1. Is HR Strategy supporting the overarching University Strategy?

2. Government Policy Fees – implications for income.
Scottish Government intervention in provision/collaboration/merger – implications for staff.
Governance arrangements.

3. Performance Management
Individual
Objective Setting and Review
REF
Managerial capability and consequent development needs

4. Performance Management
Processes and Functions
Business Processing
Support Functions
HR efficiency and effectiveness – recruitment, absence management, etc.

5. Statutes
Maximising the opportunity a new ordinance brings in terms of policy and procedure.

6. Equality and Diversity
Equality Act 2010
Age – default retirement age abolished from 1 October 2011
Impact Assessment
Equal Pay Audits
Diversity – particularly gender in senior groups
REF – Code of Practice

7. Change Management
Organisational change
Dealing with severance schemes/redundancies

8. Employee Relations
Industrial action over pay and pensions
Staff attitudes and communication issues
Staff engagement – wellbeing, motivation, leadership, etc

9. Health & Safety
Obligations of governing bodies
Management of Risk