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At the meeting of the University Court on 21 June…

• Court received a report on the University’s ongoing planning and response activity to the Covid-19 pandemic and noted a report on the University’s current financial position
  
  
• The University’s budget for 2021/22 was approved and the annual plan was noted
  
  
• The revised ENSA Constitution was approved, and a report of ENSA’s activities and achievements over the past year was noted
  
  
• The draft Internationalisation Strategy was endorsed and an update on the development and implementation of the Gold Standard Curriculum was received
  
  
• A report on Court membership matters from the Nominations Committee was noted, as was the appointment of Will Whitehorn as the next University Chancellor
  
  
• An update on the University’s plans to engage with the Cop26 climate change conference was received, revisions to the constitution of Academic Board were approved, and the annual quality enhancement report to the Scottish Funding Council was endorsed
  
  
• A proposal for an honorary award was approved and the Inclusion Committee’s Annual Report, the University’s Equality Outcomes for 2021-25, the Race Equality Action plan and the Health & Safety Annual Report were all received and noted
  
  
• The University’s Top Risks Register for 2021/22 was approved and the final monitoring report of the current years’ top risks was noted as were the minutes of the Academic Board meeting on 8 June and reports from the meetings of Court’s sub-committees
  
  
• Court considered a summary of feedback following the annual performance review of the Chair of Court

Approved minutes of Court meetings are available on the intranet.

Open minutes of the June 2021 meeting will be published after their approval at the October 2021 meeting.