significant amount – again – by FS&N)
Money is going to be very tight…

12. IPE Submission April, 2017

13. IPE Submission April, 2017

14. The Last Group of Posts Approved at IPE 2015, 2016 Frozen July 2016
Approved at Step 1 Capital Meeting February 2017
Approved by Dean March 2017
Frozen by Dean March 2017
Still in our financial plans!

15. IPE Submission Still in the plan:
2 Chair posts each with 2 Lecturers (but delayed)
1 Lecturer (but delayed)
2 Lecturers (currently being advertised)
1 Technician post
1 Admin post
Cuts have been made to planned spending (eg REF support, infrastructure)

16. Research Income is an ABSOLUTE PRIORITY
Now that we have increased academic staff numbers and re-allocated teaching,
Research Income is an ABSOLUTE PRIORITY

17. …and finally… Congratulations to Anwesha
Congratulations to Alan and Lisa
The School is now in very different circumstances to when I took over
I want Alan, Lisa and Caroline to have a teaching workload commensurate with their posts

18. 5. School H&S Committee (MR)

19. School of Food Science and Nutrition
FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Health and Safety
Security Parkinson – Security visit completed – follow up costing for works yet to be received and considered
Fire Safety – Parkinson – bins – potential use 2.41
First aid list –text system in place. First aid call in hours / out of hours
Easter break the University and the School will be closed from 12:30pm Thursday 13th April until 8:00am Wednesday 19th April.
Sentinel Accident reporting system all technical staff to be trained how to input incidents

20. FIRST AID PROCEDURE Ian Blakeley Rachael Fox Chris Pask
School of Chemistry
Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
School of Chemistry
Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
FIRST AID PROCEDURE
Calling for First Aid during working hours
(9am – 5pm, Mon-Fri):
Your first port of call is still your local first aider, if they cannot be found or the situation requires more first aiders then follow the instructions below.
Call ( ) 39696
You will need to provide the following information:
The SCHOOL/BUILDING where the injured person is located
The ROOM where the injured person is located
The NATURE or TYPE of injury
Outside of Working Hours
Call University Security ( ) The Duty Officer will contact the ambulance service.
If Security cannot be obtained, telephone 9999 for the emergency services directly but inform University Security as soon as possible afterwards. This is essential because the emergency services will need directions from security staff on arrival.
FOR EMERGENCY INCIDENTS OTHER THAN FIRE, CONTACT A MEMBER OF THE INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM:
Ian Blakeley
Rachael Fox
Chris Pask
Stuart Warriner

21. ‘Out of Hours’
On-Line Resources available on the VLE
On-Line Safety Training – please complete (if you haven’t already done so)
Prosecutions by the HSE are up significantly in the last 12 months
– renewed interest in H&S

22. 6. Items from SSEC (PK)

23. 7. Items from SRIC (CO)

24. 8. Items from SPGR Committee

25. 9. Admissions and Widening Participation

26. Student Number Plans
UG students as before: Increase in Int UG; cut in planned increase in Home/EU UG
PGT as before
PGR: targets set based on planned studentships, past performance, and increased staff numbers
PGR targets about 3 per fte

27. Admissions – Most Recent PositionUG
PGT
PGR
Home/EU
Int
Applications
-1%
+14%
-31%
+10%
+133%
+40%
Offers
+20%
+36%
-46% 0%
-75%
-24%
Acceptances
+94%
-43%
-7%
-100%
-38%

28. 10. Finance (CR)
Spending Budgets 16/17
Spending Budgets 17/18 and 18/19
Bench Fees
MSc Projects

29. Current Refurbishment
Colloids Labs
Common Room
E C Stoner Level 7
E C Stoner Levels 8 and 10
Phase 1 by December 2017
Phase 2 by July 2018

30. 11. HR – New Staff who have arrived in the School since the last Meeting
Dr Michael Zulyniak, Lecturer in Obesity started on 1st January 2017
Dr Maria Torcello Gomez, Postdoctoral Research Fellow started on 9th January 2017 working with Professor Alan Mackie
Mr Arthur Mercer, Temporary Laboratory Technician, started on the 13th February 2017.
Dr Mark Hopkins, Lecturer in Nutritional Physiology, started on 20th February 2017
Dr Robert Little Postdoctoral Research Fellow started on the 20th March 2017 working with Professor Gary Williamson.
Miss Amie Lister, Laboratory Assistant started on the 3rd April 2017

31. New Staff recruited joining later this year (School-funded)
Dr Halise Gul Akillioglu joins the School on 1st May as a Postdoctoral Reseacrh Fellow working with Professor Alan Mackie

32. Currently Recruiting……
2 Chairs, 7 Lecturers, 3 PDRFS, I Technician and 1 Administrator to recruit and appoint from September 2017 (provided approved through IPE)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to work with Professor Francisco Goycoolea

33. Leavers
Dr Clare Lewis left the School on 31st March 2017 to relocate to the Outer Hebrides.
Dr Raied Al-Lashi left on the 31st March 2017 to take up a post at Nottingham Trent University
Dr Samantha Gardner started her maternity leave on the 1st April 2017

34. School Posts Head of School Director of Student Education
Research Group Leader in Nutrition and Public Health
Research Group Leader in Chemistry and Food Biochemistry

35. Academic Visitors/Erasmus+ Students SRDS Easter HolidaysHR
Academic Visitors/Erasmus+ Students
SRDS
Easter Holidays

36. 12. Athena Swan (CO) 13. AOB 14. Date of Next Meeting: 7/6/2017